George Washington KILBURN

1896 - 1956  (60 years)

• Name	George Washington KILBURN
  Birth	22 Feb 1896	Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Mar 1956	Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
  Notes	According to his birth registration, he was the fifth child of H.B. Kilburn, a banker, and Ellis Dayton, a housewife. Both parents were born in New Brunswick. Registered for the draft on May 29, 1917, in Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York, where he as a student candidate in the Reserve Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and brown hair. George enlisted in the Army on August 14, 1917, and was a Pvt 1st Cl. He was discharged on April 5, 1918, to accept a commission as an officer. He was appointed a 2nd Lt in the Signal Corps on June 18, 1917, and was discharged for the convenience of the government on December 31, 1918. He did not serve overseas. The Kilburns were living in St. Louis at 1202 Shawmut Place at the time of the census in April of 1930. George W., 34, born in Maine (his parents were born in English-speaking Canada), was a teacher in a private school. He is shown as the owner of a house valued at $9000. The household has a radio. His wife is Gladys E., 27. Her father was born in England. They have been married since he was 27 and she was 21. Their children, both born in Minnesota, are David G., 5, and Paul D., less than a year. Because Paul was born in Minnesota, the Kilburns must have moved to St. Louis within the past few months. George W. was a veteran of the World War. In the 1940 census, the Kilburns lived in Dundee in Kane County, Illinois. He was a teacher at a private school and she was a registered nurse at a private school.
  Person ID	I246	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	26 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Hiram Beveridge KILBURN
  Mother	Mary Ellis DAYTON
  Family ID	F11206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gladys Ethel GRAHAM,   b. 19 Feb 1903, Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 7 Jan 1980, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1924	Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Children	1. David G KILBURN,   b. 17 Apr 1925, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. Jun 1980, Illinois (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2009