Loyal Durand biography: 13 things about Milwaukee, Wisconsin native

Who was Loyal Durand?

Loyal Durand was an American man born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. He was 3 years older than his wife Lucia Relf Kemper Durand, who was also born in Milwaukee.

Loyal and Lucia have two sons and two daughters together. Also born in Milwaukee, his younger brother Samuel Benjamin Duran turned 30 on August 29, 1900 and died on October 29, 1900.

Loyal was 3 years older than Lucia. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. On November 19, 1871, his father Loyal Root Durand died in Milwaukee at the age of 31.
2. In 1898, he and Lucia got married.
3. On October 29, 1900, his younger brother Samuel died at the age of 30.
4. In 1902, Lucia gave birth to their son Loyal Durand Jr. in Milwaukee.
5. In 1904, Lucia gave birth to their son Samuel Relf Durand in Milwaukee.
6. In 1906, Lucia gave birth to their daughter Lucia Durand.
7. In 1908, Lucia gave birth to their daughter Elizabeth McVickar Durand.
8. On January 27, 1920, his mother Maria Elizabeth McVickar Durand died in Milwaukee at the age of 81.
9. In 1928, his daughter Lucia married Donald Murray Wright.
10. In 1931, his son Loyal Jr. married Dorthey Durand while his son Samuel married Hildur Richardson Durand.
11. In 1932, his daughter Elizabeth married William Henry Crutcher.
12. On March 21, 1937, he turned 69.
13. On October 3, 1937, he died in Milwaukee.

On May 25, 2000, Loyal’s grandson Kemper was robbed at gunpoint by Cleotha Abston, then 16. On February 2, 2013, Kemper died in Memphis, Tennessee, USA after recovering from the flu and bronchitis. 

On September 2, 2022, Abston abducted and murdered Memphis kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher. On October 28, 2024, he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.