Brief Life History of Leon
When Leon Wilbur was born in May 1875, in Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel Wilbur, was 48 and his mother, Orphana Anderson, was 45. He married Laura Vandeventer on 15 November 1896, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Noble Township, Noble, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1950, at the age of 75, and was buried in Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Lee Wilbur, "United States Census, 1900"
- Leon Wilbur, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Leon Wilbur in entry for Orval Wilbur and Edra Frazer, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wilber .
History: Samuel Wilbur (c. 1585–1656), also known as Wilbore and Wildbore, is recorded in Boston, MA, before 1633 and purchased Boston Common in 1634. He and other religious exiles from MA purchased and settled Aquidneck Island (now RI) in 1637.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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