Alvah Leon Sibley (1895 - 1969)

Born 18 Jul 1895 in Greenbush, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marenia Frances (Hurd) Sibley — married 29 Jun 1915 in Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1969 at age 73 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Alvah is the son of John Sibley and Emma Littlefield. Alvah went by his middle name Leon. He was born in Greenbush, Maine 18 Jul 1895. ^[1]

Looks like Alvah may have had a child out of wedlock with Ivadean Harris when they were teenagers named Florence Harris?

Leon was married to Marenia Hurd on June 29, 1915 in Old Town, Maine.^[2]

He died in Bangor, Maine 21 Feb 1969.^[3] He is buried at Mount Repose Cemetery in Burlington, Maine with his wife.^[4]

Obituary

ALVAH LEON SIBLEY, BURLINGTON - Alvah Leon Sibley, 73, of Burlington, died Friday in a Bangor hospital following a long illness. He was born in Greenbush the son of John and Emma Littlefield Sibley. He lived in Grand Falls Plantation most of his life where he was a lumberman and guide. Surviving are his widow, Marenia Sibley of Burlington, four sons, Woodrow of Sherman, Franklin of Lincoln, Alvah of Manchester, Conn., and Francis Sibley of Scarborough; five daughters, Mrs. Thelma Harriman, Grand Falls, Mrs. Hortense Farrington, Brewer, Mrs. Carolyn Boyington, West Wellington, Conn., Mrs. Kathleen Noyes, Chelmsford, Mass. and Mrs. Shirley Dam, Bucksport; 35 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the Clay Funeral Home, 3 Lee Street, Lincoln, where friends may call Sunday between 2 and 4, and 7 and 9 p.m. Spring burial will be in Mt. Repose Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCD2-VGM : 27 December 2014), Aaliah Leon Sibley, 1895.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-QDYL : 6 October 2016), Leon A Sibley and Marena F Hurd, 1915.
3. ↑ "Maine, Death Index, 1960-1996," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCVX-VN8 : accessed 7 February 2015), Alvah L Sibley, 21 Feb 1969; citing Death, Bangor, city code 19020, certificate 6901492, Maine State Archives, Augusta.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #38239500 has photo
5. ↑ Obituary: Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, Saturday-Sunday, February 22-23, 1969, page 22

See also

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMLY-3X9 : accessed 25 January 2015), Alvia L Sibley in household of John E Sibley, Greenbush & Milford towns, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,598.

• United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MR36-SKW : accessed 25 January 2015), Alvah L Sibley in household of John Sibley, Grand Falls Plantation, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 153, sheet 9A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,557.

• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFZ5-BBX : accessed 25 January 2015), Leon Sibley, Grand Falls, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,645.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDW-HTV : accessed 4 October 2015), Leon Sibley, Grand Falls, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0049, sheet 1A, family 2, line 11, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMG-P7Y : 5 January 2021), Leon A Sibley, Grand Falls Township, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-64, sheet 1A, line 30, family 11, 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 1487.

• "Maine, Death Index, 1960-1996," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCVX-VN8 : accessed 7 February 2015), Alvah L Sibley, 21 Feb 1969; citing Death, Bangor, city code 19020, certificate 6901492, Maine State Archives, Augusta.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZFT-BQR : accessed 7 February 2015), Leon A Sibley, 1917-1918; citing Penobscot County no 1, Maine, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,654,010.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCD2-VGM : accessed 4 October 2015), Aaliah Leon Sibley, 1895.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJD-8VK : accessed 4 October 2015), Leon A Sibley and Marena F Hurd, 29 Jun 1915; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMXY-722 : accessed 7 February 2015), Alvah Sibley, Feb 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK6-H233 : accessed 7 February 2015), Alvah Leon Sibley, 1969; Burial, Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States of America, Mount Repose Cemetery; citing record ID 38239500, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• James Scarborough Sibley, compiler, The Sibley Family In America 1629-1972, Second Edition, With data added to 1982, Two Volumes, (Midlothian, Texas: Privately printed, 1982), 2: 953.