Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameElbert Green HUBBARD
Birth9 Jun 1856, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois2210, p 287; date only,3792, place only
Death7 May 1915, at sea3793 Age: 58
MemoLusitania sinking
NicknameFra1740
ResidenceEast Aurora, NY2285
FatherDr. Silas D. HUBBARD (1821-1917)
MotherJuliana Frances READ (1829-1924)
Individual Notes
• Elbert Hubbard was the son of Dr. Silas and Juliana Read Hubbard and became the most renowned of the Hubbard name.2281, p 2

• Died at sinking of the Lusitania. Famous writer and philosopher, of East Aurora, New York. Author of A Message To Garcia and publisher of two magazines: The Philistine and The Fra.
Source: Florence Gibby, 26 Oct 1989

• He was famous for being the author of Elbert Hubbard’s Scrapbook, the founder of Roycrofters at East Aurora, NY, and died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.672, p 2
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Erie, Buffalo, New York. Age 24, b IL. Soap Manuf. Parents b NY.3794
Spouses
Residenceof Normal, Illinois3793
Divorce
Marriage Notes
• When Elbert and Bertha divorced, there was a lawsuit and scandal.3793
ChildrenElbert
 Ralph
 Sanford
 Katherine (1894-)
BirthWales, Erie, New York3793
Death7 May 1915, at sea3793
MemoLusitania sinking
Marriage20 Jan 1904, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut3793
Marriage Notes
• They met during 1889. Alice Moore was a teacher at East Aurora High School.3793
• Note birth date of Miriam in relation to their marriage.
ChildrenMiriam (1894-)
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