Joseph Lybrant Tomlin

Joseph Lybrant Tomlin 1893-1976 HE GENEALOGICAL Society reports with sorrow the death of Joseph Lybrant Tomlin on 8 August 1976. The Society's treasurer since 1970, Mr. Tomlin's devotion to the interest of the Society will be greatly missed. Funeral services were held at the Turner Funeral Home, Roxborough, 12 August, and interment was in Hillside Cemetery. Born in Philadelphia 6 December 1893, he attended Rutlege Grammar School, Central High School and the University of Pennsylvania, a graduate in 1917. He was an accountant. As a Masonic historian, he was a member of Lodge No. 3, F&AM; member of the Navy League and the United States Power Squadron. He joined the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in 1944, he was also a member of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Oster Tomlin, and two children Joseph Lybrant Tomlin, Jr., Mrs. Jane Tomlin Herring, and three grandchildren. The Society extends its deepest sympathy to his family at the passing of so estimable a man. T THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA was established in 1892 for the purposes of promoting genealogical research, the collection, preservation or transcription of registers of births, marriages and deaths kept by religious societies or individuals, and of all kinds of official records affording genealogical information. Incorporated in 1920 as a non-profit organization, membership in the Society is open to all interested persons and institutions; all such are invited to submit their names for election. The annual dues are $20.00, husband and wife $25.00, annual contributing $30.00, husband and wife annual contributing $35.00, life membership $400.00, benefactor $500.00. Every member receives a copy of each issue of The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, published semi-annually, notices of regular meetings and workshops, and is entitled to consult the Collections of the Society housed in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia 19107. The Society welcomes and solicits for its Collections family histories, Bible records, transcripts of church and cemetery records, and of county or town archival records. As a non-profit organization, donations of such material, financial contributions to be invested for income, and testamentary bequests are considered deductible for purposes of Federal income tax returns. The Society needs your help in maintaining and enlarging its collections, in services and membership. 293