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Re: No answer WHY!

October 12, 2014, 3:12 pm
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These message boards are for help with researching family trees and maybe finding "cousins". This is done with using documents to prove family connections like birth. marriage and death certificates, obituaries, school, military and newspaper accounts. There are many like myself who enjoy helping other with their research or "breaking down a brickwall".
If you want to contact the "living" DeCavalcante family then look for them in social media sites as well as Public Records sites and make contact that way. The odds of any family member seeing any message on this board is very slim. You could look to see if any family trees have been posted and contact the person who submitted that tree.

Also instead of "I think the spelling is correct" for your grandmother's maiden name, look for the records that will give you the right spelling. Her and Sam's Marriage Certificate, your father's birth or death certificate. Also his SSA application for a SSN will have it, but it is my understanding you may need to provide proof your father is deceased to have parents names not be blacked out. You can ask the SSA when you make a FOIA request for the application. Your father's marriage certificate may also have his mother's maiden name. As should you grandmother's death certificate as well as her SSA application if she had a SSN. Could be the reason, if on the slim chance a Decavalcante "cousin" did see your message, but has a different enough spelling of Mary's maiden name as to think you are not connected to their branch of the family.

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Re: No answer WHY!

October 12, 2014, 4:16 pm
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Personally I just noticed this , guess it was the WHY !! , Forgive me , I just started back here a week or so ago , recovering from bad stroke & had to have a stent put in heart , I'm from the Browns , children's names are Holt so kept the last name . Do you see any mistakes I've made ? Tell me and I will fix..... Jeannie
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LAUTNER Mary R. Hoffer

October 14, 2014, 6:18 am
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AUSTINTOWN - Mary Rita Lautner, 103, of Meridian Arms Living Center and formerly of Manchester Avenue on Youngstown’s west side, passed away Thursday morning, at Hospice House, surrounded by many of her family.

Mary was born April 23, 1907, in McAdoo, Pa., a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Bolla Hoffer, and came to Youngstown, Ohio as a child with her family.

She worked as a window-dresser for the former Strouss-Hirshberg Department Store, and also worked at U.S. Steel, Ohio Works during World War II.


Mrs. Lautner was known for her ‘green thumb’ and enjoyed gardening, crocheting, and cooking. She treasured the time she spent with her family, and enjoyed the years she spent at Meridian Arms, making many new friends.

Her husband, Michael Joseph Lautner, whom she married Aug. 28, 1926, passed away Feb. 7, 1967.

Mary leaves three sons, Mitchell J. Lautner of Austintown, Ohio, Charles W. (Audrey) Lautner of Youngstown and John S. “Duke” (Betty) Lautner of Austintown; a sister, Irene Galambossy of Austintown; 11 grandchildren, including Audrey Gray, who was Mary’s caregiver while she was at Meridian Arms; 25 great-grandchildren; and 27 great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, Mary was preceded in death by two brothers, Stephen and Charles Hoffer; four sisters, Helen Bernat, Margaret Niggel, Katherine Hay and Julia Hoffer; a granddaughter, Bonnie Little; several infant grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Bessie Lautner.

There are no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, at St. Brendan Church, 2800 Oakwood Ave. in Youngstown, Ohio.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Kinnick Funeral Home, 477 N. Meridian Road, Youngstown.

Mrs. Lautner’s family wishes to express thanks to the special and wonderful people at Meridian Arms Living Center that made her feel loved and at home during the past three years. Her family also thanks the staff at Hospice House for the peace and comfort that Mary Rita needed.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House, 9803 Sharrott Road, Poland, OH 44514.

Visit kinnickfuneralhome.com to view this obituary and to send on-line condolences to Mary’s family

Mahoning County, Ohio
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AUSTINTOWN - Irene Galambossy passed away peacefully Saturday evening, Oct. 11, 2014, at The Woodlands at Austinwoods, after a blessed life.

Irene was born in Youngstown and was a lifelong area resident.

She was a graduate of Chaney High School, and worked for McKelvey’s Department Store in downtown Youngstown.

Irene was a charter member of St. Joseph Parish in Austintown, and was a member of the Ladies’ Guild and Golden-Agers.

She was an avid golfer who participated in local ladies’ golf leagues for many years.
Irene was a former member of both the F.O.E. and of the Catholic War Vets, and she was a volunteer with the St. Vincent DePaul Society’s soup kitchen.

Irene leaves several nieces and nephews, and her companion, Gus Puskas, with whom she shared her home for many years.

Besides her parents, her husband, David Galambossy, a brother, Stephen Hoffer, and four sisters, Mary Lautner, Margaret Niggel, Helen Bernat, and Katherine Hay, preceded her in death.

Family and friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Kinnick Funeral Home, 477 N. Meridian Road, Youngstown.

Funeral services will begin at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the funeral home, and will continue at St. Joseph Church in Austintown, where a Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10 a.m.

Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Austintown.

Visit kinnickfuneralhome.com to view this obituary and to send condolences online to Irene’s family.
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Michael Kopczyk

October 14, 2014, 6:22 am
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BOARDMAN, OH - Michael Kopczyk, 94, passed away Sunday evening, Oct. 12, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, Ohio (Mahoning County) following a brief illness.

Michael was born Feb. 4, 1920, in Senkova, Western Ukraine, one of 13 children born to the late John and Maria Sliwiak Kopczyk, and came to America and Youngstown in May of 1951.

Mr. Kopczyk worked as a laborer and track inspector for P&LE Railroad for 32 years, retiring in 1982.
He was a member of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Youngstown.
He was a church councilman in his younger years, and volunteered for the parish’s pirohy project and for many other church projects and activities throughout his life.
An accomplished handyman, Mike was always able to repair anything that was broken.
He enjoyed projects of making things that were functional around the house.
He also enjoyed his vegetable garden very much.

Mike leaves his beloved wife of 59 years, Teodora Wasylyszyn Kopczyk, whom he married July 28, 1955; his son, Michael Kopczyk of Boardman; his daughter, Mary (Ben) Morucci of Poland, Ohio; two grandsons, Anthony (Nicole) Morucci and Gary (Karyn) Morucci, both of Poland, Ohio; and six great-grandchildren, Amanda, Jason, Anthony Jr., Alyssa, Benjamin, and Jared Morucci. Family and friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Kinnick Funeral Home, 477 N. Meridian Road, Youngstown, OH.

Funeral services will begin on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, and continue at 11:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Interment will be at Green Haven Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Michael’s name to Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, 526 W. Rayen Ave., Youngstown, OH Please visit kinnickfuneralhome.com to view this obituary and to send condolences online to Michael’s family.
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Steve Taninecz

October 14, 2014, 6:32 am
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LORDSTOWN, Ohio - Steve Taninecz passed away on Oct. 11, 2014.

He was born in Avella, Pa., in 1926, the son of Vasily and Anna Taninecz.
Steve served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II, and fought in Europe.
He worked for more than four decades at Republic Steel in Warren, Ohio.

Steve enjoyed supporting his family and being in the outdoors. He was an avid fisherman, hunter, and gardener.
His beloved wife, Ita, of 66 years, will miss him forever.
Steve is also survived by brother Demetro (Delores) Taninecz; sister-in-law Elizabeth Taninecz; daughters Shirley (Steve) Watson and Mary (Ralph) Leggett; sons Steve Taninecz and George (Diane) Taninecz; grandsons Nathan (April) Taninecz, William Taninecz, Brandon Leggett, and Ben (Andee) Watson; granddaughter Roseanna; and great-grandchildren Caramia, Nicholas, Drew, Grace, Elsa, and Jake.

Steve was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Charles, Andrew, George, Thomas, and John Taninecz; and sisters Mary Virtue and Veronica Miller.
Calling hours are at the James Funeral Home in Newton Falls, on Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m., ending with military honors.
The family will lay Steve’s ashes to rest on Friday at 10 a.m. at Pineview Memorial Park in Warren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, 2220 Reeves Road NE, Warren, OH 44483, in memory of Steve Taninecz.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the James Funeral Home, 8 East Broad St., Newton Falls, OH 44444.
Family and friends may visit www.jamesfuneralhomeinc.com to view Steve’s obituary online
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Theresa Alice "Tessie" Fair Oelrichs

October 15, 2014, 2:19 pm
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Theresa Alice "Tessie" Fair Oelrichs
Born: Silver City,Nevada, USA
30 June 1871
BIRTH YEAR ALTERNATELY GIVEN AS 1850 & 1857

Death: 22 November1926
Newport
Newport County
Rhode Island, USA

FATHER: James Graham Fair (1831 - 1894)
MOTHER:Theresa Rooney (1838-13 Sept 1891)
SISTER: Virginia Fair Vanderbilt (1877?-1935)


BURIED IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY, THE BRONX,BRONX COUNTY,NY

Born and raised in California and Nevada, "Tessie" was the heiress to a large silver fortune. Her father, James Fair, was an Irish immigrant who became a self-made milionaire in the Comstock Lode.

After her parents' much-publicized divorce, in which her mother Virginia received a $5 million divorce settlement, Tessie lived with her mother and sister in San Francisco. The Fairs summered in Newport, Rhode Island, where Tessie met her future husband, Hermann Oelrichs. They married in 1890.

In 1891, Hermann and Tessie Oelrichs purchased the Newport estate of naval historian and diplomat George Bancroft. The Oelrichs expanded the property and commissioned Stanford White of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White to design Rosecliff, a mansion based on the Grand Trianon at Versailles.

Rosecliff's H-shaped construction surrounded a large gilded ballroom where Tessie Oelrichs hosted many parties during the summer season. Best known was the "Bal Blanc," which highlighted the Astor Cup Race in August 1904. Tessie Oelrichs decorated Rosecliff with white hydrangeas, roses, orchids, and lilies, ordered white swans for the fountain, and had a fleet of white ships constructed to float on the shore beyond the estate.

Tessie's energy and headstrong personality were a formidable match for Newport's other society leaders. She kept a spotless household and held events such as a ballet, an opera, and a circus at Rosecliff.

The Oelrichs grew apart in later years, Hermann Oelrichs living in San Francisco, and Tessie Oelrichs dividing her time between New York, Saratoga, Paris, and Newport. The Oelrichs had one son, Hermann Oelrichs Jr.

After Tessie Oelrichs' death in 1926, Rosecliff passed through many hands. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Monroe gave Rosecliff to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1971. Today, it is open to the public as a museum.

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Socialite, heiress and society leader. Born in a filthy mining camp somewhere in California, Tessie was the eldest daughter of James Fair and his wife Theresa. James struck it rich in the Comstock Lode. Fair was one of four major investors of the program, and thus was made a millionaire overnight. He immediately moved his family from a dirty camp to one of the grandest homes in San Francisco. Despite their newfound wealth, the Fairs were not happy. Finally Mrs Fair sued for divorce, claiming a $5 million divorce settlement, the largest at the time, and custody of Tessie and her sister, Virginia. They wintered in San Francisco and summered in Newport, where, in 1889, she met Hermann Oelrichs, the heir to a large shipping fortune and the son of one of Baltimore's most prominent families. They married a year later in a lavish wedding, at which James Fair was not invited. James, not one to hold grudges, gave the couple his blessing by bestowing upon them a check for $1 million. With this money, they purchased in New York City, for the sum of $167,000, the marble townhouse of the late Mary Mason Jones. Since the mansion was considerably old, the Oelrichs felt it needed a renovation. 2 years later, and $150,000, and the mansion was complete. Shortly afterwards, James Fair passed away, leaving an inheritance of $50 million to Tessie and the same to Virginia, who had married the son of William K Vanderbilt, Willie. Nevertheless, Tessie felt that she and Hermann needed a Newport residence, as they were trying to break into Newport's rigid High Society. They had architect Stanford White construct an H-shaped plan "cottage", which she named Rosecliff. Before the house was completed, Tessie gave a large ball in the unfinished ballroom to announce the Oelrichs's arrival in Newport. Once completed, the total cost was $264,000. The ballroom would see many more lavish parties during the social season. The most famous being her "Bal Blanc" Ball, which highlighted the Astor Cup Race in August 1904. Tessie Oelrichs decorated Rosecliff with white hydrangeas, roses, orchids, and lilies, ordered white swans for the fountain, and had a fleet of white ships constructed to float on the shore beyond the estate. Tessie was a very careful woman, fearful that people were after her money. She distrusted every single one of her servants and she kept records on everyone of them, labeling "Good", "Bad" and "Rotten". Each morning, at precisely nine, she made an cleaning inspection of every room in the house. Then she would tour her garage and stables. Cleanliness was next to godliness. Every bed had to be made up fresh everyday, and if there were a marble floor in need of a scrub, she wouldn't hesitate to take the mop and pail and go at it. "When I die," she used to say, "bury me with a cake of Sapolio in one hand and a scrubbing brush in the other. Those are my symbols." Her obsession finally caught up with her, and once while scrubbing her marble floors, at carpet tack flew into her eye and blinded her in her left eye. She also had trouble hearing, and the only way to speak to her was to shout. She was the victim of a horrible disease with which she put on weight rapidly. The result was her starving herself and exercising till she fainted. She spent thousands of dollars on buying the latest exercise equipment and, if needed, she had her strongest servants tie her corsets on her as tight as they went, she having to grab onto a chair because it was such a struggle, a gross breach of etiquette that was airily dismissed. Tessie and Hermann grew apart in their later years of marriage and they were rarely seen together. They had no problem arguing together in front of servants, family or even guests. Tessie spent most of her time in Newport and in New York City, while Hermann in San Francisco and Baltimore. Despite being the daughter of a Democrat and also the wife of one, Tessie was a supporter of the Republican Party. This was most likely because she lived in a very conservative area and most of her friends were Republicans. Tessie spent her last years at Rosecliff, which today is owned by The Preservation Society of Newport County.

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Virginia "Birdie" Graham Fair Vanderbilt

October 15, 2014, 2:58 pm
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Birth: 2 April 1877 (Also reported as 1875) San Francisco, California
Death: 7July 1935

"Princess of San Francisco", she was the daughter of a partner in the Comstock Silver Lode. She and her husband sponsored America's first automobile races.

Virginia Fair Vanderbilt was an American socialite, hotel builder/owner, philanthropist, owner of Fair Stable, a Thoroughbred racehorse operation, and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. Daughter of US Senator James G. Fair and his wife Theresa. Wife of William K. Vanderbilt Jr,(1878-1944), divorced 1927, a sportsman and president of the New York Central Railroad. Known to her friends, family and guests as 'Birdie', she was a devout Roman Catholic. Deeply religious, yet deeply lavish, she demanded that her new husband give her the architectural French palaces she demanded. One on Fifth Avenue at 666, another on Long Island, 'Idle Hour', a Palm Beach estate and yet another on Fisher Island, 'Casa Alva'. Traveling to and fro on her private railroad car, she spent lavishly everywhere she went, her outlandish style being afforded by her massive fortune. Selling all her homes after her divorce, she finally built a new mansion at 60 East 93rd Street and purchased homes in Long Island and California. A great lover of horses, she decided to start her own stable and began the Fair Horse Stables, which ended up winning hundreds of prizes and won nearly $200,000 in its first year. Dying in her 60th year of pneumonia, she was shortly after inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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Parents:
James Graham Fair (1831 - 1894)
Theresa Rooney (

Spouse:
William Kissam Vanderbilt (1878 - 1944)

Children:
Muriel Vanderbilt Adams (1900 - 1972)*

Virginia Fair Vanderbilt
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Vanderbilt painting by Giovanni Boldini
Born Virginia Graham Fair
January 2, 1875
San Francisco, California
Died July 7, 1935 (aged 60)
Manhattan, New York



Virginia Fair Vanderbilt (January 2, 1875 - July 7, 1935) was an American socialite, hotel builder/owner, philanthropist, owner of Fair Stable, a Thoroughbred racehorse operation, and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family.throughmarriage.

Biography

She was born on January 2, 1875 in San Francisco, California as Virginia Graham Fair to James Graham Fair, and his wife Theresa Rooney. Her parents divorced when she was six. She was known throughout her life as "Birdie". Her father, James Graham Fair, was an Irish immigrant who made a fortune from mining the Comstock Lode and the Big Bonanza mine in Virginia City and Carson City, Nevada respectively. The United States Senator from Nevada from 1881 to 1887, James Graham Fair died in 1894, leaving his daughter a fortune. In 1899, she and her sister "Tessie" built the Rosecliff mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.

On March 26, 1899, Virginia Graham Fair married William Kissam Vanderbilt II, a sportsman and president of the New York Central Railroad. They settled in a mansion at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City and had three children: Muriel (1902–1982), Consuelo (1903–1994) and William Kissam III (1907–1933). The couple separated around 1909 but because she was a devout Roman Catholic and they had been married by the Church, they did not formally divorce until 1927 when her husband wanted to remarry.

After their separation, she continued to use the Vanderbilt name but also did much under her maiden name. She began dividing her time between homes in Manhattan, Jericho, Long Island and in her native California. Her mansion at 60 East 93rd Street became the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations then part of the Lycée Français de New York until 2000 when it was sold to be converted back to a private residence.

In 1902, she and sister, Theresa "Tessie" Alice (Fair) Oelrichs, began construction of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco but sold their interests in 1906, days before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. However, following the death of her husband, Tessie Fair-Oelrichs repurchased the property in 1908, retaining ownership until 1924. In 1910, Birdie Vanderbilt set up the Virginia Fair Legacy Fund that rebuilt and endowed the Holy Family Day Home, a Roman Catholic school residence for children in San Francisco that had been damaged by the 1906 earthquake.

Birdie Vanderbilt also spent considerable time in Paris, France where tragedy struck in 1902 when her brother Charles and his wife were killed in an automobile accident. In 1920 her estranged husband, who also maintained a home in the Parisian suburb of Passy, inherited the Haras du Quesnay Thoroughbred breeding farm and racing stable near Deauville in France's famous horse region of Lower Normandy. Interested in horse racing herself, Birdie Vanderbilt established her own racing stable in the United States. Named Fair Stable, she met with great success with the Thoroughbred Sarazen who earned back-to-back U.S. Horse of the Year honors in 1924 and 1925 and would be inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

In 1933, tragedy struck her family again when her 26-year-old son, William Kissam Vanderbilt III, was killed in an automobile accident in South Carolina while driving home to New York City from his father's Florida estate.

She died in Manhattan NY from pneumonia on July 15, 1935
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William Henry Schieffelin (1836-1885)

October 15, 2014, 3:36 pm
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BURIED IN JOHN JAY CEMETERY IN RYE,WESTCHESTER COUNTY,N

Born:20 Aug 1836 NYC
Died:20/21 June 1885 NYC

Son of:Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin and Lucretia Holmes Hazaed

Spouse:Mary Jay


1 Mary Jay b: abt 1845 in New York

CHILDREN
Eleanor J Schieffelin b: Aug 1864 in New York
WilliamJ. Schieffelin b: abt 1866 in New York
Samuel B. Schieffelin b: abt 1871 in New York
John J. Schieffelin b: abt 1877 in New York


Father of


The Oakland,New York chemical company of Wm. Schieffelin & Co. was run by various members of the family over its long history. Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin died in February, 1900. He was born on Feb. 24, 1811, and after the retirement of his father, Henry Hamilton Schieffelin, from business in 1819, he and his brothers managed the drug company that their father had founded under the firm name of Schieffelin Brothers & Co., Samuel Bradhurst remaining head of the concern until his withdrawal in 1865, when his son, William Henry Schieffelin, succeeded him. William Henry Schieffelin died in 1895. His son is William Jay Schieffelin of the drug firm of Schieffelin & Co.

Schieffelin & Co., quite proud of their long existence in business publishing a pamphlet in 1894 entitled, One Hundred Years In Business. and celebrated 134 years by 1927. They enjoyed the reputation of being the oldest wholesale drug company in the country.

Schieffelin & Co. were located at William and Beekman Sts for seventy-three years. In 134 years the concern has made only four changes, all within a six-block circle. In 1794 it was at 195 Pearl Street, in 1829, at Maiden Lane; in 1841 it moved to 104-6 John Street, and in 1854 it moved to Williams and Beekman location. In 1927 they expanded and moved to a seven story fire-proof building at Third and Fourth Avenues in New York.

From the 1880s through the beginning of the 20th century, they introduced for sale in the United States such drugs as, phenacetine, sulfonal, veronal, heroin and aspirin. The company maintained a staff of highly trained chemists and often contributed to the scholarly journals of the time.





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William Henry Schieffelin

October 15, 2014, 4:00 pm
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OBITUARY RECORD
Published: June 22, 1895
Copyright The New York Times
William Henry Schieffelin died at his home, 242 East Fifteenth Street, yesterday. He was head of the firm of Schieffelin & Co., wholesale druggists, at William and Beekman Streets.

Mr. Schieffelin was born in this city Aug. 20 1836. Though educated for a business life, his career was checkered with adventure. In 1860 he was chosen to lead an exploration party in the far West. The party crossed the Rocky Mountains from Montana on the same trail followed by the Lewis and Clark expeditions, and was captured by the Crow Indians. When on the point of losing their lives, they were released by a chief. In 1862 he entered the war of the rebellion in the Seventh Regiment of New-York. He afterward left the regiment and was commissioned Major of the First New-York Mounted Rifles, and completed the regiment by enlisting 400 men. In 1863 he resigned his commission and returned to New York in time to take part in suppressing the draft riots.
In the same year he married Mary Jay, granddaughter of Chief Justice John Jay, and devoted himself to the interests of his fathers business, which was established in 1794 by Jacob Schieffelin. The firm has now become widely known for its enterprise in introducing synthetic drugs of modern chemistry to American physicians.

Mr. Schieffelin was a Vestryman in St. Georges Episcopal Church, at Stuyvesant Square. He was fond of farming, boating, and shooting, and was one of the first to import Jersey cattle to this country. Though taking a great interest in public affairs, he was never a candidate for a political office. He was President of the Fishers Island Sportsmans Club, a member of the Union League Club since the war, a charter member of the City Club, and of the South Side Club, and belonged to the Loyal Legion.

He leaves a wife, one daughter, Eleanor, and one son, William Jay Schieffelin, who succeeds him in the business.

Funeral services will be held at St. Georges Church on Tuesday at 9 A.M., and the burial will be at Bedford, Westchester County.
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William Henry Schieffelin

October 15, 2014, 4:05 pm
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OBITUARY RECORD
Published: June 22, 1895
Copyright The New York Times
William Henry Schieffelin died at his home, 242 East Fifteenth Street, yesterday. He was head of the firm of Schieffelin & Co., wholesale druggists, at William and Beekman Streets.

Mr. Schieffelin was born in this city Aug. 20 1836. Though educated for a business life, his career was checkered with adventure. In 1860 he was chosen to lead an exploration party in the far West. The party crossed the Rocky Mountains from Montana on the same trail followed by the Lewis and Clark expeditions, and was captured by the Crow Indians. When on the point of losing their lives, they were released by a chief. In 1862 he entered the war of the rebellion in the Seventh Regiment of New-York. He afterward left the regiment and was commissioned Major of the First New-York Mounted Rifles, and completed the regiment by enlisting 400 men. In 1863 he resigned his commission and returned to New York in time to take part in suppressing the draft riots.
In the same year he married Mary Jay, granddaughter of Chief Justice John Jay, and devoted himself to the interests of his fathers business, which was established in 1794 by Jacob Schieffelin. The firm has now become widely known for its enterprise in introducing synthetic drugs of modern chemistry to American physicians.

Mr. Schieffelin was a Vestryman in St. Georges Episcopal Church, at Stuyvesant Square. He was fond of farming, boating, and shooting, and was one of the first to import Jersey cattle to this country. Though taking a great interest in public affairs, he was never a candidate for a political office. He was President of the Fishers Island Sportsmans Club, a member of the Union League Club since the war, a charter member of the City Club, and of the South Side Club, and belonged to the Loyal Legion.

He leaves a wife, one daughter, Eleanor, and one son, William Jay Schieffelin, who succeeds him in the business.

Funeral services will be held at St. Georges Church on Tuesday at 9 A.M., and the burial will be at Bedford, Westchester County. NY
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General Hans Lothar Von Schweinitz (1822-1891)

October 15, 2014, 5:00 pm
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Hans Lothar von Schweinitz (born December 30, 1822 Gut Klein Krichen, County Lubin, Lower Silesia Germany, † 23 June 1901 in Kassel),Germany was a Prussian officer, thelast Infantry General and Adjutant General and the Imperial German Ambassador in Vienna and St. Petersburg.

Hans Lothar came from the old Silesian noble family von Schweinitz and was the son of the landowner and study director of the Knight Academy Liegnitz Heinrich von Schweinitz (born February 25, 1796 in Alt-Raudten; † March 4, 1872 in Legnica) and his wife Emilie, maiden name Von Heugel (* June 20, 1799, † 21 May 1870 in Berlin).

Hans Lothar von Schweinitz died on 24 June 1901 in Kassel,Hesse,Germany.


He married on 18 October 1872 in London, Anna Jay (born August 12, 1849 in New York City, 19 June 1925 in Kassel), the daughter of John Jay, Envoy of the United States in Vienna, and great-granddaughter of the founder father of the same name, and Eleanor Kingsland Field.
The couple had six sons and two daughters.

His daughter Eleonore von Schweinitz (1875-1948) married in 1901 the Prussian Minister of State August von Trott zu Solz (1855-1938).
His eldest son Wilhelm von Schweinitz (1873-1932) was a soldier until 1918, during the First World War military attaché in Rome and The Hague. He was married to Victoria (1882-1966), daughter of the Prussian House Minister August Eulenburg.

General and Mrs.Von Sweinitz are reportedly buried in the John Jay Cemetery in Rye,Westchester County,NY


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Anna Jay Von Schweinitz

October 15, 2014, 6:19 pm
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Anna Jay Von Schweinitz
Daughter of John Jay and Sarah Kingsland Field

Birth: 1849
Death: 1925
Wife of Hans Lothar VON SCHWEINITZ

mother of : Emilie Eleonore von Schweinitz
Birth: 1875 in Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Death: 1948

mother-in-law of Baron August Bodo Wilhelm von Trott zu Solz b: 1855 in Hesse-Kassel, Germany

grandmother of Friedrich Adam von Trott zu Solz b: 9 AUG 1909 in Potsdam, Germany

John Jay Cemetery
Rye
Westchester County
New York, USA

Anna had a total; of TWO DAUGHTERS AND SIX SONS.
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Edmund Randolph Robinson

October 15, 2014, 7:08 pm
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Birth: Mar. 25, 1837
Death: Jul. 24, 1896

second son of Moncure Robinson and Charlotte Randolph Taylor Robinson(Bennett?)
husband of Augusta Jay


Burial:
Saint Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard
Bedford
Westchester County
New York, USA

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Edmund Randolph Robinson




Birth: Mar. 5, 1838
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jul. 24, 1896
New York
New York County (Manhattan)
New York, USA

Founded and was senior member of the law firm Robinson, Biddle & Ward, which was located on 160 Broadway in New York City.

Son of prominent civil engineer Moncure Robinson. Married to Agnes Jay, a descendant of Supreme Court Justice John Jay.
JAY CEMETERY RECORDS LIST HER NAME AS AUGUSTA JAY

They had three children.

1). Moncure Robinson (1876-August 11, 1920)

2). Eleanor Robinson (September 1870-1930). Married James Lowell Putnam in 1900.

3). Augusta Frances Robinson (b.1877). Married Lewis Packington Wentworth.

Parents:
Moncure Robinson (1802 - 1891)
Charlotte Randolph Taylor Robinson (____ - 1895)

Siblings:
John Moncure Robinson (1835 - 1893)*
Edmund Randolph Robinson (1838 - 1896)
Moncure Robinson (1855 - 1896)*
Frances Brown Robinson Biddle (1858 - 1937)*



Burial:
John Jay Cemetery
Rye
Westchester County,NY

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Robert R. Livingston

October 15, 2014, 7:37 pm
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826. Note - The hon. Robert R. Livingston was born, in 1746, and died, on the 26 of March, 1813. He was a son of the hon. Robert Livingston, who, for a number of years, was one of the judges of the supreme court, but who was finally ejected from office, by governour Tryon, on account of his attachement to the rights of his country and opposition to the unjust, impolitick, and tyranical measures of Great Britain. Mrs. Maria Livingston, widow of the subject of this article, deceased at Washington, 22 March, 1814.

Two persons of the name, Livingston, an uncle and nephew, came from Scotland, to this country, about the middle of the seventeenth century, from whom many families of distinction have descended. One of their ancestors was the celebrated mr. Livingston, whose preaching, on a certain occasion, at the kirk of Shotts, was attendend with most astonishing effects, as recorded by Fleming and others. His portrait is still preserved in the family of the late Philip Livingston, esq.

The subject of this memoir, was educated at the college in New York. He was appointed to the office of recorder in this city, which he accepted and held till dismissed by governor Tryon on account of his political tenets. He had the honour of being a member of the first national congress and was one of the committee for draughting the magna charta of American independence. in 1777, he was one of the convention, which met at Aesopus for the purpose of forming a state constitution, and was chairman of the committee, which prepared this instrument. He was one of the council of safety and was chancellor of the state of New York, from the adoption of its constitution till his appointment to the court of France.

For two or three years, before the peace of 1783, he was secretary of state, for foreign affairs, under the congress of the United States. In 1788, he represented the city and county of New York in the convention for discussing and adopting the federal constitution. He opened the debates of that body with an eloquent and masterly address in favour of the proposed constitution. Had it not been for his efforts, in connexion with those, no less influential, of Jay and Hamilton, the state of New York would unquestionably have rejected it. When Washington was inducted into the office of president of the United States, it devolved upon chancellor Livingston to administer the prescribed oath to that illustrious father of America.

In 1801, he was appointed minister plenipotentiary to the republick of France. Through his negociation, the vast regions of Louisiana were added to the territory of the United States, for the sum of $15,000,000.

The subject of this memoir was the principal founder, and the president, of the New York Academy of Fine Arts, from its establishment to the time of his decease; and, on his suggestion, Bonaparte, when first consul of France, was elected an honorary member of this society. The letter expressing his acceptance of the proffered honour, with his sign manual, is carefully preserved in the archives of the Academy. The institution was enriched by a donation of splendid engravings and other articles, from this wonderful character, which probably could not have been purchased for $10,000. An excellent portrait of the chancellor adorns one of the rooms of this noble institution.

Agriculture, however, was his greatest delight and to this, he devoted the most of his time during the latter years of his life. His experiments so beneficial to the farmer, his written essays on the importance of gypsum as a manure, his patriotick example of introducing the merino sheep into the state of New York, his readiness to co-operate with Robert Fulton, esq. in furnishing the Hudwon with steam boats, affording a safe, rapid, and pleasant conveyance up and down that majestick river, are well known.

A full narrative of the leading events in the life of chancellor Livingston would fill a volume. This article shall be closed with an extract from the oration, still in manuscript, delivered by the rev. Timothy Clowes of Albany, at the request of the Society for the promotion of Agriculture and Arts, of which the chancellor was president from its first formation to the day of his death.

“In the near prospect of death he said that he now found that the truest philosophy consisted in pardon and peace through a Mediator. This peace he enjoyed through the course of his long illness, and so highly did he esteem its heavenly origin, that, he described it, as passing all understanding; nor would he exchange it, he said, for all the health, wealth, and honours, that time could bestow. It was his support under suffering humanity and had taken from him all fear of death.

“while speech remained, he continued to use it for the christian benefit of those around him; particularly for his near relatives, to whom nature had united him by the dearest cords of love. These ties were now soon to be broken and, as his last and best legacy, he besought them to seek religion, through redeeming love, as a source of happiness, here, and a foretaste of their better portion, in the life to come.”
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John Cleves Symmes

October 15, 2014, 7:41 pm
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CINCINNATI, OHIO.
1004. Note - The hon. John Cleves Symmes, a gentleman well known for his enterprising spirit, the flattering prospects he once had in view, and for his reverse of fortune, departed this life at Cincinati, in February, 1814. A large and respectable procession attended his remains from the residence of general Harrison to a principal landing place on the Ohio river, where military honours were performed by the infantry company commanded by captain M'Farland. The corpse was taken thence in a barge, to North Bend, and interred on the spot, which mr. Symmes had previously selected.

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William Alexander

October 15, 2014, 7:59 pm
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The honourable William Alexander was a native of the city of New York, but spent a considerable part of his life in New Jersey. He was a major general in the American army, and was distinguished as a brave officer. He was thought by many to be the rightful heir to the title and estate of an earldom in Scotland. He went to the land of his fathers in quest of his supposed right, but did not succeed in obtaining it. Through the courtesy of his friends, however, he was complimented with the title of lord Sterling. Having lived to the age of 57 years, he died, at Albany,NY in 1783.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt

October 16, 2014, 8:11 am
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Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.

Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (August 29, 1762 – July 13, 1848) was a United States Representative from New York. A member of New York's Van Cortlandt family, he was the son of Pierre Van Cortlandt, an early New York political figure, and brother of Philip Van Cortlandt, who was also a U.S. Representative from New York. Pierre Van Cortlandt was born at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton, Westchester County. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Queen's College (later Rutgers College) in 1783. He studied law in the office of Alexander Hamilton and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice. He retired from his law practice and devoted his time managing his estate in Westchester County.

In 1792, 1794 and 1795, he was a member of the New York State Assembly, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813.

Van Cortlandt married Catherine Clinton, daughter of eventual Vice President of the United States George Clinton. Van Cortlandt was a presidential elector on the Harrison ticket in 1840; he also founded and was president of the Westchester County Bank at Peekskill NYfrom 1833 until his death there in 1848. He resided at Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House from after 1783 until his death.[1] Interment was in Hillside Cemetery.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt Sr.(1721-1814)

October 16, 2014, 8:43 am
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Pierre Van Cortlandt

1st Lieutenant Governor of New York
In office
1778–1795
Governor George Clinton

Personal details
Born January 10, 1721
New York
Died May 1, 1814 (aged 93)
New York City
Spouse(s) Joanna Livingston
Pierre Van Cortlandt, ca. 1731. Oil on linen. Brooklyn Museum

Pierre Van Cortlandt (January 10, 1721 – May 1, 1814) was the first Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York.

He was born in New York, the son of Philip Van Cortlandt (1683 -1748) (a son of New York Mayor Stephanus Van Cortlandt) and Catherine DePeyster (a granddaughter of Johannes De Peyster— an ancestor of Abraham DePeyster and Arent Schuyler DePeyster). His great uncle Jacobus Van Cortlandt was mayor of New York City.

Van Cortlandt served briefly in the colonial forces during the American Revolution in spite of efforts by British officials to ensure his loyalty to Great Britain.

Van Cortlandt was Vice President of the 4th New York Provincial Congress which convened as the New York State Constitutional Convention from 1776 to 1777. He lost the election as Lieutenant Governor of New York to George Clinton who was elected both Governor and Lt. Gov. in June 1777, but formally resigned the office of Lt. Gov. when he took office as Governor. Van Cortlandt was elected to the New York State Senate in 1777 and was elected Temporary President of the State Senate, and thus was Acting Lt. Governor. In 1778, Van Cortlandt was elected Lt. Gov. to fill the vacancy, and took office on June 30, 1778. He was re-elected five times, remaining in office until 1795.

Lt. Gov. Pierre Van Cortlandt was elected an original Honorary Member of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati on July 6, 1784.



Family

Van Cortlandt was married to Joanna, daughter of Gilbert Livingston. He died in New York City.

In 1749, Pierre turned the family's simple hunting lodge into an elegant residence known as Van Cortlandt Manor House, adding the upper stories and porches. The house remained in the Van Cortlandt family until 1945 and was purchased in 1953 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to assure its preservation. The restored manor house was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

In 1756 Van Cortlandt built a home near Peekskill, Westchester County, New York called the Upper Manor House, and occupied it much of the time until he died. During the Revolution, Pierre and his family was obliged to leave the Manor House at Croton, and spent most of the time at their Rhinebeck home and at the Upper Manor Home at Peekskill. This house was always open to his friends, as both he and his wife were famed for their hospitality.

The Upper Manor House is a gambrel roofed, brick house, built by Pierre Van Cortlandt. General George Washington with his aides slept in this house many nights while making Peekskill their headquarters in 1776, 1777 and 1778. Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Beekman refused to give a representative of the British spy John André an American officer’s uniform she had in safe-keeping. It is now part of the adjoining Cortlandt Healthcare nursing care center and may be seen by appointment. The Upper Manor House is located near Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York where Pierre and his wife, Joanna Livingston Van Cortlandt, are buried.

In 1760 Van Cortlandt built another home, Oldstone (28 Bear Mountain Bridge Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567), a magnificent estate on a bluff overlooking the far-reaching river and Peekskill Bay. The 29-acre property overlooking a bend in the Hudson and an eagle sanctuary. Because of its strategic location on the eastern banks of the old Hudson River, Oldstone was commissioned by the United States Military and used as a military outpost during The Revolutionary War.
His eldest son, Philip Van Cortlandt, was a Continental Army General and New York Congressman.

The first wife of his second son (also named Pierre Van Cortlandt) was Catherine daughter of New York Governor and Continental General George Clinton. A brother George Washington Clinton was also a son-in-law to New York Congressman William Floyd. Another sister of Catherine Clinton named Maria was married to Dr. Stephen D. Beekman-a grandson of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Joanna Livingston. A cousin of Catherine was Congressman George Clinton, Jr..
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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont

October 16, 2014, 9:20 am
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Birth: Nov. 12, 1858
New York
New York County (Manhattan)
New York, USA
Death: Jun. 10, 1908
Hempstead (Nassau County)
Nassau County
New York, USA

Businessman, US Congressman. The son of financier August Belmont Sr., he was born into a family of wealth and privilege. He attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1880. He served a year as a Midshipman before resigning his commission in 1881. When his father died in 1890, he inherited much of his wealth, throwing some of it into the construction of Belcourt Castle, his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1896 he married Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt who was once married to Business magnate
William Kissam Vanderbilt. He worked for his father;s banking operation, and parlayed that to a run for Congress in 1900. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving a single term from 1901 to 1903. His family mausoleum, designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, where he and his wife are interred, is an exact replica of The Chapel of Saint Hubert at Chateau Amboise in France, which was designed by Leonardo DaVinci. His maternal grandfather as Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. (bio by: Russ Dodge)

Family links:
Parents:
August Belmont (1816 - 1890)
Caroline Slidell Perry Belmont (1829 - 1892)

Spouse:
Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont (1853 - 1933)
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
Birth: Nov. 12, 1858
New York
New York County (Manhattan)
New York, USA
Death: Jun. 10, 1908
Hempstead (Nassau County)
Nassau County
New York, USA

Businessman, US Congressman. The son of financier August Belmont Sr., he was born into a family of wealth and privilege. He attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1880. He served a year as a Midshipman before resigning his commission in 1881. When his father died in 1890, he inherited much of his wealth, throwing some of it into the construction of Belcourt Castle, his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1896 he married Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, who had once been married to business magnate




William Kissam Vanderbilt. He worked for his fathers banking operation, and parlayed that to a run for Congress in 1900. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving a single term from 1901 to 1903. His family mausoleum, designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, where he and his wife are interred, is an exact replica of The Chapel of Saint Hubert at Chateau Amboise in France, which was designed by Leonardo DaVinci. His maternal grandfather as Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry.

by: Russ Dodge


Parents:
August Belmont (1816 - 1890)
Caroline Slidell Perry Belmont (1829 - 1892)

Spouse:
Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont (1853 - 1933)

Siblings:
Perry Belmont (1851 - 1947)*
August Belmont (1853 - 1924)*
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858 - 1908)
Raymond Rodgers Belmont (1863 - 1887)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bronx
Bronx County
New York, USA
Plot: Whitewood Plot, Sections 133, 134.

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Stuyvesant FISH

October 16, 2014, 11:01 am
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Jun. 24, 1851
New York
New York County (Manhattan)
New York, USA
Death: Apr. 10, 1923
New York
New York County (Manhattan)
New York, USA

Business Magnate. Born the son of Hamilton Fish into a prominent New York family, he was president of the Illinois Central Railroad from 1887 to 1906, its period of greatest expansion. In 1906, after a long legal battle, he was ousted by E. H. Harriman and promptly joined up with the competition, in this case, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, owned by the notorious Jay Gould. He also served on the board of directors of the National Park Bank at 214 Broadway in New York City, where he died suddenly while waiting to attend a meeting of the bank's board of directors. His wife, Marion Graves Anthon, was a noted Newport hostess. Their New York townhouse, designed by Stanford White, was recently purchased for $45 million by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and is to become the home of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

WRITTEN by: Bob Collins

Family links:
Parents:
Hamilton Fish (1808 - 1893)
Julia Ursin Niemcewiez Kean Fish (1816 - 1887)

Spouse:
Marian Graves Anthon Fish (1853 - 1915)*

Children:
Marian Anthon Fish Gray (1880 - 1944)*

Siblings:
Edith Fish Northcote*
Sarah Morris Fish Webster (1838 - 1925)*
Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish (1839 - 1864)*
Julia Kean Fish Benjamin (1841 - 1908)*
Susan Le Roy Fish Rogers (1844 - 1909)*
Nicholas Fish (1846 - 1902)*
Hamilton Fish (1849 - 1936)*
Stuyvesant Fish (1851 - 1923)



Burial:
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery
Garrison
Putnam County
New York, USA

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