Osmer Lyman Kilburn

Male9 July 1900–February 1965

Brief Life History of Osmer Lyman

When Osmer Lyman Kilburn was born on 9 July 1900, in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Daniel Lyman Kilburn, was 22 and his mother, Rebecca B Hare, was 21. He married Alice Maud Tibbetts on 10 November 1921, in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States in 1930. He died in February 1965, in New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Mechanicville, Saratoga, New York, United States.

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Osmer Lyman Kilburn
1900–1965
Alice Maud Tibbetts
1902–1969
Marriage: 10 November 1921

Sources (9)

  • Omar L Kilburn in household of B Russell Kilburn, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Osman L Kilburn, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
  • Osmar Lyman Kilburn, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 November 1921Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 1

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

    Age 17

    Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 18

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of the three places called Kilburn (North Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Middlesex). The Yorkshire placename may derive from an Old English personal name Cylla + Old English burna ‘spring, stream’, alternating with Old Norse brunnr ‘well, spring’. The Derbyshire placename derives from an Old English personal name Cylla + Old English burna ‘spring, stream’. The Middlesex placename may derive from Old English cyne ‘royal’, cȳna (genitive plural of cū ‘cow’), or an Old English personal name Cylla + Old English burna ‘spring, stream’.

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

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