John Daniel LOCKBURNER

Male 1889 - 1958  (69 years)


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  • Name John Daniel LOCKBURNER  [1
    Birth 10 Aug 1889  Branchville, Sussex, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Living with parents in Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 17 Oct 1958  Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Offutt AFB West, Sarpy, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
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      John D Lockburner died suddenly at his home of a heart attack. He spent his childhood in Lafayette, NJ leaving at the age of 17 to enlist in the US Marine Corps.

      After 30 years in the Marines Mr. Lockburner retired, then lived for a time in San Diego, Calif. He has been a resident of Omaha for the past 20 years.

      He is survived by one brother and 4 sisters.

      Military funeral services and burial took place Monday in Omaha.

      John "Jack" Daniel Lockburner's Obit -

      Lafayette - John D. Lockburner, 70, of Omaha, Neb., died suddenly at his home of a heart attack on Friday, Oct. 17. Born in Branchville, he was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Cahrs Lockburner. he spent his childhood in Lafayette, leaving at the age of 17 to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps.
      After 30 years in the Marines, Mr. Lockburner retired, then lived for a time in San Diego, California. he had been a resident of Omaha for the past 20 years.
      Surviving are one brother, Frank Lockburner of Lafayette and four sisters, Mrs. may Sargent and Mrs. Elzabeth Pullis both of Lafayette; Mrs. Meryl Sisco of Franklin and Mrs. Dorothy Conners of Passaic.
      Military funeral services and burial took place Monday in Omaha.

      Notes from Marcia Harbijanae: John D. enlisted August 23, 1907 into the US Marine Corps. He was 19 years old. He retired in July of 1935. His muster roll in 1917, at the rank of gunner at Campo Marte, Managua, Nicaragua. he was also stationed in the Philippines, Hawaii, Santos Domingo and Azores.
      Everyone on the Lockburner side of the family, had always thought John D. never married but a 1930 census, living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (military barracks) age 41 and he listed himself as married, and he was 31 at the age of his first marriage. Also had found a Harriet Lockburner who listed herself as married, and had made voyages to some of the overseas locations at the same tine John D. was stationed there. Three returning trips can be documented from Azores, Dominican republic and Hawaii. After her arrival in San Francisco, California from honolulu, Hawaii in 1929, while John D. was stationed at Pearl harbor, nothing more can be found on her. And nothing was mentioned of her in his obit.
    Person ID I63262  Main Tree

    Father Frank LOCKBURNER,   b. 12 May 1859, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1919, Franklin, Sussex, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Elizabeth G. CAHRS,   b. 26 May 1864, Lodi, Bergen, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1942, Lafayette, Sussex, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 12 Oct 1887  Lafayette, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F25644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Headstones
    John D. Lockburner Headstone
    John D. Lockburner Headstone
    John is buried in the Offutt AFB Cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska.

  • Sources 
    1. [S04201] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Davis/Sargent/Lockburner Family Tree by goldseek.

    2. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    3. [S00955] 1900 Census Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey.