Frederick Oliver WILBUR

(b. 24 November 1881 , Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 17 October 1933 , Cranston, Rhode Island, USA )

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Frederick Oliver WILBUR was born 24 November 1881 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Frederick Oliver WILBUR was the child of George Andrew WILBUR and Medora "Dora" E SPOONER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Oliver Cromwell WILBUR and Mary PARDEE (maternal) Henry C SPOONER and Eliza J LUTHER

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Frederick Oliver married Marion WRIGHT 7 July 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marion WRIGHT was born abt. 1888 in England (United Kingdom).

Frederick Oliver WILBUR died 17 October 1933 in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA .
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Frederick Oliver WILBUR married

Marion WRIGHT-- Date: 7 July 1911 Place: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1911 Wilbur Wilbur Predrick O & Marion E Wright July 7 1911 22:53 Marriage Vol.19 Marriages 1911-1920

Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org , New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Orig pub. City of Providence, Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island, 25 vols. 1879–1945.)

Children of Frederick Oliver WILBUR and Marion WRIGHT:

Robert WILBUR (b.14 July 1912, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. , )

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Birth
Name: Frederick Oliver Wilbur
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1881
Birthplace: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Father's Name: George A
Mother's Name: Dora M Spooner

Other information in the record of Frederick Oliver Wilbur
Name: Frederick Oliver Wilbur
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1881
Birthplace: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Father's Name: George A
Mother's Name: Dora M Spooner

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09437-8
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 2208957
Reference ID: p 177

'Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F8S2-P4J : 11 February 2018), Dora M Spooner in entry for Frederick Oliver Wilbur, 24 Nov 1881; citing Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, reference p 177; FHL microfilm 2,208,957.
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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
WILBER, GEORGE A., head, b. Mar 1859, age 41, married 20 years, b. Georgia, father b. RI, mother b. GA, occupation: drug ???
WILBER, DORA E., wife, b. July 1861, age 38, married 20 years, 5 children, 5 living, b. RI, parents b. RI, milliner
WILBER, FREDERICK O., son, b. Mar 1881, age 18, b. RI, electrician
WILBER, HELLEN ?, daughter, b. Dec 1883, age 16, b. RI
WILBER, LEONARD G. A., son, b. Nov 1886, age 13, b. RI
WILBER, GRACE L., daughter, b. Dec 1889, age 10, b. RI
WILBER, RUTH B., daughter, b. Jun 1898, age 2, b. RI
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Bellevue Avenue, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
G Leonard Wilbur, head, age 23, b. RI, father b. GA, mother b. RI, salesman of dry goods
Dora E Wilbur, mother, age 48, married 28 years, mother of 9 children, 6 children living, b. RI, parents b. RI
George A Wilbur, father, age 50, married 28 years, b. GA, father b. RI, mother b. GA, salesman
Grace L Wharton
[Grace L Wilbur], sister, age 20, married 1 year, b. RI
William B Wharton, brother-in-law, age 25, married 1 year, b. England, parents b. England, year of immigration 1895, salesman of stationery
Ruth B Wilbur, sister, age 11, b. RI
Howard G Wilbur, brother, age 8, b. GA
Fred O Wilbur, brother, age 27, b. RI, clerk at wholesale fish co.
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1911 Marriage / Partner
Frederick Oliver WILBUR and Marion WRIGHT 7 July 1911, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

He was 29 years old.

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Birth of Child
Robert WILBUR was born 14 July 1912, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Frederick Oliver was 30 years old.

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1917 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Frederick Oliver Wilbur
108 Clifford Prov Prov R.I.
Age 36
Born November 24, 1881
Clerk
R.D. Fish Co.
169 So Water Prov Prov R.I.
Nearest Relative:
Marine Wilbur
846 Eddy Prov Prov R.I.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Eddy Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Fred Wilbur, 38, b. RI, father b. GA, mother b. RI, shipping clerk at fish dealer
Marion Wilbur, 32, wife, b. England, year of immigration 1895, father b. RI, mother b. England
Robert Wilbur, 7, son, b. RI
Herbert Wright, 60, father-in-law, widowed, b. RI, parents b. England, plumber
Myrtle Stanley?, 4 4/ 12, niece, b. RI, father b. RI, mother b. England
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1923 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Frederick O clerk 169 S Water h 846 Eddy

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1925 Rhode Island State Census
Living with wife, Marion

Name: Fred Wilber
Residence: Providence Ward 06, E.D. 256, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 42
Estimated birth date: 1883
Place of Birth: Rhode Island
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Page number: 20
Line number: 19
GSU Film Number: 1769422
Family Number: 144
Collection: Rhode Island State Census, 1925

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Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1926 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Frederick O rec clerk 169 S Main res 846 Eddy
Wilbur Marion R Mrs clerk Industrial Trust Co res at Woonsocket (Is this Frederick's wife? divorced?)
Wilbur Dora Mrs h 28 Hawthorne
Wilbur G Leonard (Murgatroyd & Wilbur) Reservoir av and Pontiac res 28 Hawthorne

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1927 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Frederick O rec clerk 169 S Main res 846 Eddy
Wilbur Dora Mrs h 28 Hawthorne
Wilbur G Leonard (Murgatroyd & Wilbur) Reservoir av and Pontiac res 28 Hawthorne

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1929 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Frederick O (Marion) rec clerk 169 S Water res 846 Eddy
Wilbur G Leonard (Murgatroyd & Wilbur) 285 Reservoir res at Cranston

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Wright, Herbert, head, age 65, b. RI, parents b. England, plumber
Wilbur, Marion, lodger, age 40, married, age at first marriage 23, b. England
Wilbur, Robert, lodger's son, age 17, b. RI, clerk in insurance office

Oscar Wright and family live next door. Oscar is 40. Appears to be son of Herbert and brother of Marion Wilbur.
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1930 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Frederick O (Marion) res 846 Eddy
Wilbur G Leonard (Murgatroyd & Wilbur) 285 Reservoir av res at Cranston

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 Death
Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
name: Frederick Oliver Wilbur
gender: Male
burial date:
burial place:
death date: 17 Oct 1933
death place: Howard, Cranston, Rhode Island
age: 51
birth date: 1882
birthplace:
occupation:
race:
marital status: Married
spouse's name: Marion E. Wright
father's name: George Andrew Wilbur
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Madora E. Spooner
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B03104-8
system origin: Rhode Island-EASy
source film number: 1941477
reference number: 42

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Burial
Name: Frederick O. Wilbur
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1882
Death Date: 17 Oct 1933
Burial Place: Rhode Island, USA
Cemetery: SWAN POINT CEMETERY
Cemetery Number: PV003
Section: 201
Map: 17631
Number of Graves on Stone: 0
Notes: born: PROVIDENCE RI; died: PROVIDENCE,RI
Transcribed by: RECORD

Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008

Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1938 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Marion E Mrs jwlr r 846 Eddy
Wilbur Robt O drftsmn r 846 Eddy

Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1940 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Marion E Mrs jwlr r 846 Eddy
Wilbur Robt O drftsmn B&S r 846 Eddy

Rhode Island City Directories > Providence > 1943 - ancestry.com
Wilbur Marion E wid Fredk G jwlr h 846 Eddy

Frederick is buried at: Swan Point Cemetery Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Added: 1/2/2009 8:28:23 PM - Updated: 3/13/2025 12:22:01 PM

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