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Melvin Wilbur


Birth10 August 1802Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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     FamilySearch, Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database, FamilySearch, entry for Melvin Wilbur (10 August 1802); citing Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 164,691.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Wilbur, ID: KWVH-5KQ.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Melvin Wibbur, 15 November 1885; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, certificate 12922, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,695.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Melvin Wilbur, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 7, line 24.
Death15 November 1885Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Wilbur, ID: KWVH-5KQ.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Melvin Wibbur, 15 November 1885; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, certificate 12922, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,695.
Burial15 November 1885Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Melvin Wilbur (1801-1885), memorial #74196823.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Wilbur, ID: KWVH-5KQ.
FatherLemuel Wilbur
MotherJane Leach
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   • Eunice Dennis
Married15 February 1824Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Wilbur and Eunice Dennis, ID: KWVH-5KQ and ID: LKVY-6FW.
          Children:
               Eliza Jane Wilbur
               Melvin L Wilbur
               Stephen King Wilbur
               William D Wilbur
               Phebe Eunice Wilbur
               Oliver H Wilbur
               Alma Wilbur
               Alma B Wilbur
               Amos Wilbur
               Elisha J Wilbur
                Wilbur
               Joseph D Wilbur


   • Melinda Eddy
Married1 January 1848Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Wilbur and Melinda Eddy, ID: KWVH-5KQ and ID: LX39-PMP.

   • Aidah Winchell
Married8 February 1853Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Wilbur and Aidah Winchell, ID: KWVH-5KQ and ID: KWVM-KBT.

   • Jane McBlain
Married26 August 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Wilbur and Jane McBlain, ID: KWVH-5KQ and ID: L7F1-26M.
Residences Label
• 1802Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• 1840Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1885Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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Census Records Label
• 1840 Population CensusQuincy Ward 1, Adams, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Censusthe 7th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census8th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake 9 & 8th Wards, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Allen Weeks CompanyView Source
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Crossing the Plains Citation(s)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure13 Jul 1852
       Arrival12 Oct 1852

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