Background
Kilner, Ursula Blanche was born on February 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frederic Russell and Blanche (Miller) Gamble.
Kilner, Ursula Blanche was born on February 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frederic Russell and Blanche (Miller) Gamble.
Bachelor cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1946; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1947; postgraduate, Columbia University, to 1951.
Assistant to editor, Grolier Public, New York City, 1947; manager, Magnamusic Inc., Garrison, New York, 1954-1955; publicity and fundraising, Little Guild of St. Francis Inc., Cornwall, Connecticut, 1957-1968; lecturer, U. Connecticut, Torrington, 1964-1966; genealogist, Bird Bottom Genealogist, Salisbury, Connecticut, since 1979. Owner, manager The Tenth Muse, phonograph and stereo company, 1958-1960. Reporter The Commercial Record, 1960-1961.
Member Planning and Zoning Commission, Salisbury, Connecticut, 1981-1982, New York State History Association. Member of Daughters of the American Revolution (chapter registrar Salisbury Arsenal 1982—2004), New York State History Association, Illinois Genealogical Society, New York History Association, Essex (Massachusetts) Society Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Society Genealogists, Connecticut Gravestone Studies, Association Gravestone Studies, Vermont Genealogists Society, Suffolk County History Society, Connecticut Society Genealogists, American College Genealogists (assistant national registrar 1990-1991, certified genealogist), New Hampshire Genealogy Society (life), National Society Huguenots (life. Advisory board 1993—2001, Connecticut registrar 1998—2001), New Hampshire Society Genealogists (life), New York Genealogical/Biographical Society (life), New England History/Genealogical Society (life), Salisbury Association, Sons and Daughters First Settlers Newbury, Van Voorhees Family Society, Greyhound Friends West, Inc., National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (organizing president Winthrop Fleet chapter 1990, Connecticut state registrar 1995-1999, chapter president 1999—2001, retired), Sheffield History Society (life), Morse Family Society (life), Piscataqua Pioneers New Hampshire (life), Kewanee (Illinois) History Society (life), Andover (Massachusetts) History Society (life), National Society Daughters American Colonists (retired Connecticut registrar), Seeley Family Society, Whitlock Family Society, Eastern Star.
Married Glen Kilner, May 12, 1950 (deceased February 1998).