Individual Details

Ebenezer Witten Hubbard

(3 Jan 1899 - 14 May 1977)

Edward was not the name given him at birth. His legal name was Ebenezer Witten Hubbard and he was usually called “E.W.” or sometimes “Neeze” by family and friends in the Midwest where he grew up. He married his first wife, Dora Bell Stewart, in 1917, and they had three sons. By 1940 the marriage had ended in divorce, after which E.W. spent time at various jobs throughout the western US, including working on the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) project in the Arctic area of Alaska, a Cold War early warning system. Sometime after that E.W. and his brother Stanley V., Jr. ended up in California. E.W. had no love of his first name, and when he began working at Edwards Air Force Base near Palmdale, California, he decided to adopt the first name “Edward.” He and his second wife, June (Opal June Warwick) settled in Palmdale permanently, enjoying life in the desert and road trips out of state when the mood arose.

Events

Birth3 Jan 1899Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Census (family)-shared12 Jun 1900(William Hubbard and Addie Ruth Hisson) Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Census (family)-shared1910(Erastus Wilson "Wilsey" Hubbard and Isabelle Witten) Jackson, Monroe County, Ohio
Marriage1917Ohio - Dora Bell Stewart
Death14 May 1977Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California
BurialJoshua Memorial Park, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California

Families

SpouseDora Bell Stewart (1900 - 1970)
ChildJack Hubbard (1921 - 1995)
ChildGene Hubbard (1920 - 1999)
ChildRalph Wilsey Hubbard (1918 - 1970)
SpouseOpal June Warwick (1898 - 1976)
FatherWilliam Hubbard (1866 - 1933)
MotherAddie Ruth Hisson (1876 - 1950)
SiblingStanley Van Ausdale Hubbard (1896 - 1975)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

William Hubbard Head M 34 Ohio
Addie Hubbard Wife F 24 Ohio
Stanley V Hubbard Son M 4 West Virginia
Elznesper Hubbard Son M 1 West Virginia

Madison district (Precincts 1-2, Magisterial)

Census (family)-shared

E Wilson Hubbard Head M 73 Ohio
Isabelle Hubbard Wife F 73 Ohio
William Hubbard Son M 43 Ohio
Ernest K Hubbard Son M 28 Ohio
Bessie G Hubbard Daughter-in-law F 24 Ohio
Ernest L Hubbard Grandson M 3 West Virginia
Genevive R Hubbard Granddaughter F 1 Ohio
Stanley V Hubbard Grandson M 13 West Virginia
E W Hubbard Grandson M 11 West Virginia

Burial

Inscription: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
PLOT Sunrise 77A

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9Z7-3GN : accessed 07 Nov 2014), William Hubbard, Madison district (Precincts 1-2, Magisterial) Wheeling city, Ohio, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 295, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241768..

2. "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLFF-XJ9 : accessed 03 Nov 2014), E Wilson Hubbard, Jackson, Monroe, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 154, sheet 5A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375232..

3. "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VGTW-QQJ : accessed 07 Nov 2014), Edward W Hubbard, 14 May 1977; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento..

4. Find A Grave Memorial 154758457.