Walter Martin Durbin (1888 - 1918)

Born 18 Sep 1888 in Warren County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Jun 1918 at age 29 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Durbin Name Study.

He was the son of Joseph R. Durbin and Harriet Logsdon Durbin. ^[1][2]

He worked for the Philadelphia Lighting Company and died when he came in contact with a live wire while maintaining a power line^[2]

He is interred at Saint Francis cemetery in Saint Francis, Kentucky. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 22 August 2019), memorial page for Walter Martin Durbin (19 Sep 1888–27 Jun 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #136933075, citing Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Cemetery, Saint Francis, Marion County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Gerald & Martha M. Thompson (contributor 47866457).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Obituary clipping from the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 1 Jul 1918, p. 3, col. 7. Newspapers.com

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DX-P8J : accessed 22 August 2019), Walter Durbin in household of Joe R Durbin, Magisterial District 8, Marion, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 15A, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 481; FHL microfilm 1,374,494.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9VB-K58 : 2 January 2019), Child Of Walter Durbin, 1916; citing Death, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,740.