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    Philip Thurber

    Birth: 1795

    Death: 10-19-1878

    Birth Date Prefix: Circa.

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    Alternate First Name: Phillip

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Thurber, Frances Elizabeth () | Marriage Date: 8-17-1840

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Biography

Philip Thurber was born circa 1795 in Vermont. By 1830 he had moved to New York, and can be found in the Utica census record for 1830. In 1840 he married Frances Thurber. At some point, Frances and Philip moved to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. They can be found in the Detroit City Directories throughout the 1860s and 1870s. Philip worked as an insurance agent in Detroit. Philip died in 1878, and is buried in Rochester, New York. Frances is listed as a widow in the 1880 Detroit City Directory.

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Biography: 
Philip Thurber was born circa 1795 in Vermont. By 1830 he had moved to New York, and can be found in the Utica census record for 1830. In 1840 he married Frances Thurber. At some point, Frances and Philip moved to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. They can be found in the Detroit City Directories throughout the 1860s and 1870s. Philip worked as an insurance agent in Detroit. Philip died in 1878, and is buried in Rochester, New York. Frances is listed as a widow in the 1880 Detroit City Directory.
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Ancestry.com
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Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. See also 1866 Directory: https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USDirectories&h=429596285&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2469 Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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1830 Utica census: 1830; Census Place: Utica, Oneida, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 99; Page: 40; Family History Library Film: 0017159
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In the 1878 directory he is listed as still alive: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/2469/7404812?pid=448814422&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3DUSDirectories%26h%3D448814422%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D2469&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. In the 1880 directory Frances is listed as a widow: https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje5643&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=yUsfeto1wpVQz/XpknXHdg%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=phillip&gsfn_x=NP_NN&gsln=thurber&gsln_x=1&mssng=frances&mssng_x=1&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=421256620&dbid=2469&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1 Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje5636&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=JkQa4J/swKLj6DpovsLOww%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=philip&gsfn_x=NP_NN&gsln=thurber&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdp=10&msbdy=1795&catbucket=rstp&MSAV
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Year: 1870; Census Place: Detroit Ward 1, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: M593_712; Page: 35A; Family History Library Film: 552211
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129548772/philip-thurber
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BURIAL Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 129548772 · View Source