Individual Details
Alexander Joseph NERBUN
(8 Jun 1886 - 19 Feb 1928)
Wedding announcement, transcribed from the Menominee County Journal, 29 June 1907:
Alex Nerbun and Miss Vina Raboin were married at the R.C. Church in Stephenson Wednesday morning. A wedding dinner and supper were served at the home of the bride’s parents, a large number of the relatives and friends of the young couple being present. Mr. and Mrs. Nerbun will make their home at Talbot.
Alex's WWI Draft Registration card indicates that he had, at some time, had five of his toes cut off.
Richard Swymeler sent the following article, which gives the account of Alex's death:
-- Deputy Sheriff Killed in Auto Train Collision - Ironwood Daily Globe; Volume 9 #78 P1, Col 4, Menominee, Mich, Feb 20, 1928. - Alex Nerbun, 39, Menominee County deputy sheriff was killed near his home at Dagget Mich., early Sunday morning when an automobile driven by Aubrey Johnson, aged 21, of Daggett, crashed into a freight train on the Chicago and Northwestern road. The freight train was on a siding awaiting a passenger train. Johnson who escaped with minor cuts bruises and broken nose said the windows of his sedan were frosted and he did not see the train on the crossing. Nerbun's body was recovered from the wreckage after the freight engine came out on the main line and with a case attached to the automobile pulled it from beneath the freight car it had wrecked. The deputy sheriff who had been on duty at a dance in Banat, Mich., is survived by a widow and four children.
Events
| Birth | 8 Jun 1886 | Stephenson Township, Menominee, Michigan, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 26 Jun 1907 | Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States - Vina RABOIN | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Jan 1920 | Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States - Vina RABOIN | | | |
| Death | 19 Feb 1928 | Daggett, Menominee, Michigan, United States | | ||
| Burial | Stephenson Township Cemetery, Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Vina RABOIN (1887 - 1980) |
| Child | Francis Joseph NERBUN (1908 - 1993) |
| Child | Russell NERBUN (1910 - 1910) |
| Child | Beatrice Marion NERBUN (1911 - 1995) |
| Child | Russell Steven NERBUN (1914 - 1962) |
| Child | Eleonor Margaret NERBUN (1917 - 2007) |
| Father | Henry NERBUN ( - ) |
| Mother | Sophie MARTEL ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Birth record gives his name as "Alex Nearborn."Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Alex Nerbun, age 33, a laborer in a saw mill; his wife, Vina A., age 32; and children: Francis, age 11; Beatrice, age 9; Russel, age 6; and Eleanor, age 3.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4311623-00430?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6061%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4311623-00442
Endnotes
1. Menominee County, Michigan Vital Records County Clerk's Office, Births Vol. B, p. 109, record 309.
2. "United States, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," online images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 5 February 2014), Michigan, Menominee County, A-R, image 3211: Alexander Nerbun.
3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 5 January 2015), Alex Nerbun; memorial #152393973.
4. Menominee County, Michigan Vital Records County Clerk's Office, Marriages, Vol. D, p. 34, #215.
5. "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," online images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452395 : accessed 5 February 2014), 4208658, image 504, record 215: Alexander Nerbun and Vina Raboin.
6. "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952," database and digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 January 2016), Alexander Raboin and Vina Raboin; Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Registers, 1887-1925; 1906-1910; 1907 Ionia-Montcalm; image 504, record 215.
7. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Menominee, Nadeau Township, enumeration district (ED) 278, sheet 7A, image 12, dwelling 70, family 70, lines 7-12, ALex Nerbun and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 February 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 5 January 2015), Alex Nerbun; memorial #152393973.
9. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 5 January 2015), Alex Nerbun; memorial #152393973.