Wilford Herbert Kimber

6 October 1907–2 September 1970 (Age 62)
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Wilford Herbert

When Wilford Herbert Kimber was born on 6 October 1907, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, William Jeremiah Wood, was 34 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Kimber, was 17. He married Virginia Evelyn Murphy on 8 March 1933. He lived in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 2 September 1970, in Middleton, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Middleton Cemetery, Middleton, Canyon, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilford Herbert Kimber
1907–1970
Virginia Evelyn Murphy
1914–1966
Marriage: 8 March 1933

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 March 1933

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
    Age 1
    Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
    1909 · Pioneer Park Opens
    Age 2
    A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.
    1927
    Age 20
    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English: probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from Old English cempa ‘warrior’ (or the Old English personal name Cempa) + bearn ‘grove, wood’. It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough , or a variant of Kember (see Keemer ).Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kinberg .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Kimbrough

    Sources (9)

    • Herbert, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • Herbert Kimbro in household of William H Diehl, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Wilfred Herbert Kimbro, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

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