Jacob Baker Falconbury (1829-1860)

Mary Jane Snyder (1832-1886)

James William Falconbury (1852-1937)

Nancy A. Maffitt (-1873)

Lynus Elmer Falconbury (1873-1956)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Cordelia Springer Clarence Falconbury 2. Mary A. Miller 3. Ida B. Lynus Elmer Falconbury 3 4 5 Born: 16 Mar 1873, Tyner, Marshall, Indiana Marriage (1): Cordelia Springer on 27 May 1894 in Laporte County, Indiana 1 Marriage (2): Mary A. Miller on 23 Dec 1897 in Laporte County, Indiana 2 Marriage (3): Ida B. about 1908 Died: 1956, St Joseph County, Indiana at age 83 6    Little is currently known about Lynus; however, it appears that he moved at some point to Omaha, Nebraska. The following entry appears on page 308 of the Omaha, Nebraska 1914 City Directory: Falconbury, Linus E, mech O & C B St Ry, r 2612 Franklin (see image) Is this the same person? If so, then he apparently returned back to Indiana where the St. Joseph County coroner's records contain the entry: "Falconbury, Linus Elmer, 1956" Lynus married Cordelia Springer on 27 May 1894 in Laporte County, Indiana.1 Lynus next married Mary A. Miller on 23 Dec 1897 in Laporte County, Indiana.2 Lynus next married Ida B. about 1908. (Ida B. was born about 1863 in Kansas.)

1 Laporte County, Marriages, Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920., Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage Records Indiana:, Book R-L; Original Source Page: 279.

2 Ibid, Book R-H; Original Source Page: 324.

3 Falconbury. Hollis Ford, James William Falconbury (Self-published work).

4 United States Federal Census, 1930, [online database] www.ancestry.com, Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha City, District 131, Sheet 88A (Recorded on April 22, 1930). Linus E. (Head) age 57, Ida (Wife) age 67, listed as living on Newport Avenue. "Age at First Marriage" listed as 35 and 45 respectively. Linus' birth state is Indiana and Ida's birth state is Kansas. Linus's occupation listed as Machinist at the railway.

5 City Directory ([online data]), Omaha, Nebraska 1914 City Directory, Page 309 [www.distantcousin.com page: http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories/NE/Omaha/1914/Page.asp?Page=308].

6 Rootsweb; Saint Joseph County Coroner's Records - Index 1879-1960.