Seneca Sheffield Rathbun
(1832-1899)
Susan Cahoon
(1830-1917)
Charles Edwin Rathbun
(1856-1926)
Ella Thankful Sweet
(1861-1938)
Ernest Charles Rathbun
(1882-1984)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lillian Avery Corp
2. Eola May King

Ernest Charles Rathbun 1 5 6 7 8 9

  • Born: 19 Jun 1882, West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States 1 8 10 11
  • Marriage (1): Lillian Avery Corp on 30 Jun 1909 in , , Rhode Island, United States 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): Eola May King on 12 Apr 1912 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States 4
  • Died: 28 Mar 1984, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States at age 101 6 11

   Another name for Ernest was Charles E. Rathburn.10

  General Notes:

Ernest started work in a saw mill at age seven, working with his father on the farm, driving a team of oxen, and at age 14 sawed shingles and ground corn on a water-run grist mill. As a young man, he and a partner operated a saw mill in Cranston, R.I. Ernest later worked at tool plants, and during World War I made loading machines for bullets.

During and after World War II, he owned and operated the Cranston Machine Works. From 1928 to 1930 he served on the Cranston School Committee.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Saw Mill. 6

• Residence, 19 Jun 1900, West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. 10

• Residence, 16 Apr 1910, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 12

• Military: World War 1 Draft Registration, 12 Sep 1918, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 13

• Residence, 12 Sep 1918, Meshanticut, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 8

• Residence, Jan 1920, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 9

• Residence, 12 Apr 1930, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 14

• Residence: 465 Oaklawn Avenue, 17 Apr 1940, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 15

• Occupation: Foreman of a machine shop, 17 Apr 1940, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 15

• Military: World War II Draft Registration, 1942, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 16

• Residence: 465 Oaklawn Ave, 1942, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 16

• Residence, Mar 1984, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 11


Ernest married Lillian Avery Corp on 30 Jun 1909 in , , Rhode Island, United States.1 2 3 (Lillian Avery Corp was born on 11 Oct 1887 in , , Rhode Island, United States 17 18 and died on 8 Nov 1910 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States 4 17.). The cause of her death was Lead Poisoning from painted radiators.


Ernest next married Eola May King on 12 Apr 1912 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.4 (Eola May King was born in 1893 in , Providence, Rhode Island, United States 6 and died in Apr 1984 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States 6.)

Sources

1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Number 2, Page 19, April 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

2 "Rhode Island Marriages, 1636-1930," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009), Ernest C. Rathbun and Lillian A. Corp; Ancestry.com.

3 Rhode Island Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920, Lillian A. Corp and Ernest C. Rathbun; digital image, "Rhode Island Marriages," Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: 10 Jun 2013).

4 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume One, Page 19, April 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

5 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 2, Page 32, April 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

6 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 4, Number 3, Page 47, July 1984. Source Medium: Magazine

7 "Rhode Island Marriages, 1636-1930," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009), Ernest C. Rathbun; Ancestry.com.

8 Ancestry.com, "World War 1 Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009), Ernest Charles Rathbun; Ancestry.com.

9 1920 U.S. census, Providence, Rhode Island, population schedule, Cranston, enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 7, p. 7A, dwelling 128, family 148, Ernest Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1674.

10 1900 U.S. census, Kent, Rhode Island, population schedule, West Greenwich, enumeration district (ED) 209, sheet 5, p. 5B, dwelling 130, family 130, Charles E. Rathburn, Jr; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1504.

11 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009), entry for Ernest Rathbun, 1984.

12 1910 U.S. census, Providence, Rhode Island, population schedule, Cranston Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 4, p. 4B, dwelling 89, family 100, E. C. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1438.

13 Ancestry.com, "World War 1 Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009), Ernest Charles Rthbun; Ancestry.com.

14 1930 U.S. census, Providence, Rhode Island, population schedule, Cranston, enumeration district (ED) 195, sheet 6, p. 6A, dwelling 57, family 60, Ernest Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2171.

15 1940 U.S. census, Providence, Rhode Island, population schedule, Cranston, enumeration district (ED) 4-65, sheet 5, p. 5B, household 88, Ernest Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Jun 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 3764.

16 "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," roll: ww2_2368173, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Nov 2009), Ernest Charles Rathbun; Ancestry.com.

17 Tomb stone, Burial: Pocasset Cemetery, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.

18 Rhode Island U.S. State of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930, Lillian A. Corps; digital image, ancestry.com, "Rhode Island, Births," (10 Jun 2013).

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