John Henry WYBURN

1858 - 1921  (~ 63 years)

• Name	John Henry WYBURN
  Birth	Jan 1858	Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom   [1]
  Residence	1871	St James Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England   [3]
  	Scholar
  Immigration	1878	United States from England   [4, 5]
  Misc	22 Jun 1883	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [6]
  	Purchased cemetery lot 24132, section 142 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
  	This lot was beside that of his uncle, John, who purchased his lot the same day.
  Misc	Oct 1885	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [7]
  	Disappearance reported in NY Times
  	Read article on John's disappearance here.
  Misc	28 Feb 1886	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [8]
  	Made travel plans
  Naturalization	15 Oct 1889	New York City, New York, New York, United States   [4, 5]
  	Address: Common Pleas Court, New York County
  Residence	15 Oct 1889	New York City, New York, New York, United States   [5]
  	Clerk
  	Address: 280 Bowery
  Death	17 Mar 1921	Clifton Springs, Ontario, New York, United States   [9, 10]
  	Read about it from the Janesville [Wisconsin] Daily Gazette, dated Saturday. March 19, 1921.
  Burial	21 Mar 1921	Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [10]
  	Lot #24132, Section 142
  Person ID	I6089	Watkins
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Robert WYBURN,   b. 16 Feb 1831, Ilminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom d. Sep 1888, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Mary Hannah Jarman TRENCHARD,   b. Abt 1823, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom d. 2 May 1896, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb 1852	Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [11, 12]
  	Married in the Taunton Register Office.
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom   [1]
  	Cabinet maker who employed one man and two boys
  	Census says she was 33, but she may have adjusted her age as she was younger than her husband.
  Family ID	F1166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown UNKNOWN   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Jun 1884	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [7]
  Family ID	F1178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Susie May UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1881, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States d. 29 Jun 1958, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1901  [13]
  	This was her first marriage and his second marriage.
  Residence	Apr 1910	316 Water St, Manhattan Ward 4, New York County, New York
  	Superintendent, McAuley's Water Street Mission
  	John Wyburn was an Englishman who came to America to take charge of his brother's business. When his brother died in 1882 John inherited a large share of the business and a generous cash legacy. Three years later, despondent with life, he withdrew his money and began drinking. He ended up in the Bowery of New York City, penniless. A convert of the Water Street mission gave John a referral to Samuel Handley, they superintendent of the mission. John didn't mean to stay at the mission. He planned to hit Handley for a "loan" of $10 and get out of there quickly. Handley invited him to stay for the service, and when that convert stood and gave his testimony of how God delivered him from drunkenness, John surrendered his will to the Lord. He forgot about going back to his business, instead worked as a clerk at a lodging-house and returned to the mission every night of the week! In 1896 he became superintendent of the Bowery Mission (where he met a pretty young volunteer who later became his wife). Three years later, he returned to Water Street as the assistant to the superintendent. Samuel Handley died in February 1906 and John became the superintendent, serving until his death in 1921. (8) John served as the Treasurer of the IUGM, with Mrs. Wyburn serving as the secretary, Mrs. Wyburn said after John's death, "On at least three occasions, Mr. Wyburn was approached just before the annual business meeting and urged to accept the nomination for the presidency of this organization. But, he declined, fearing it might take him away too often from his work in Water Street, which always took precedence over everything else." (9) Mrs. Sara Wray, superintendent of the Eighth Avenue Mission in New York City, spoke of John Wyburn's love for men at his memorial service: "I shall never forget a convention of Rescue Mission superintendents in a distant city two or three years ago (1918 or 1919) where Mr. Wyburn and other superintendents, myself included, were. We heard eloquent addresses, but there was just one thing that really gripped me .. Just one sentence, uttered with such thrilling effect on my soul ... "we never give a man up", said Mr. Wyburn. Others may weary, other may say it is of no use, others may speak of wasted time and wasted money, but he, never. (He) knew the love and power of the Good Shepherd Himself." --------------------- Reference: But, Until Seventy time Seven, by Mrs. S. May Wyburn, Loizeaux Brothers, Neptune, New Jersey, 1936, ppp 113-114
  Residence	24 Jan 1920	316 Water St, Manhattan, New York County, New York   [4]
  	Superintendent, McAuley's Water Street Mission
  Children	1. Elizabeth Hadley WYBURN,   b. 2 Feb 1902, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. Mar 1975, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jan 1858 - Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Residence - 1861 - Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Residence - Scholar - 1871 - St James Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England Misc - Purchased cemetery lot 24132, section 142 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. - 22 Jun 1883 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Marriage - Jun 1884 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Misc - Disappearance reported in NY Times - Oct 1885 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Misc - Made travel plans - 28 Feb 1886 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Death - 17 Mar 1921 - Clifton Springs, Ontario, New York, United States Burial - 21 Mar 1921 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		John Henry Wyburn
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  Headstones

  John Henry and Susie May Wyburn John Henry (1858 - 1921) Susie May (1881 - 1958) Plot: Lot #24132, Section 142

  
  

  Histories

  WYBURN - The Conveyance of the property of Job Wyburn (1756-1833) This history tells of a property, located in Creech Saint Michael, Somerset, England. It was the home of Job Wyburn, the elder, (1756-1833). Job willed this property to his wife, Sarah Dicker Wyburn (1759-1838)and their son, Job Wyburn (1806-1892). It documents the legal work that had to be completed so that Job, the younger's, direct, living heirs could deed this property to William Durman in 1893.

  
  

• Sources

  [S265] 1861 England Census, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey, England Page 5 Dwelling 20. [S278] Descendents of Job and Christiana Miller Wyburn, Email dated 2/8/2008. [S264] 1871 England Census, St James Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England Pg 12 Dwelling 56. [S415] A, Dwe, Manhattan, New York County, New York ED 54 Page 20A Dwelling 49. [S86] ua, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, Vol 671, Record 309. [S100] Cemetery Record, Green-Wood Cemetery. online at http://www.green-wood.com/ [S270] New York Times, Oct 13, 1885. [S322] Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 FEb 1886. "Mr. John H. WYBURN, of Henry street, is arranging a three weeks' trip on which he will start the latter part of this month, visiting Lake George, Thousand Islands and Canada." [S24] Miscellaneous, State Department Document 127648. I solemnly swear that I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 21st March 1880, that my husband, John Henry Wyburn was born in England, that he emigrated to the United States, sailing on board the unknown from Southhampton on or about June 15, 1877, that he resided 44 years uninterruptedly, in the United States from 1877 to 1921 at New York City, that he was a naturalized citizen of the United States before the city and county of New York, Court of Common Pleas at New York City, New York on October 15, 1889 as shown by the accompanying Certificate of Naturalization; that I am the widow of the person described in said certificate; that I have resided in the United States uninterruptly, for 41 years, from 1880 to 1922, at Philadelphia and New York; that I am domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being 316 Water Street, New York City, in the state of New York, where I follow the occupation of Missionary. [S100] Cemetery Record, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. [S269] England & Wales Free BMD Index, 1837-1983. [S278] Descendents of Job and Christiana Miller Wyburn, email dated 2/8/2008. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Manhattan Ward 4, New York, New York ED 17 Sheet 16A Family 401.