Wilbur Lee Sterling Sr.

  General Notes:

The 1940 Federal Census for Halfway, Washington Co., Maryland, District 22-71, page 351A, dated April 26, 1940 records W. Lee (28 - Maryland) and Carrie E. (25 - Maryland) with children W. Lee Jr. (5), John M. (3), and Elizabeth M. (1) lodging in the home of Clara A. Snyder (77 - Maryland) at 13 Coffman Avenue. Both Lee and Carrie have completed 4 years of high school with Lee employed as a Salesman for a Soup Compnay earning $1,550 working 52 weeks during the last year.

There is a Wilbur L. Sterling listed in the 1930 Federal Census for Halfway, Washington Co., Maryland: Wilbur L. Sterling (18) living with his widowed father, Norman B. Sterling (40 - MD/WV/Ill) and 8 siblings - Mary V. (16), June E. (15), Anna M. (12), Alice M. (11), Nora K. (8), Norman J. (8), Ralph E. (7), and Betty Z. (5). Norman is a Butcher.

The 1920 Federal Census for Williamsport, Washington Co., Maryland, District 147 records Norman B. (28) and Pear E. (30) Sterling with children Wilber L. (7), Mare V. (6), Jane E. (5), and Anna M. (11/12). Norman is working as a laborer in a tannery.

Wilbur married Carrie Elizabeth Smith. (Carrie Elizabeth Smith was born on 15 Aug 1914 in Chambersburg, PA, died on 24 May 1997 in Williamsport, Washington Co., Maryland and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington Co., Maryland.)