VanBibber, Raymond J.

From the Files of Virginia Aldridge

Son of William Albert Van Bibber and Anna Mary Sutton
Born: December 1888 Warrick Co., IN
Died:
Burial:

No date of death, burial, marriage or issue has been found for him.

SOURCES:
'Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana'
Page 23 VanBibber children admitted to Orphans' Home on 4 May 1891.
Raymond was in the Warrick County Orphanage from 1891 until age 13, when he was bound out to William E. Murphy. The indenture papers list him as consenting to the indenture.

Year: 1900; Census Place: Boon, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: 411; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1240411.
Raymon Vanbiber 11 Dec 1888 [Orphan's Home]

Year: 1910; Census Place: Portsmouth Ward 4, Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T624_1642; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375655.
Ray J. Vanbibber 22 single; IN IN IN; enumerated on line 49

Year: 1920; Census Place: Anderson, New Madrid, Missouri; Roll: T625_937; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 117; Image: 65.
Raymon Van Bibber 34 [boarder Tie Maker]

Note: Tie Maker refers to making railroad ties. In April 1999 we were in New Madrid Co., MO doing research on Raymond VanBibber and the locals stated the men would hand shape the wood into railroad ties.

Note: Raymond is listed in his sister's 1946 obituary as living in Missouri. Raymond remains a mystery. Some say he lived in Mexico for a few years because he had deserted his military enlistment. Some say he lived under an assumed name. We may never know.