He was the son of Dr. John Wesley Byrkett, a physician, and Leodocia "Docia" C. Kreider Byrkett. Both parents were born in PA according to the 1880 US census. Glenn had two older sisters, Mary and Eva Byrkett.
A US citizen, he died of hemorrhage related to a stomach ulcer, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A resident of Ray, ND in 1908, he was associated with a jewelry firm, Byrkett & Buckton, Ltd.
In 1919, while in the US on vacation, his passport application listed the Rio Tramway Light and Power Co., Ltda. as his employer in Brazil. An electrician, he was a Station Operator in Rio. He and his wife, Caroline B. Byrkett were returning to Brazil aboard the Vasari in early August of that year.
He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Caroline/Carolyn Buckton Byrkett (m 1913), originally of Newcastle, England, and his stepson, Henry John Buckton, both currently of Rio de Janeiro.
Information from Report of the Death of an American Citizen; American Foreign Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 July 1939; US passport application, 1908 & 1919; US Consular registration, 1918. His name is spelled variously Glen or Glenn, he signed his 1908 passport application as Glen; DAR linage book.
A US citizen, he died of hemorrhage related to a stomach ulcer, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A resident of Ray, ND in 1908, he was associated with a jewelry firm, Byrkett & Buckton, Ltd.
In 1919, while in the US on vacation, his passport application listed the Rio Tramway Light and Power Co., Ltda. as his employer in Brazil. An electrician, he was a Station Operator in Rio. He and his wife, Caroline B. Byrkett were returning to Brazil aboard the Vasari in early August of that year.
He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Caroline/Carolyn Buckton Byrkett (m 1913), originally of Newcastle, England, and his stepson, Henry John Buckton, both currently of Rio de Janeiro.
Information from Report of the Death of an American Citizen; American Foreign Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 July 1939; US passport application, 1908 & 1919; US Consular registration, 1918. His name is spelled variously Glen or Glenn, he signed his 1908 passport application as Glen; DAR linage book.
He was the son of Dr. John Wesley Byrkett, a physician, and Leodocia "Docia" C. Kreider Byrkett. Both parents were born in PA according to the 1880 US census. Glenn had two older sisters, Mary and Eva Byrkett.
A US citizen, he died of hemorrhage related to a stomach ulcer, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A resident of Ray, ND in 1908, he was associated with a jewelry firm, Byrkett & Buckton, Ltd.
In 1919, while in the US on vacation, his passport application listed the Rio Tramway Light and Power Co., Ltda. as his employer in Brazil. An electrician, he was a Station Operator in Rio. He and his wife, Caroline B. Byrkett were returning to Brazil aboard the Vasari in early August of that year.
He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Caroline/Carolyn Buckton Byrkett (m 1913), originally of Newcastle, England, and his stepson, Henry John Buckton, both currently of Rio de Janeiro.
Information from Report of the Death of an American Citizen; American Foreign Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 July 1939; US passport application, 1908 & 1919; US Consular registration, 1918. His name is spelled variously Glen or Glenn, he signed his 1908 passport application as Glen; DAR linage book.
A US citizen, he died of hemorrhage related to a stomach ulcer, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A resident of Ray, ND in 1908, he was associated with a jewelry firm, Byrkett & Buckton, Ltd.
In 1919, while in the US on vacation, his passport application listed the Rio Tramway Light and Power Co., Ltda. as his employer in Brazil. An electrician, he was a Station Operator in Rio. He and his wife, Caroline B. Byrkett were returning to Brazil aboard the Vasari in early August of that year.
He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Caroline/Carolyn Buckton Byrkett (m 1913), originally of Newcastle, England, and his stepson, Henry John Buckton, both currently of Rio de Janeiro.
Information from Report of the Death of an American Citizen; American Foreign Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 July 1939; US passport application, 1908 & 1919; US Consular registration, 1918. His name is spelled variously Glen or Glenn, he signed his 1908 passport application as Glen; DAR linage book.
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