Obituary notices from New York area residents and neighbors
A long list of death notices and funeral arrangements dated June 1914 for residents in New York City and nearby towns. Entries include Elizabeth Adams in Brighton England. Edwin Aldrich in New York. Carrie Brand in New York. Julia Brown in New York. and many others with addresses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Morristown. The notices provide names, ages, residences, funeral times, and interment details, with some requests to omit flowers.
Century Opera to Feature Foreign Language Sings for Next Season
Milton Aborn and brother Sargent Aborn announce Century Opera will stage some operas in foreign languages alongside English next season. English performances remain dominant with La Bohéme La Traviata Lucia di Lammermoor Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana in English. German for Wagner and Tannhauser two each, plus six more English shows. Aborn plans six weeks in Europe to recruit American singers abroad, arguing Europe offers larger operatic opportunities for training and exposure. While he is away, Laurent Aborn oversees season preparations at the Century House including remodeling and scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Aborn
Sargent Aborn
Century Opera Company
Europe
Imperator
Yeterday
R. Aborn
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Milan
Aborn
America
Larent Aborn
Century Rn House
Cohan Elected Abbot of the Friars Club Receives Members
George M Cohan, elected Abbot of the Friars Club, hosted a 2 oclock reception for members. Officers include William Collier Dean John J Gleason and Rennold Wolf. five governors terms run to next June. Rumgey praised for four terms as predecessor, club planning new clubhouse on West Forty Eighth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cgeorge M Cohan
Yeserday
Friars Club
Mr. Cohan
William Collier
John J. Gleason
Rennold Wolf
Richard Hatzel
Sam H. Harris
Mike Simons
George 8. Dougherty
Ralph Trier
John W. Rumy
Channing Pollock
R. H. Burnside
Frank D. Thomas
Fred Belcher
Harrison Fisher
George Cohan
John W. Rumgey
Cohan
Weat Forty-Eighth Street
Rumsey
Eltinge Plans Six Week European Vacation and New Season
Julian Eltinge sails on the Imperator for six weeks in Europe visiting London Berlin Vienna and Italy to assess theater attractions then returns to begin the next season with The Crinoline. Shubert organization arranges to screen The African Hunt of 1914 at a Broadway theatre. Panthea company heads to Chicago after Froth Theatre run. Olga Petrova stars tonight at His Majesty's Montreal. David Warfield closes The Auctioneer season. High Jinks postponed to summer at Casino Theatre. Hauerbach Friml musical closes Saturday and reopens Aug 3. Motion Picture Exhibitors Association plans for Neptune's Daughter show at Globe Theatre night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Eltinge
Imperator
Europe
London
Berlin
Vienna
Italy
Eltinge
Labor Day
American Museum of Natural History
Shuberts
Paul J. Rainey
Montreal
David Warfield Rif
Arthur Hammerstein
Casino Theatre
Globe Theatre
Motion Picture Exhibiters’ Association
Annette Kellegmann
Neptune
Kept Wedding Secret of Harrower and Bear
Perrie E. Harrower 24, son of Rev. Pascal Harrower, and Marie Bear 21, daughter of Mrs. M. H. Pancoast, wed May 5 in Manhattan after obtaining a license May 2. Harrower is a baritone singer and Bear edited the Richmond County Advance woman’s page and led civic groups. No opposition. secrecy maintained for personal reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrie E. Harrower
Pascal Harrower
Church of the Ascension of
West New Brighton
S. Sig
Marie Bear
M. H. Pancoast
St. George
J. J. Billingsley
West Tenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
Manhattan
City Hall
Richmond County Advance
Junior Political Economy League
Richmond County House Wives’ League
Miss Fuller Engagement to Edward P Larned Reported
Mrs Richard Buckminster Fuller of Milton Massachusetts announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Caroline Lesley Fuller to Edward Penniman Larned of New York and Summit New York The engagement was also announced at a Mead ow Hall dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs William Ayrault Hazard for their daughter Miss Katherine Hazard and her fiancé Courtlandt Dixon Moss No wedding date has been set Caroline Fuller will be among four bridesmaids in the ceremony Edward Larned is Princeton 1906 alumnus and Racquet Club member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Milton
Mass
Caroline Lesley Fuller
Edward Penniman Larned
New York
Summit
N. Y
William Ayrault Hazard
Meadow Hall
Cedarhurst
S. J
Katharine Hazard
Courtlandt Dixon Moss
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Rockaway
Miss Fuller
Larned
Princeton
Marquis Cusani Confalonieri
Washington, D. C
Joseph L. Delafield
William M. Sloane
N. J
Quogue Point
West Hampton Beach
L. I
William_ Curtis Demorest
Charlotte Demorest
Europe
Hyde Park Hotel
London
Dinard
Demorest
Adirondack
George ‘Austin Morrison, Jr
D. Hunter McAllpin
McAlpin
Morris Plains
George C. Kobbé
Short Hills
Lawrence
S. 1
Martha Leavitt Kobbé
Southampton
George B. Wagstaff
Mary Cutting Cumnock
Arthur J.cumnock
Seabright
Babylonia
St. John’s Church
Far Rockaway
Hazard Country Place
William Payne Thompson
Henry Mason Day
West Seventy-fifth Street
Belle Haven
Greenwich
Theodora Winship
Samuel Cooper Winship
Richard Percival Parsons
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Garden City
L.L
Honeysuckle Lodge
Finch Gard er Wedding Set for June in Ridgewood
The wedding of Adelaide Barbour Gardner daughter of Edmund and Mrs Gardner of New York and Ridgewood N J and Rufus Crane Finch son of Edward L Finch and Mrs Finch of Plainfield N J will be held on Thursday June 18 at Christ Church Ridgewood The bride will be unattended Edward R Finch is best man Ushers include Frederick C Tanner Warren W Barbour Stanley M Seaman H L Finch Jr George W Elkins Jr William Palmer Smith Jr all of New York Philadelphia Netherwood N J A reception will follow at Kenmore the bride's parents country home The engagement was announced last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W Barbour
Stanley M. Seaman
H. L. Finch, Jr
New York
George W. Elkins, Jr
Philadelphia
William Palmer Smith, Jr
Netherwood
N. J
Kenmore
Miss Marjorie Clark Engaged to Lieut John Sneallie
The Rev. Robert Bruce Clark and Mrs. Clark announce the engagement of Marjorie Clark to Lieut. John Morris Sneallie of the U S Navy. Marjorie is a Wheaton College graduate and the couple plans a future wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Clark
Sneallie
Robert Bruce Clark
Clark
Marjorie Clark
John Morris Sneallie
U. 8
S. N
Wheaton College
Church of the Furitans
130Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Social Notes Highlight High Society Summer Plans
Mrs. W K Vanderhult Jr engages rooms in Garden City Long Island and will host guests next week with a polo ball planned at Garden City Hotel on June 12. Several weddings, engagements, and summer relocations are noted including the Hazards in Far Rockaway and the Winship Parsons Cathedral ceremony at Garden City.
Mae Sullivan to perform singing and dancing sketch
Mae Sullivan set to appear at Hammerstein's next Mpc in a singing and dancing sketch with a weekly salary of 1000 dollars, a detail revealed in court. Aliss Sullivan faced a meat bill claim of 229 dollars in City Court before Justice Green. supplementary proceedings scheduled for Monday left her appearance unnecessary yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur St. Hoe
Mae Sullivan
Hammerstein
Mpc
Mirabeau Towns
Aliss Sullivan
Justice Green
Miss Sullivan
New York Military Band to perform at Nations Festival closing
Edwin Franko Goldman will conduct the New York Military Band at the Festival and Pageant of Nations closing exercises this Saturday afternoon. The event is at the playground at Esleventh Street and First Avenue, with Mme Arctowska giving a modern French song recital at Brandt Lodge in Hastings on Hudson on Sunday afternoon. Florence Irwin will lecture on the modern French school and Mrs. Frederick William Fink will accompany at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edwin Franko Goldman
Esleventh Street
First Avenue
Mme. Arctowska
Brandt Lodge
Hastings-on-Indion
Florence Irwin
Frederick William Fink
Managers Prepare to Fight Unions in Harmony with Actors
The United Managers Protective Association held its first meeting at the Hotel Astor behind closed doors with President Marc Klaw in the chair. Delegates from Klaw & Erlanger, Shubert interests, and William A. Brady discussed dues and initiation terms while denying any manager grievance with the Actors Equity and promising harmony with the actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klaw & Erlanger
The
Shuberts
William A. Brady
United Managers Protective Association
United States
Canada
Hotel Astor
Marc Klaw
Actors’ Equity Association
Managers’ Association
Actors’ Society
Klaw
A. L. Erlanger
Walter Vincent
B. F. Albee
al Hayman
Kyle
Actora
Death of Dr Amos L Mason Shocks Newport Colony
News comes from Newport that Dr Amos Lawrence Mason of Boston died suddenly in Albany from heart disease. He was 72, born in Salem, educated at Harvard, and served as physician at Carney Hospital and Boston City Hospital. He married Louisa Steedman of Admiral Steedman’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Richard T. Wilson
New York
Amos Lawrence Mason
Boston
Albany
Salem
Mass
Charles
Susannah Lawrence Mason
Harvard
Vienna
Paris
London
Massachusetts General Hospital
Carney Hospital
Boston City Hospital
Mason
Harvard University
Fle
Association of Armerican Physicians
Massachusetts Medical Society
Society of Colonial Wars
Dr. Mason
Louisa
Charles Steedman
U.S. N
Woman in Bellevue with 1417 dollars in bag
A young woman at Grand Central Station acted strangely and was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Her handbag contained 1417 dollars in mixed bills. She claimed to be Ellen Bushnell of Great Barrington Massachusetts and named a brother Walter Bushnell as nearest relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central Station
Bellevue Hospital
Ellen Bushnell
Great Barrington
Mass
Walter Bushnell
Hillsdale
Bushnell
Helen Michaelson
Travelers’ Aid Society
Miss Michaelson
Miss Bushnell
New York
Judge Hornblower in Serious Heart Trouble
LITCHFIELD Conn June 5 The condition of Judge William B Hornblower of New York who is seriously ill with heart trouble was less favorable today according to a report from the Hornblower summer home here He was slightly worse it was said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornblower
Litchfield
Conn
William B. Hornblower
New York
State Music Teachers Convention at Saratoga Springs
The New York State Music Teachers Association will hold its twenty sixth annual convention in Saratoga Springs on June 17 18 and 19. Walter D am rosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra will perform with soloists Evan Williams tenor and Millo Picco baritone. John C Freund editor of musical magazine will deliver an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Music Teachers’ Association
Saratoga Springs
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Evan Williams
Millo Picco
John C. Freund
Musical Magazine
Passaic Pioneer Gershon Rusling Dies at 82
Gershon Rusling of Passaic aged 82 died at Greystone Park Asylum after a 15 year stay. A former New York businessman and longtime city resident, he once polled the largest Democratic vote for mayor in 1888 and served on the City Council and Excise Commission. He leaves three daughters and a brother Gen Rusling of Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
Gershon Rusling
New York City
Greystone Park
Passaic County Insane Asylum
Rusling
Passaic County
Bird W. Spencer
Old City Council
Old Excise Commission
Gen. Rusling
Trenton
Robert J. Redding Dies at 78 Noted Georgia Agriculture Authority
Robert J. Redding of Griffin Georgia a renowned agriculture expert died at 78 He was born in Monroe County Georgia a Brownwood State graduate and practiced law since 1857 He served as Schley County Inferior Court Judge in 1860 61 led as Captain of the Forty sixth Georgia Infantry in the Civil War and held key roles in Georgia agriculture including Assistant Commissioner 1875 to 1880 Director at the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station 1889 to 1906 editor of The Southern World for two years and later led the farm department at The Atlanta Constitution for eighteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Redding
Griffin
Monroe County
Brownwood State
Schley County
Forty-sixth
Georgia Infantry
Georgia
Georgia Agricultural Experimental Station
Redding
Southern World
Atlanta Constitution
Widow Mrs Wolf Silverstone dies after decades of charity
Mrs Wolf Silverstone of 24 Lenox Avenue dies at home after twenty four years of widowhood during which she donated heavily to Jewish charities. Born in Russia she came to the United States fifty six years ago with her husband who built a Park Row real estate and clothing business. She left Park Row property to her heirs and funded institutions including the uptown Talmud Torah the Home for the Aged on Montgomery Street and East Broadway and the Malbish Ronan School for Poor Boys in Harlem. Survived by son Louis and three daughters Mrs Fanny Epstein Mrs Minnie Gordon and Mrs Nettie Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley M. E. Caureh
Cobra Av
State S. C
Sanford
West 84Th St
Marietta
Marcus BF
Rebecca Mayer
Schmidt
Brooklyn
Charles H. D. Schmidt
J. W. Schmidt
Silverstone
Larler
Wolf Silverstone
Louis Silverstone
Fannie Epstein
Minnie Gordon
Nettie Morris
Lenox Av
W A
Bayside Cemetery
Stevenson
James Parker Stevenson
Mary L. Jewett
St. Mark’s Avy
Keyport
N. J
Liberty St
Matawan
Sulsona
Maria L
Campbell Hide
Swift
Humphrey Ilathaway Swift
New Bedford
Weil
Leopold Weil
Lawrence, L. L
Rose Lemon Weil
Richard L
Emanuel J
Arthur
Stanley J. Well
Beth-Olem Fields
Cypress
L. I. Woodruff
James St
Morristown
Francis Eben
Eben Blachley Woodruff
M. D
Elizabeth Coursen Woodruff
South Street Presbyterian Church
New York
Lenox Avenue
Russia
Park Row
Uptown
Talmud Torah
Montgomery Street
East Broadway
Jacob
Major Edward J. Flack Dies at 42
Major Edward J. Flack of the Seventy first Regiment N G N died at his home on West 180th Street at age 42. Born in Toronto he studied at Upper Canadian College and rose from Captain of Company B to Major after serving in the Spanish American War and at Santiago. He belonged to Cayuga Club and Eureka Lodge No 243 F and A M and is survived by his widow Mrs Hilda Flack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Cemetery
Davenport
New York City
New Rochelle
Stephen H. Davenport
Fairview Place
Grand Central Station
Madison AV
Harrig
Ed J. Flack
Woeat
180Th St
Fred. Kuehnle
E Hach
Flack
Seventy-first Infantry
Edward J. Flack
West 180Th St
William Grates
Seventy-first Regiment
West 180Th Street
Toronto
Canada
Upper Canadian College
Seventy-first
Seventy-first United States Volunteers
Santiago
Cayuga Club
Eureka Lodge
Hilda Flack
Obituary notices list multiple prominent New York figures
Mrs. Julia Halsey Bellownn widow of Wilbur F Brown of Universal Savings Bank dies at 415 West 118th Street. Other obituaries include Dr Charles H Schmidt of Brooklyn, Leopold Weil of Lawrence L I, Gen John V Harrison of Hartford Light, Col Jairus H Windsor of Fredonia NY, F Albert Hahn of Newark, Dr Samuel Flagg of Worcester, Theodore Frederick Clowes of Bridgehampton, Anthony Miller of Spring Lake NJ, Stephen Henry Davenport of New Rochelle, with survivors and career highlights noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Halsey Bellown
Wilbur F. Brown
Universal Savings Bank of
New York
West 118Th Street
Missionary Society of the
Madison Avenue
Reformed Church
Brown
Francis Higginson
John Ogden
Robert Treat
New Jersey
Newark
Elizabeth
New York City
Henry A. Halsey
Halsey
Broadway Tabernacle Church
Charles H. D. Schmidt
J. W. Schmidt
Brooklyn
Schmidt
S17
New York Avenue
Leopold Weil
Weil & Sons
Water Street
Lawrence
L. I
Weil
Germany
Well & Sons
Old Progress Club
Freundschaft Club
Weilea
Richard L
Emanuel J
Arthur c
Stanley J
John V. Harrison
Hartford Cityin8 Light Company
Hartford
F. Albert Hahn
Trefz Brewing Company
South Twelfth Street
N. J
Schw Gmuend
Samuel Flagg
Dartmouth College
Worcester
Mass
Dartmouth
David Cross
Manchester
N. H
Dr. Flagg
Theodore Frederick Clowes
Flowery Savings Bank
Bridgehampton
S.t
Clowes
Seventh Regiment of
Haltie Street
Frooklyn
Frederick V
Columbia Trust Company
Ernest Clowes
Anthony Miller
Ann May Memorial Hospital
Spring Lake
Stephen Henry Davenport
Produce Commission
W. J
H. Davenport
Park Place
Fairview Place
New Rochelle
Earl of Lucan Dies at 84 in London
The Earl of Lucan died today at age 84 in London. He served as aide de camp during the Crimean War and helped lead the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. He held various posts including MP for Mayo, vice admiral for Connaught, and lord lieutenant for Mayo. His heir is his eldest son, Lord Bingham, born in 186? who becomes the new Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earl of Lucan
Balaklava
Ireland
Lord Bingham
Mary
Earl of Cardigan
Rugby
Cecilia Catherine Gordon- Lennox
Duke of Richmond
Coldstream Guards
Mayo
Connaught
County Mayo
Order of the Medjidieh
Alexander E. Orr Dies at 83 After City Leader Funeral
Prominent Brooklyn businessman Alexander E. Orr died at his Remsen Street home aged 83. Funeral held at Christ Episcopal Church Clinton and Harrison Streets with Bishop Burgess officiating and twelve rectors assisting. Notables attended includes ex-Mayor Seth Low and August Belmont among pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander E. Orr
Christ Episcopal Church
Clinton and
Harrison Streets
Brooklyn
Orr
Old Rapid Transit Board
Remsen Street
Burgess
Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island
Seth Low
Lewis H. Pounds
August Belmont
St. Clair McKelway
John B. Claflin
Edward E. McCall
William Barclay Parsons
Frank Batley
William H. Maxwell
Alfred T. White
John Gates McGarrah
Augustus van Wyck
Alexander Farr
W. Macy Dow
Walter BE. Frew
Henry Hentz
William Cogswell
William J. Coombs
James L. Mitchel
Crowell Hadden
John B. Creighton
President Kingsley
The
United States Trust Company
Engagements and Marriages List From Westchester Area
A dated roster reports multiple engagements and marriages in June 1914 across Yonkers Ossining Westchester County New York. Entries name Fay Dinkelspiel and Edwin Nathan. Bertha Goldhamer and Stephen Ash. Katharine Talcott and Albert Borden. Jessie Burnett and Edward Cohn. Florence Marshall and G Ellis Densmore. Alice Neidlinger and Arthur Bretz. Amy Osborne and Joseph Stonaker. Elsie Engelmann and William Halbrook. Florence Osborn and Charles Kingman. Hazel Walbridge and Arthur Pinkham. uth Mead and John Wattjen. Ethel Perkins and Walter Cooper. Faye Leonard and Charles Deton. Virginia Smith and Carlton Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash —Goldhamer
Bertha Goldhamer
Stephen B. Ash
Borden—Talcott
South Orange
N. J
David de F. Murrell
Katharine Smith Talcott
Albert Greene Borden Cohn
Rburnett
Jessie Burnett
Edward Cohn
Albany
Densmore—Marshall
Gotham
Florence Marshall
George M. Marshall
G. Ellis Densmore
Westchester County
DE La—Leonard
Yonkers
Faye
Leonard
Charles P. Deton
Stone—Smith
Ossining
Virginia
Monument Dedications For Bleeth and Others This June
In Wemoriam notices list dedications at Washington Cemetery Brooklyn for Alexander Bleeth and Max Leibson, with June 7 ceremonies. Other obituaries note Patrick Donnelly, John J Gallagher and James Lewis with masses at St Bernard's Jersey City, St Joseph's Jersey City and St James Newark respectively.
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Thayer
Pelham Manor
Henry H
Elizabeth Roper Fox
Greene
Augusta Ostrander Greene
Richard Gleason Greene
Ferdinand W. Ostrander
Ernest Greene
Himbarrd
Flushing
XN. Y
George EH. Hibbard
Chestnut St
Kingston
Honeywell
6Th Sts
Bronx
Lee
Erie
Penn
Lucie
Frederick H. Lee
Oscar Jarecki
Mahon
Archie Bruce Mahon
Shamrock Manor
Midland Park
Stephen Merritt
5Th Av
19Th St
Sylvan Grove Lodge
A. M
Ehring
Eleanor
East 115Th St
A. M. Farrell
Bridget
A. M. Grogan
Patrick
East 180Th St
P. M. Heilmann
Agnes
East 159Th St
William
5Th
A. M. Myers
Louise K
West 164Th St
M. Oetjen
Kate
Ormiston
William H
East 91St St
Potter
Bedford
Himrod St
Jacobs
Janson
Helen
Kingston Avenue Hospital
Jewell
Thomasa J
Bth
Keating
Joseph F
Hooper St
Klingebiel
Frederick
Seneca
P. M. Knowlton
P. M. Myles
James
St. Peter's Hospital
P.M. O'Reilly
Decatur St
Olsen
Fred
Kings County Hospital
Schimidt
George J
Georgietta
Dean St
Hoboken, Jersey City
Hahn
F. Albert
South 12Th St
Hemstreet
Charles H
Hazelwood Av
Keyser
Bank St
McCoy
Marenaret
McGregor
Walter J
Rock St
Jersey City
Steel —James
Fulton Av
Jerasy City
Tomerrowy
M. West
John H
Griffith St
Papee
Richard E
Union Course
Rigger
Barbare
East Williamsburg
RUMAN
F Edward
Maspeth
Smitil
Annie
Gale Dt
Long Island City
Sprewitz
Sidgewood Heights
Weber
Sarah C
Jamaica
Danner
Hertha
Sherwood Park
the Friars
Crc
Rogers Bros
Miss Bear
E. P. Larned
Social Notes
Music Notes
New Protective Association
Equity Association
Amos L. Mason
Grand Central
Piagies
Wisner-Mendelson Co
Mrs. Wolf Silverstone
Bon Voyage
Alex. E. Orr
Bishop Burgess
New York Times
Bryan
Nathan — Dinkelspiel
Fay Dinkelspiel
Moses Dinkelspiel
Edwin Hk. Nathan
Benjamin Nathan
Warried
Wemoriam
Kensico Cemetery
Westchester Hills
Park Avenue
Tel
Murray Hill
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Trellen
New Tork
New York Mortgage & Security Company
New York State Banking Department
Broadway
Montague ST
Borough of Manhattan
Borough of Brooklyn
Mr. Dreiser
Mr. White
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Baltimore Evening Sun
New York Tribune
Theodore Dreiser
Carrie
Jennie Gerhardt
Dreiser
Boston Transcript
William J. Locke
John Lane
Frederick W. Funston
Spain
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Fifth Ave
Owen Johnson
the Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers
Frank Harris
Mr. Harris
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