Peter White WILTBANK

1838 - 1902  (64 years)

• Name	Peter White WILTBANK
  Born	4 Mar 1838	Philadelphia, PA
  Gender	Male
  Legal	22 Dec 1891	Camden County, NJ   [1]
  	Mrs. Wiltbank Sues For Divorce
  Died	4 Apr 1902  [2]
  	Peter's Death Certificate lists address of 410 S. Fifth St., Camden. He is stated to 60 years old and married.
  Buried	Mt.Holly Cemetery
  Person ID	I547350093	Primary
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	John WILTBANK,   b. 14 Feb 1804,   d. 11 Sep 1860  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth STONES,   b. 4 May 1809,   d. 5 Feb 1888  (Age 78 years)
  Married	14 Jan 1828
  Family ID	F7211	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Phebe OGBORN,   b. 7 Feb 1836,   d. 25 Dec 1873  (Age 37 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1865
  Children	1. Mabel WILTBANK,   b. 14 May 1870
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F518394868	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Emma MAGUIRE
  Children	1. Edward Stone WILTBANK,   b. 22 Jul 1875   2. Eugene Reed WILTBANK,   b. 18 Dec 1880, Atlantic City, NJ
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F518394869	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Lizzetta SAXER,   b. Abt 1855, New York
  Children	1. Canelia E. WILTBANK,   b. 11 Jul 1893   2. Peter White WILTBANK, Jr.,   b. 1895,   d. 3 Jul 1895, Egg Harbor City, Atlantic Co., NJ  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F518394875	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Newspaper Clipping, 23 Dec 1891. Mrs. Wiltbank Wants A Divorce And She Says A Photograph Was the Cause of All the Trouble May's Landing, N.J., Dec 22. Mrs. Ella Wiltbank, wife of Peter Wiltbank, the well-known real estate speculator, has commenced suit for divorce for her husband on the grounds of desertion and unfaithfulness. The couple are of highly-respected families and wealthy. Mr. and Mrs. Wiltbank lived in Egg Harbor City, a few miles form this place, and their home was a happy one until a year ago, when the wife frequently saw her husband kissing the photograph of a Mrs. King. Things went on smotthly for a while, when, finally, he withdrew his support, in March last departed from her and their two children. The suit for divorce was sought in the Camden County Court, and yesterday Vice Chancellor Green heard the testimony in the case. Mr. Wiltbank made no defense. The couple had been married sixteen years. Mrs. Wiltbank id the daughter of Capt. Thomas Maguire of Atlantic City. The defendant is well-known in New York, Philadelphia and this state as a real estate speculator. He was formerly associated with Florence F. Hogate, the fugitive Camden lawyer, in the scheme to build a race track at Atlantic City. New York Times, 12/23/1891 [S247] Newspaper Clipping. P.W. Wiltbank shot Himself in the Mouth and Died Instantly - Young Man Ends His Life with Four Bullets. P.W. Wiltbank, a land speculator, committed suicide last night in the office of J.M. Mays & Co. 207 Walnut place, by shooting himself in the mouth. Mr. Wiltbank was 60 years old, married, and resided in South Fifth street, Camden. Serious physical disability, coupled with unfortunate business ventures in Egg Harbor, are the causes assigned for the deed. The identification was brought about by a name found in his clothing, which has been given to him by his brother, H.H. Wiltbank, a stock broker in the Drexel Building and a resident of the Normandie Apartment House. Thirty-sixth and Chestnut streets. The latter went to the Morgue shortly after midnight this morning and made the identification.