THURBER, Eugene C.

THURBER, Eugene Carlton (1865-1896) was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Lansing and Charlotte [Wood] Thurber. He had moved to Los Angeles by 1889, when, at age 24, he married Lottie M. Wood, age 22. They were both living in Alhambra. Thurber died on September 7, 1896 in Los Angeles at age 31.

Thurber visited the San Pedro Martir in Baja California from April-June of 1893 with Alfred W. Anthony, Wilfred W. Anthony, T. S. Brandegee and Harry E. and Charlotte M. Wilder (Ewan 1942)

Thurber collected on:

• Isla Guadalupe (1893)

In the News~

September 8, 1896 [LAH]: “The death of Eugene Thurber, well-known to lovers of baseball in this city and vicinity, occurred last night at his home in Alhambra. Deceased was 30 years of age.

Nidiologist, Volume 4: “Eugene Carlton Thurber died at his home at Alhambra, Cal., September 7, aged 31 years. He was an Associate Member of the A. O. U., and at one time a member of the Linnaean Society of New York. He took great interest in Ornithology. The common Junco of California was named in his honor, Thurber's Junco.”