Herbert Whitfield SYKES^[1]

1905 - 1954  (48 years)

• Name	Herbert Whitfield SYKES
  Birth	15 Mar 1905	Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1940	Massachusetts   [2]
  	The 1940 census notes that Herbert was employed as a brakeman at a steel and wire mill.
  Death	3 Mar 1954	Worcester, Worcester Co, MA   [1, 3]
  	Herbert died in Worcester, Massachusetts on 3 March 1954. He was 48 years old.
  Person ID	I55219	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	David Edward SYKES,   b. 26 Jan 1852, Norfolk City, VA d. 5 Jun 1908, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Myrtle Helen MARSH,   b. 10 May 1878, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 10 Nov 1959, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1899	Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 30 July 1899. David was a widower at the time of this marriage.
  Family ID	F4110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ester BOUDREAU,   b. c. 1906, Canada
  Marriage	1933	Worcester Co, MA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1933.
  Family ID	F4111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: April 1910, Portsmouth, VA Resided: January 1920, Portsmouth City, VA [S5263]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4275] Shirer, "Mary Hester Cragin descendants", e-mails to Beth Uiterwyk, May & Jun 2000. [S5260] 1940 US Census / Sykes, Herbert W. [S5261] Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901 - 1980.. Vol. 102, p. 127: Herbert Whitfield Sykes entry. [S1346] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, abstractors, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1850 - 1899, ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 187: David Edward Sykes - Myrtle Helen Marsh marriage (1899), file no. 21443. [S5259] Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901 - 1955 and 1966 - 1970.. Vol. 71, p. 5; Herbert Sykes - Esther Boudreau entry.