Louis J. WILBUR

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• Census: 1900, Living in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska
• Census: 1910, Living in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois

Notes:

Name:
Louis Wilbur lived in Detroit, Quincy, Kansas City, Omaha, Chicago, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. at various times. he was identified with Swift and Co. International meat packers all his life. He was with the War Production Board in Washington, DC in 1943-44 as head of the Hide and Leather Div. Louis Wilbur was a trusted official of Swift and Co. and for some years before his retirement in 1935 he was head of the by-products department of that company.

Louis married Nellie Louise PALMER in 1899. Nellie was born on 18 Jan 1876 in Kansas City, Missouri; died on 23 Jul 1941 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harding Louis WILBUR was born on 6 Nov 1899 in Kansas City, Missouri; died in Apr 1975 in Dunedin, Pinellas Co., Florida.
2. Marion Louise WILBUR was born on 26 Jul 1901 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.
3. Murial WILBUR was born on 2 Jul 1905 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.
4. Phyllis Claire WILBUR was born on 19 May 1910 in Illinois; died on 18 Jun 1977.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan
• Census: 1860, Living with mother in Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan

Notes:

Name:
Warren Wilbur entered the Wholesale Dry Goods business in Detroit in 1869. He moved to Kansas City in 1880. In the early 1890's he became a general salesman for a well known Kansas City Dry Goods Company. He retired in 1906 because he felt his savings and investments were sufficient to live upon. He moved to Los Angeles where they lived until 1923 when they returned to Quincy, Mich. for the remainder of their lives.

Warren married Alice HARDING on 20 Feb 1870. Alice was born in 1850 in Michigan; died in 1933; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Orrin H. Harding and Maria Johnson