Wilber Cyrus Reynolds

Brief Life History of Wilber Cyrus

When Wilber Cyrus Reynolds was born on 3 October 1884, in South Dakota, United States, his father, Charles Carol Reynolds, was 34 and his mother, Mary Jane Horr, was 38. He married Martha Rawle on 14 February 1907, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Whetstone Township, Gregory, South Dakota, United States in 1910. In 1900, at the age of 16, his occupation is listed as day laborer in South Dakota, United States. He died on 27 August 1961, in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilber Cyrus Reynolds
1884–1961
Martha Rawle
1879–1924
Marriage: 14 February 1907
Milard Wilbur Reynolds
1907–1999
Noland Wilber Reynolds
1907–
Edward Lee Reynolds
1913–1985
Anita Reynolds
1914–2006
Jonathan R Reynolds
1916–1993

Sources (22)

  • Wilbur Reynolds, "United States, Census, 1930"
  • Welber C Reynolds, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
  • Wilber Cyrus Reynolds, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .

History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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