Other Events:

• 1930 Census: 26 Apr 1930, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• 1940 Census: 12 Apr 1940, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
Name:      John Kingsbury Colby
Gender:      Male
Birth Date:      19 Oct 1896
Birth Place:      Bradford, Massachusetts, USA
Father:      Frank H Colby
Mother:      Martha Kingsbury

1930 Census:
Ward 1, ED 362, sheet 21A
164 Cabot St
Colby, John K     Head   M  W  33  Md  32   MA  MA  VT   Teacher - Private School
---, Elizabeth H    Wife    F  W  29  Md  28   MA  ME  MA

1940 Census:
Ward 1, ED 9-399, sheet 63B
164 Cabot Street
Colby, John K      Head  M  W  43  Md   Massachusetts  1935: Same House   Teacher - Secondary School
---, Elizabeth H     Wife   F  W  39  Md   Massachusetts           "
---, John K. Jr        Son  M  W    8  S     Massachusetts            "

Died:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003
Name:      John K Colby
Certificate:      016758
Death Place:      Lawrence
Death Date:      23 Feb 1977
Birth Place:      Massachusetts

John married Elizabeth Boyd Hall in 1929 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles Woodbury Hall and Elizabeth Whiton Loring) was born on 28 May 1900 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1988 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Mayflower - Giles Hopkins
• Group: Mayflower - Stephen Hopkins
• Group: Mayflower - Thomas Rogers
• Group: Mayflower - William Brewster
• 1940 Census: 12 Apr 1940, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Obituary: Aft 26 Oct 2012, Staunton, Staunton (city) County, Virginia

Notes:

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Giles Hopkins (son of Stephen) of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower

1940 Census:
Ward 1, ED 9-399, sheet 63B
164 Cabot Street
Colby, John K      Head  M  W  43  Md   Massachusetts  1935: Same House   Teacher - Secondary School
---, Elizabeth H     Wife   F  W  39  Md   Massachusetts           "
---, John K. Jr        Son  M  W    8  S     Massachusetts            "

Obituary:
http://www.henryfuneralhome.net/memsol.cgi?user_id=784511

JOHN K. COLBY
LEXINGTON, VA

John Kingsbury Colby, of Staunton VA, formerly of Tuscon, AZ passed away peacefully on Friday, October 26th.

He was born March 17, 1932 in Boston MA and was raised in Andover MA. He attended Phillips Academy, and graduated from Hebron Academy, Brown University with a BA in Archaeology, University of New Hampshire with a BS in Hotel Management, and Boston University with a Masters in Education.

Mr. Colby served in the United States Army mapping parts of Alaska. He spent his career in education as a science teacher and school business administrator in the United States and England. His hobbies included volunteer work with Native Americans, archaeological digs throughout the northeast and southwest, hiking both in the United States and Europe, and photography.

Mr. Colby was preceded in death by his parents, John Kingsbury and Elizabeth (Hall) Colby. He is survived by two children and their spouses, Drusilla (John) Milford of VA and John (Ann) Colby of WI and seven grandchildren Trey, Benjamin and William Shehan and Maarten, Ashley, Huck, and Riley Colby.

A service will take place Friday, November 2 at Trinity Staunton at 4:00. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Appalachian Mountain Club, 5 Joy Street, Boston, MA 02108 (www.outdoors.org).

Henry Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

John married D. Flather [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]