Jay Arthur Corbin

Born 2 November 1910 at Stamford, Delaware County, New York

Died 20 July 1972 at Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York

Jay was the only child of Robert Payne Corbin and Jessie Augusta Shutts Corbin. He was raised at Stamford where his father was a florist and his mother a teacher. In 1920, when he was ten-years old, the family relocated to Albany, New York where his father was a private family gardener and his mother a teacher. The family relocated to Bethlehem, New York about 1925 where his father was first a florist and later a private estate superintendent; and, his mother a grade school teacher. It was at Bethlehem where Jay was engaged as a switchboard installer. The family relocated to Rensselaer about 1934 where Jay’s father was the owner and operator of Corbin Gas Station at 1001 Washington Avenue which also served as their home. Jay was the assistant manager of this family operated neighborhood gas and grocery store. For a time in the early 1950s, Jay was a railroad worker but returned to the family business by 1959. He was active in the community as a member of Rensselaer Elks and the Rensselaer Sportman’s Lodge. Jay died at Saint Peter’s Hospital at Rensselaer after a brief illness and was buried at Stamford Cemetery at Stamford, presumably in the family plot there. Jay married to Mary Dow Bryant on 22 October 1942 at Ludlow, Vermont. It is not known if Jay and Mary had any children. I believe the marriage was brief. I do not find Mary with Jay in any records other than their marriage record and she was not mentioned in Jay’s obituary. Jay was my third cousin once removed.

*Note-Jay was found in two records as Jason Adelbert Corbin and in one record as Jay Adelbert Corbin.

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