Alonzo Chubb Jr. (1850 - 1918)

Born 12 Dec 1850 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Thurston) Stewart — married 29 Jan 1888 (to 5 Apr 1918) in First Lutheran Church, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA

Died 23 Apr 1918 at age 67 in La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

Alonzo was born in 1850. He is the son of Alonzo Chubb and Elizabeth Sutherland.

The 1874 Kalamazoo census shows Alonzo working as a rail car repairer. His father repaired and made carriages and Alonzo, Jr. worked the next generation of that trade.

In 1895, Alonzo was awarded US Patent Number 543294 A for a Slack-Adjuster, a new and Improved Device for Taking Up Slack in a Rail Car Brake-Rigging. ^[1][2]

In 1905, Alonzo was awarded US Patent Number 790106 for a Hoisting Windlass, intended especially to be used for hoisting the heavy fittings of a rail car into position upon its framing. ^[3][4]

After his sister's death in 1895 and his brother-in-law's death in 1890, Alonzo Jr. and his wife Mary raised Charles R. Dobson, Jr. and, for some time, his sister Nellie. The boy was nicknamed "Roe". Both Roe and Nellie appear in the 1900 census and only Roe appears in the 1905 and 1910 censuses. Charles' granddaughter confirmed the nickname "Roe" for the young Charles and she shared that her grandfather used to receive letters from his sisters who described themselves as "the girls on the other side." The sisters lived on the "other side" of Lake Michigan with their grandparents in Copemish, Michigan.

His obituary reads:

Alonzo Chubb, Jr., passed away at his home, 1441 Wood street, at 1:40 this morning. He has been confined to local hospitals for a greater part of the summer. Death was due to a complication of diseases.

Mr.Chubb was born in Detroit, Mich., December 12, 1850. He had been a railroad man throughout his lifetime. For the past thirty hears he has been general car foreman of the La Crosse division of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy with headquarters in La Crosse, where he made his home.

He is survived by his widow and two brothers, H. D. Chubb of Michigan City, Ind., who arrived in the city today, and George Chubb of Copemish, Michigan.

The funeral is tentatively planned for Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from the house with a short service at the Oak Grove Mausoleum where interment will be made. ^[5]

Burial 8/22/1917 Oak Grove Cemetery, section mausoleum Lot H, gravesite 481. ^[6]

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Sources

Census

La Crosse Co. Wisconsin, USA, Ward 9, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPKG-WJ2 : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Alonzo Chubb, 1910.

La Crosse Co. Wisconsin, USA, La Crosse city, ward 09, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Census, 1905," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM3X-VXX : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Alonzo Chubb, 1905.

La Crosse Co. Wisconsin, USA, ED 76 La Crosse city Ward 9, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMVH-PVV : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Alonzo Chubb, 1900.

Cleon, Wexford Co., Michigan, USA, Cleon, Wexford Co., Michigan, United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW32-7FS : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Alonzo Chubb in entry for Alonzo Chubb, 1880.

Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, 1874 census, http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16317coll6/id/904

Painesville Village, Lake Co., Ohio, United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCL1-84W : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Alonzo Chubb, 1860.

Marriage

Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRGV-FXX : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Alonzo Chubb and Mary Elizabeth Thurston, 29 Jan 1888.

Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR5Z-946 : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Alonzo Chubb and Mary Elisabeth Thurston, 29 Jan 1888.

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://www.google.com/patents/US543294
2. ↑ "The Gazette", page 5, May 18, 1895, http://www.newspapers.com/image/36822948
3. ↑ http://www.google.com/patents/US790106
4. ↑ "Janesville Daily Gazette", page 5, July 1, 1905, http://www.newspapers.com/image/73875289
5. ↑ “The La Crosse Tribune”, (La Crosse, Wisconsin), 1917-Aug-23, page 6, https://www.newspapers.com/image/510980240/
6. ↑ La Crosse Tribune, p 6 col 2, 4/5/1918

Acknowledgments

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