Henry Howard Lightbourn (1881)

Born 17 Jun 1881 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Bell (Musgrove) Lightbourn — married 18 Mar 1912 in Nassau, Bahamas

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Henry Lightbourn is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Henry Howard Lightbourn was born in 1881 in Nassau, Bahamas to Henry William Treco Lightbourn and Alicia Miller Kelly Lightbourn.

He married Elizabeth Bell Musgrove, in Nassau, Bahamas, 18 March 1912, daughter of Robert Nelson Musgrove and Elizabeth Turner Bell Musgrove. The couple had children - among them Janet Lightbourn, Henry Clement Lightbourn, and Elizabeth Lightbourn.

In 1913, Henry Howard became a Freemason. He joined the Royal Victoria Lodge in Nassau, Bahamas on March 10.

By 1920, the Lightbourn family was living in Miami, Dade County, Florida. The couple divorced sometime after their move to Miami, Florida.

Howard married Lillian Little in New York City in 1926. He was living in Brooklyn, New York when he completed his World War II Draft Registration Card in 1942.

Sources

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9N-62K : 27 November 2014), Henry Howard Lightbourn, 17 Jun 1881; citing St. Matthew, Bahamas, reference 38; FHL microfilm 222,945.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-466G : 3 August 2015), Henry Howard Lightbourn and Elizabeth Bell Musgrove, 1912.

England, United Grand Lodge of England, Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 for Henry Howard Lightbourn, United Grand Lodge of England, 1910-1921, 1913.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Henry Howard Lightbourn, Florida, Dade County, Draft Card L.

1920 United States Federal Census for H H Lightbourn, Florida, Dade, Miami, District 0021.

New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995 for Harry H Lightbourn, Brooklyn 1926, #18692.

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 for Henry Howard Lightbourn, New York (City), Lieblein, Max - Logan, William Edward. Lightbourn, Henry Howard.

Harry H Lightbourn in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, 1976.