George Elwood Dubbs (1897 - 1970)

Born 22 Jun 1897 in North Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Adaline (Willis) Dubbs — married 23 Nov 1929 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Died 22 Jun 1970 at age 73 in Pinellas, Florida, United States

Biography

George Dubbs has German Roots.

George Dubbs was a Pennsylvanian.

George Dubbs was an Ohioan.

George, son of Israel Boardt Dubbs and Elenora Ehrhart,^[1] was born 22 June 1897 in North Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1][2][3][4] He grew up on the family-owned farm in North Codorus Township, where the household in 1900 encompassed his parents Israel B. (age 36, miller) and Ellenora Dubbs (35, mother of six, all living), George (3), and his siblings Frederick Calvin (15), Emma Virginia (13), Willis Leroy (10), Bertha Ruth (8) and Elenora Esther "Nora" (5).^[5]

Israel (age 46, farmer), Elenora (44, mother of nine, all living), George (14), and his siblings Bertha (18), Nora (16), Anna Marie "Annie" (10), Charles Parker (8) and Henry Paul Dubbs (6) remained on the Midway Road farm in North Codorus Township in 1910.^[6]

When George registered for the draft in 1918, he was living with and working for his father on their farm in Seven Valleys.^[2] At that time he was described as of medium height and build with black eyes and hair.^[2]

By 1920 he had moved into the city of York, York County, where George (age 22, chain factory worker) shared the home rented by his sister Elenora (24), her husband Clinton Nace (25. chain factory machinist) and their daughters Anna M. (2) and Mary J. Nace (eight months).^[7]

Perhaps it was during his time in the United States Navy, from 4 April 1921 till his honorable discharge 3 April 1925,^[3] that he became acquainted with his future wife.

Regardless of how they met, on 23 November 1929 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, George married Mary Adaline Willis,^[1] daughter of Thomas W. Willis and Margaret Estella Keitzer.^[1] They had one daughter.

The couple settled in the home of his wife's widowed father in Bedford, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.^[8] In 1930 the household included Mary's father Thomas W. Willis (age 53, telegraph operator), George E. Dubbs (32, mechanic for a chain company) and his bride May A. Dubbs (20).^[8] They were still in Bedford in 1935.^[8]

Before 1940 George (age 42, heat treater at chain manufacturer), Mary (31) and their daughter rented a home on Green Road in Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga County.^[9] The record shows that George had completed eight years of formal education, while his wife was a high school graduate.^[9]

Later in life George and Mary retired to Pinellas County, Florida, where he died 22 June 1970.^[3][4][10] His wife survived him another five years, dying in Florida in 1976.^[11]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2019), George E Dubbs and Mary A Willis, 23 Nov 1929; citing Marriage, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2019), George E Dubbs, 1917-1918.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, database, FamilySearch (25 October 2019), George E. Dubbs, 3 Apr 1925; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers. During this period men were required to complete four years of military service in peace-time.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (19 May 2014), George Dubbs, Jun 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 12 June 2020), George Dubbs in household of Israel B Dubbs, North Codorus Township, Western District, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 168, sheet 12A, family 225, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,502.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 13 June 2020), George Dubbs in household of Israel Dubbs, North Codorus, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 10A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1434; FHL microfilm 1,375,447.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 13 June 2020), George Dubbs in household of Clinton Nace, York Ward 6, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 125, sheet 8B, line 76, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1669; FHL microfilm 1,821,669.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 13 June 2020), George E Dubbs in household of Thomas W Willis, Bedford, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 539, sheet 18B, line 85, family 472, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1761; FHL microfilm 2,341,495.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (1 June 2020), George Dubbs, Warrensville Heights Village, Warrensville Heights Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-300, sheet 12A, line 22, family 248, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3059.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, database, FamilySearch (25 December 2014), George E Dubbs, 22 Jun 1970; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (2004); citing vol., certificate number 39524, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, database, FamilySearch (14 December 2019), George Dubbs in entry for Mary A Dubbs.

• FamilySearch entry for [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTXY-L44 George E. Dubbs.

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (unrelated).