Roger Moore Lightbourn (1870 - 1956)

Born 10 Oct 1870 in Nassau, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Beatrice (Moon) Lightbourn — married 14 Jan 1882 in Trinity Methodist Church, Nassau, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1956 at age 85 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida

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Roger Lightbourn is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Roger Moore Lightbourn was born 10 October 1870 in Nassau, Bahamas to Paul Lightbourn and Adeline Saunders.

He married Mary Beatrice "Mamie" Moon, daughter of the Reverend Francis Moon and Mary Lockhart Weech Moon, at Trinity Methodist Church, Nassau, Bahamas 14 January 1892. He was a trustee of this Church for many years.

Roger and Mamie Lightbourn had children Percival Moon, Cyril Harcourt, Hugh Vincent, Nelson Egerton, Gerald Roger Winston, and Winifred Lightbourn.

Druggist & self taught optometrist, Roger established Lightbourn's Pharmacy at Bay & George Streets. He built the Lucerne Hotel on Frederick Street, Nassau; it was opened in 1913, and during Prohibition it was known as the bootleggers' headquarters.

Roger Moore Lightbourn died 5 August 1956 in Miami, Dade County, Florida. He is buried in the Western Cemetery, Nassau, Bahamas with his wife Mamie.

Sources

Library of Congress, Laybourn/Lightbourne Tree of James Horne Lightbourne, 1950.

U.S., Index to Alien Case Files at the National Archives at Kansas City, 1944-2003, # 10189807.

Marriage Record of Roger M Lightbourne and Mary B Moon: "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRS5-WP2?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZP-MNL%3A216300801 : 20 May 2014), Marriages 1892-1893 > image 52 of 750; Registrar General, Nassau.

Bahama Pundit, "Here's to the Bootleggers of the Bahamas", 19 September 2007.

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 for Roger M LightbournRollT715, 1897-1957, 0001-1000, Roll 0756.

State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Roger Moore Lightbourn, September 1956. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #90193263

Acknowledgments

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