Wilbur Lee GILKISON[341]

22 OCT 1915 - 01 JUN 1962

Personal Information:

  • DESCRIPTION: Blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion; nicknamed "Red" because of his red hair
  • OCCUPATION: Truck Driver, Maxwell Company, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio
  • RESIDENCE: BET 1950 AND 1962, Dayton, Campbell Co., Kentucky
  • RESIDENCE: ABT 1939, Carlisle, Nicholas Co., Kentucky [353]
  • BORN: 22 OCT 1915, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., Kentucky [343] [344] [345] [346]
  • DIED: 01 JUN 1962, Chicago, Illinois [347]
  • MILIT-BEG: 16 JUN 1943 [351]
    • Coxswain (T) V-6, US Navy Reserve (World War II)
  • CENSUS: 31 JAN 1920, Precinct 1, Magisterial District 2, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., Kentucky [352]
  • CENSUS: 19 APR 1930, Magisterial District 2, Lewis Co., Kentucky [354]

Individual Notes

  • Member of the Teamsters, Automotive and Petroleum Employees Local 103
  • Could read and write[349]

Parents:

Family:

Wife: Martha WALTON

  • MARRIED: 03 JUN 1939, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., Kentucky [6039]
    • They were married by Ira W. Stout.
  • ANECDOTE: AFT 03 JUN 1939 [6041]
    • [RE: Wilbur and Martha's honeymoon] "There were quite a few steps went up to the front of the camp, which set up on a real steep hill. He said one night they heard a noise out side and Martha was supposed to have said, 'Do youthink it could be a snake walking up those stairs?' She didn't agree with [Wilbur's] story, but he stuck to it anyway..."

Children:

  1.  + Garnett Lee GILKISON
  2.  + Elizabeth Ann GILKISON 
                                                    _William M GILKISON _
                                                   | (1827 - 1898) m 1849
                         _Charles Oliver GILKISON _|
                        | (1852 - 1925) m 1877     |
                        |                          |_Sarah Anne REDNOUR _+
                        |                            (1827 - 1916) m 1849
 _Noble Peter GILKISON _|
| (1892 - 1926) m 1913  |
|                       |                           _Philip HELMER ______
|                       |                          | (1824 - 1870)       
|                       |_Martha Ellen HELMER _____|
|                         (1856 - 1932) m 1877     |
|                                                  |_Margaret DILLON ____
|                                                    (1827 - 1870)       
|
|--Wilbur Lee GILKISON 
|  (1915 - 1962)
|                                                   _____________________
|                                                  |                     
|                        _N S BURNETT _____________|
|                       | (1893 - ....)            |
|                       |                          |_____________________
|                       |                                                
|_Ethel Mae BURNETT ____|
  (1893 - 1926) m 1913  |
                        |                           _____________________
                        |                          |                     
                        |_Ellen MOORE _____________|
                          (1893 - ....)            |
                                                   |_____________________

Source references

[341] U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1930
  • REFERENCE: "Wilber Gilkison" was enumerated as the nephew of Robt Carrington; Kentucky, Lewis, ED 68-7, Sheet 4A, Line 13

[353] Marriage certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: GILKISON, Wilbur & WALTON, Martha/File No. 254

[343] Birth certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: GILKISON, Wilbur Lee/File No. 55702

[344] Marriage certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: GILKISON, Wilbur & WALTON, Martha/File No. 254

[345] Military files - Gilkison, Wilbur Lee

  • REFERENCE: Certificate of Honorable Discharge

[346] U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1930
  • REFERENCE: [Estimated] '14' was the enumerated age, and Kentucky the place of birth; Kentucky, Lewis, ED 68-7, Sheet 4A, Line 13

[347] Walton, Martha

  • PUBLICATION: Unpublished
  • REFERENCE: Discussion

[351] Military files - Gilkison, Wilbur Lee

[352] U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1920
  • REFERENCE: The middle child of Noble Gilkison's family is named 'Otis' on this census, but all other information matches that for Wilbur (perhaps Otis was a nickname when he was very young?); Kentucky, Lewis, ED 146, Sheet 13A

[354] U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1930
  • REFERENCE: Kentucky, Lewis, ED 68-7, Sheet 4A, Line 13

[349] U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1930
  • REFERENCE: Kentucky, Lewis, ED 68-7, Sheet 4A, Line 13

[6039] Marriage certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: GILKISON, Wilbur & WALTON, Martha/File No. 254

[6041] Sartin, Frieda

  • PUBLICATION: Unpublished
  • REFERENCE: letter dated 2 Sep 1991

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