Meade Robinson Babcock1

#13717, (1909 - 1984)
FatherGeorge Wheeler Babcock1 (1879 - 1950)
MotherAnne Mason Bonnycastle Robinson1 (1886 - 1923)
Relationship3rd great-grandson of John Bonnycastle
Pedigree
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Charles Bonnycastle (1796-1840)

Life Events

BirthMeade Robinson Babcock was born on 23 May 1909 in Kentucky.2,3
 
(Mother died) DeathAnne and Meade was about 12 years old when his mother died.4 
(with Parents) 1930 CensusMeade R Babcock appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of District 1, Jefferson County, Kentucky with his father and stepmother. He was 19, born in Kentucky, father born in Wisconsin, mother in Kentucky, and attended school.1 
MarriageHe married Eleanor C (-?-).5
 
1940 CensusMeade R and Eleanor C Babcock appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at 215 Crescent Court. Meade was 30, had 4 years of high school education, and was born in Kentucky. He was a Life Insurance Salesman, working 50 weeks the previous year and earning $3000. Eleanor was 35, 4 years of high school, born in Indiana. She was a secretary at a bank and worked 47 weeks the previous year, earning $1800. They both lived in Louisville in 1935. With them was a step daughter, Eleanor S McCormick (15.)5 
(Informant) DeathMeade Babcock of 102 S Peterson, Louisville, registered the 1942 death of [his aunt] Sallie Gray Robinson.6 
Note.In 1965, Meade Robinson Babcock of Louisville, Ky. was to receive a $81,929 share in the estate of his paternal aunt Fanny Lyons Babcock of Neenah. Fanny was the widow of H.K. Babcock whose father was one of the founders of the Kimberly-Clark Corp.7 
DeathMeade died on 25 Jul 1984 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.2,8
 
BurialHe was buried on 27 Jul 1984 in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Inscription on gravestone:
Meade R Babcock / May 23, 1909 / July 25, 1984.9,10 
Last Edited17 Apr 2014

Citations

  1. 1930 Federal Census for United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, Roll 752, ED 180, Page 4A. Image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  2. United States Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Text index viewed at Ancestry.com "Meade Babcock, born 23 May1909, last residence Louisville, issued in Kentucky before 1951."
  3. Website Find A Grave. Meade R Babcock, Cave Hill Cemetery.
  4. Death certificate of Anne Mason Bonnycastle Robinson Babcock, died 4 February 1923, registered 5 February 1923 in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  5. United States 1940 Federal Census, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, ED 121-27A, Page 2A.
  6. Death Records of Kentucky, 1852-1953, Sallie McPheeters Robinson, 1942, #26676. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  7. The Appleton Post Crescent (Wisconsin), 7 Dec 1965. image online at Ancestry.com's historical newspaper collection.
  8. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000, compiled by Commonwealth of Kentucky Health Data Branch. Text entry viewed at Ancestry.com, William M Babcock, 25 Jul 1984, age 74, Jefferson County, Volume 40, Cert 19768.
  9. Burial Database for Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, online http://www.cavehillcemetery.com, William Meade Robinson Babcock was buried in Section G, Lot 150, grave 1.
  10. Website Find A Grave. Meade R Babcock, image of gravestone.