Fay Stanley Kilbourn was born June 14, 1890 in Clarion, (Wright County), Iowa to Fred Kilbourn and Ada Younker. The date and location of birth are confirmed by Fay's WWI draft registration, a photocopy of which can be viewed at FamilySearch.org https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G17R-9GWS . On the draft registration form, Fay gives his age as 26, and states that he has a wife and one son. [1]
Fay Kilbourn ("Kilburn") can be found at the age of 9 on the 1900 US census for Grant Twp., Wright County, Iowa, along with his parents, his 7 siblings, and a 15-year old boy who is apparently helping on the farm.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Race | Role | Est Birth yr | Birthp | Father b | Mother b |
Fred G Kilburn | Male | 34 | Married | White | Head | Iowa | N York | N York | |
Ada Kilburn | Female | 32 | Married | White | Wife | Iowa | Penn | Penn | |
Ruth Kilburn | Female | 12 | Single | White | Dau. | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Dora Kilburn | Female | 11 | Single | White | Dau. | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Fay Kilburn | Male | 9 | Single | White | Son | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Floyd Kilburn | Male | 8 | Single | White | Son | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Eva Kilburn | Female | 7 | Single | White | Dau. | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Ada Kilburn | Female | 2 | Single | White | Dau. | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Lois Kilburn | Female | 1 | Single | White | Dau. | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Jessie A Kilburn | Female | 1/12 | Single | White | Dau. | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa | |
Charles Jensen | Male | 14 | Single | White | Servant | Iowa | Germany | England |
Fay Kilbourn can be seen at the age of 19 on the 1910 US census for Ward County, North Dakota in the household of his sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Charles Palmer, working as a hired hand.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Race | Role | Birth | Birthpl | Father b | Mother b |
Charles E Palmer | Male | 29 | Marr | White | Head | Wisconsin | Vermont | Wisc | |
Ruth A Palmer | Female | 22 | Marr | White | Wife | | N Dak | Iowa | Iowa |
Pearl I Palmer | Female | 1 | Sing | White | Dau | | Iowa | Wisconsin | Iowa |
Fay Kilbourn | Male | 19 | Sing | White | Hired Man | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa |
Fay S. Kilbourn can be found at the age of 29 on the 1920 US census for Evergreen, Ward County, North Dakota, along with his wife Lillie and daughter June.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Race | Role | Est Birth | Birthpl | Father b | Mother b |
Fay S Kilbourn | Male | 29 | Marr | White | Head | Iowa | USA | USA | |
Lillie E Kilbourn | Female | 25 | Marr | White | Wife | Illinois | Sweden | Sweden | |
June Lillie Kilbourn | Female | 2 | Sing | White | Dau | N Dak | Iowa | Illinois |
Fay S Kilbourn can be found at the age of 49 with his wife, Lillie, and two grown children, June L and Stanley ("Standely F.") Kilbourn on the 1940 US Census for Evergreen Twp., Ward County, North Dakota.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Race | Role | Birthpl | Est Birth | Resid. on 4/1/1935 |
Fay S Kilbourn | Male | 49 | Married | White | Head | Iowa | Same House | |
Lillie E Kilbourn | Female | 46 | Married | White | Wife | Ill | Same House | |
June L Kilbourn | Female | 23 | Single | White | Dau | N Dak | Same House | |
Standely F Kilbourn | Male | 19 | Single | White | Son | N Dak | Same House |
According to his Findagrave memorial page, which can be viewed at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171703423/fay-s-kilbourn, Fay S. Kilbourn died at the age of 83 on January 14, 1974 in Marion County, Oregon, USA, and was buried in Belcrest Memorial Park there. Family members whose Findagrave memorials are linked from Fay Kilbourn's page:
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