Mary Ellis DAYTON

Family/Spouse: Hiram Beveridge KILBURN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

George married Gladys Ethel GRAHAM on 21 Jun 1924 in Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Gladys (daughter of David GRAHAM and Minnie Augusta HERRMEYER) was born on 19 Feb 1903 in Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 7 Jan 1980 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1925-28350

Notes:

His last benefit was issued in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, and his Social Security Number was issued in Illinois.