Nelson Guy Wilbur

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Nelson Guy Wilbur

Birth
Ireland
Death
16 May 1925 (aged 53–54)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.6469917, Longitude: -73.933197
Plot
Section C, Row 2, Grave 82
Memorial ID
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Nelson G. Wilbur, born in Ireland and a resident of Brooklyn for many years, died yesterday at his home, 326 Twentieth Street. He was a member of the R. C. Church of St. John the Evangelist, Fifth Avenue and Twenty-first Street. He is survived by his widow, Julia, and three sons, Alfred, Herbert, and Nelson G. Wilbur, Jr. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday and interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of Thomas E. Crowe, 155 Smith Street.

— The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York), Sunday, May 17, 1925, p. 11

Note: The record in New York, New York City Municipal Deaths 1795-1949 says Mr. Wilbur's birthplace was Ireland and that he died at age 54 (estimated birth year 1871). The U.S. Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service 1863-1959, the 1900 and 1910 U.S. Censuses, and the 1905 New York State Census say Mr. Wilbur was born in England.

Julia Wilbur was Nelson's second wife.
Nelson G. Wilbur, born in Ireland and a resident of Brooklyn for many years, died yesterday at his home, 326 Twentieth Street. He was a member of the R. C. Church of St. John the Evangelist, Fifth Avenue and Twenty-first Street. He is survived by his widow, Julia, and three sons, Alfred, Herbert, and Nelson G. Wilbur, Jr. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday and interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of Thomas E. Crowe, 155 Smith Street.

— The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York), Sunday, May 17, 1925, p. 11

Note: The record in New York, New York City Municipal Deaths 1795-1949 says Mr. Wilbur's birthplace was Ireland and that he died at age 54 (estimated birth year 1871). The U.S. Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service 1863-1959, the 1900 and 1910 U.S. Censuses, and the 1905 New York State Census say Mr. Wilbur was born in England.

Julia Wilbur was Nelson's second wife.