Wilbur C (Damm) Domm (1898 - 1994)

Born 23 Aug 1898 in Ayton, Normanby, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 10 Aug 1994 at age 95 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States

Biography

Wilbur, known as Elgin, was born in 1898. He was the son of William Damm and Catherine Feick.^[1] He lived with his parents and brother in Grey South, Ontario in 1901.^[2] After his father’s death in 1903, Elgin lived with his mother, stepfather and siblings in Grey South, Ontario in 1911.^[3]

Like his older brother, Elgin emigrated to the United States. He was naturalised in 1926.^[4] He lived in a boarding house in Niles, Berrien, Michigan in 1930, where he was a chemist in a public school.^[5]

Elgin married Wilda Maureen Witter about 1930 in St Joseph, Indiana.^[6] They had children. They lived in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut in 1940.^[7] By 1950, they lived in Crescent Judicial Township, Del Norte, California, where Elgin was a science teacher.^[8]

Elgin passed away in 1994.^[9]

Research

• Middle name shows as Conrad, or Carlton, but uncertain, so just left as initial.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMDY-T62 : 2 March 2021), Wilbur Damm, 23 Aug 1898; citing Birth, Normanby, Grey, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,928,124.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH2Y-67H : 16 December 2019), Elgin Damm in household of Wm Damm, Grey (south/sud), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 12, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-C44S : 16 March 2018), Elgrim Dorman in entry for Enoch Lanz, 1911; citing Census, Grey South Sub-Districts 1-38, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,699.
4. ↑ "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKLL-VGR : 2 March 2021), Elgin Conrad Domm, 1926; citing Wheaton, Illinois, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 44; FHL microfilm 1,432,044.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQTY-LM6 : accessed 22 June 2023), Elgin C Domm in household of Lottie D Bell, Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 10A, line 34, family 258, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 976; FHL microfilm 2,340,711.
6. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZM7-JBPZ : 3 August 2022), Elgin Domm, .
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K71S-LH8 : Wed Jun 14 05:50:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Elgin C Domm and Walda M Domm, 1940.
8. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XG8-91D5 : Sat Mar 25 02:37:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Elgin C Domm and Welda M Domm, 1 April 1950.
9. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPSJ-N2N : 26 November 2014), Elgin Carlton Domm, 10 Aug 1994; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179021603/elgin-carlton-domm: accessed 22 June 2023), memorial page for Elgin Carlton Domm (23 Aug 1898–10 Aug 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 179021603; Cremated, Other; Maintained by jane witter (contributor 47178823).