Harvey Jerome Durbin (1918 - 2007)

Born 1 Jan 1918 in Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Jan 2007 at age 89 in Texas, United States

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Biography

Son of Christopher C and Polly Durbin.^[1]

Obituary

HARVEY JEROME DURBIN, SR., 89, of Columbus, Texas died Thursday, January 18, 2007. He was born January 1, 1918 in Mount Pleasant, Texas to C.C. Durbin and Polly Ann Durbin. He served in the U.S Army Air Corps as a pilot during the Second World War. He was actively involved with the Knights of Columbus during much of his life. It can be said of him that he never met a stranger and was always quite congenial to others. He was preceded in death by his wife Frances D. Durbin (Kucera). He is survived by his sons, his, daughter-in-law, and his granddaughters. A private funeral was held for Mr. Durbin at Forest Park West-heimer Cemetery Friday January 26, 2007 with Father Thomas Rafferty presiding. The United States Air Force provided an Honor Guard detail and the playing of Taps at his committal.-"Houston Chronicle", Texas, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/12DF1A00ECA9AB88 : accessed 1 September 2017),Harvey Jerome Durbin Sr.

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2LZ-TPT : 4 December 2014), Harvey Jerome Durbin, 01 Jan 1918; citing Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, United States, certificate 5155, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,506,673.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBH-VFF : accessed 1 September 2017), Harvey Durbin in household of Christopher C Durbin, Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, United States; citing ED 166, sheet 15A, line 5, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1846; FHL microfilm 1,821,846.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV73-S3Z : accessed 1 September 2017), Harvey J Durbin in household of Christopher C Durbin, Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 3A, line 13, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2390; FHL microfilm 2,342,124.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K472-L65 : accessed 1 September 2017), H J Durbin in household of E C Polka, Tract 7, Houston, Justice Precinct 1, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 258-37, sheet 18A, line 34, family 376, 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 4191.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PY-FTW : 5 December 2014), Harvey J Durbin, enlisted 23 Oct 1942, Houston, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #17856500