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John B Ebbets

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John B Ebbets

Birth
New York, USA
Death
13 Mar 1888 (aged 65–66)
Morris Park, Queens County, New York, USA
Burial
Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7104, Longitude: -73.8259583
Plot
Monumental Park: Section - Maple, Lot 7/8, Grave 15
Memorial ID
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Died the day after the Great Blizzard of 1888 in New York City
From the Interment records at Maple Grove, died of peritonitis from cold on 13 Mar 1888 at age 56. Married to Ann Maria Quick, they had six children and four of them are buried at Maple Grove.

Eldest daughter Charlotte Ebbets Bissell (1850-1911) was president of the 20th Century Club in Richmond Hill and her speech at the opening of the Carnegie Library in Richmond Hill in 1905 is documented in the Richmond Hill Record on 8 Jul 1905.

Son Charles Hercules Ebbets, (1859-1925) an architect, was the owner and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball club and built Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

Census records:
1850: Porter; NY Ward 5, with wife & mother-in-law
1855: Liquor merchant, NY Ward 8, 3 children & Mother-in-law
1860: Merchant: NY Ward 8, 4 children & mother-in-law
1867: Wine & Liquor Dealer at 262 Hudson St.
1870: 22 Jun. Liquor Dealer; NY Ward 8, 6 children & mother-in-law Maria Quick
1870: 8 Jul. 1870, death of wife Anna
1886: Liquor Dealer, home 4 Cottage Pl. NYC
Died the day after the Great Blizzard of 1888 in New York City
From the Interment records at Maple Grove, died of peritonitis from cold on 13 Mar 1888 at age 56. Married to Ann Maria Quick, they had six children and four of them are buried at Maple Grove.

Eldest daughter Charlotte Ebbets Bissell (1850-1911) was president of the 20th Century Club in Richmond Hill and her speech at the opening of the Carnegie Library in Richmond Hill in 1905 is documented in the Richmond Hill Record on 8 Jul 1905.

Son Charles Hercules Ebbets, (1859-1925) an architect, was the owner and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball club and built Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

Census records:
1850: Porter; NY Ward 5, with wife & mother-in-law
1855: Liquor merchant, NY Ward 8, 3 children & Mother-in-law
1860: Merchant: NY Ward 8, 4 children & mother-in-law
1867: Wine & Liquor Dealer at 262 Hudson St.
1870: 22 Jun. Liquor Dealer; NY Ward 8, 6 children & mother-in-law Maria Quick
1870: 8 Jul. 1870, death of wife Anna
1886: Liquor Dealer, home 4 Cottage Pl. NYC


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