Seymour Burton CORBIN & Lillian Inez LAYNE

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Seymour Burton CORBIN
Lillian Inez LAYNE

Husband: Seymour Bertram / Berton / Burton CORBIN
Birth: 1877/8, Barbados, probably in St. Lucy Par., BB
Death: 28 Feb 1951, New York City, New York Co., NY
Disposition: buried 3 Mar 1951, Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY
Occupation: hotel porter, apartment doorman, hotel clerk
Father: Aquila Charles Thomas CORBIN
Mother: Anna Boyce AGARD

Marriage:

Wife: Lillian Inez LANE / LAYNE
Birth: 1891/2 or 1887/8, Barbados
Death presumably: Jan 1940, NY
Disposition: buried 23 Jan 1940, Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY
Occupation: homemaker
Sisters: Laura Inez LAYNE (1900-1997); Evelyn Mabel LAYNE (1904-2000)
Father: William Frederick LAYNE (1860- )
Mother: Rachel Jane BEEL (1864- )

Child — born in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY (or NYC?):

1. Seymour Burton CORBIN, b. 17 Feb 1921; d. 9 Sep 1988, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY

Some secondary sources show them with four children, all surviving, but the 1930 census shows them with only one child. As Lillian is age 42 in 1930, it seem unlikely she had any subsequent children.

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; British West Indies, BWI; Barbados, BRB, BB; USA, US, United States, New York

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #44 of 49): 429 West 26th Street [apartment bldg.], Manhattan Borough, New York City (Ward 22), New York Co., NY, Roll T624_1047 (Book 1), p. 86A, SN 18/23A, SD 1, ED 1342, enumerated 2?-29 April 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 429 17 539 Corbin Seymour Head M W 29 M1 1 Barbadoes Eng Barbadoes Eng Barbadoes Eng 1909 al Eng porter hotel W Y Y Y R H

______ Lillian Wife F W 22 M1 1 0 0 Barbadoes Eng Eng Eng Eng Eng 1909 Eng none Y Y

*West 26(?)th Street

3. 1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 18): 1935 52nd St., Brooklyn, Assembly Dist. 16, Kings Co., NY, Roll T625_1168, p. 86B, SN 5B, SD 3, ED 1531, enumerated 12 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 1935 51 87 Corbin Chas Head O M M W 38 M 1905 Na 1915 Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y Eletrician Powerhouse W

______ Alice Wife F W 37 M 1904 Na 1915 Y Y IRL Eng IRL Eng IRL Eng Y None

[Charles & Alice's seven children]

______ Florence Sister F W 41 S 1906 Al Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y Seamstress Hotel W

Sele Walter Cousin M W 27 M 1908 Pa Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y Waiter Hotel W

____ Margaret Cousin F W 19 M X Al N Y Y PA IRL Eng IRL Eng Y None

88 Proverbs Mark F Head R M W 27 M 1910 Pa Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y Wireman R R Shop W

________ Dorothy Wife F W 22 M 1913 al Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y Packer Dry cleaning W

Corbin Lillian Lodger F W 28 M 1909 Al Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y None

Layne Laura Lodger F W 20 S 1913 Al N Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y Operator Telephone W

_____ Evelyn Lodger F W 16 S 1916 Al Y Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y None

Corbin Seymour Lodger M W 38 M 1905 Pa Y Y BB Eng BB Eng BB Eng Y Doorman Apartment house W

*52nd St

Charles is Seymour's brother. Laura and Evelyn would appear to be Lillian's sisters.

4. 1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 44): 1935 52nd Street, Brooklyn (Block No. D), 16th Assembly Dist., Kings Co., NY, Roll 1521, p. 131A, SN 7A, ED 24-1344, SD 32, enumerated 10 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 1935 109 135 Corbin Charles Head O 7500 Y M W 50 Wd N Y Barbadoes Barbadoes Barbadoes Eng 1900 NA Y Electrician W N 15 N

[Charles's four children]

______ Florence Aunt F W 54 S N Y Barbadoes Barbadoes Barbadoes Eng 1901 AL Y Housekeeper Private Home W Y N

1935 110 136 ______ Seymour Head M W 52 M 33 N Y Barbadoes Barbadoes Barbadoes Eng 1907 PA Y Clerk Hotel W Y N

______ Lillian Wife F W 42 M 22 N Y Barbadoes Barbadoes Barbadoes Eng 1909 AL Y None

______ Seymour Son M W 9 S Y Y New York Barbadoes Barbadoes Y None

*52nd Street

Charles is Seymour's brother. Florence is their sister, not Charles's Aunt.

5. Messages posted to the Corbin Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

6. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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