Steamship photo 1899 - George W.
Elder
More
Steamships (John Elder of Glasgow)
at
http://www-tc.pbs.org/harriman/images/1899/1899_image4_lg.jpg
Photos
from the Harriman Expedition to Alaska 1899
Including activities aboard the Steamship George W. ELDER
Digital Collection of University of Washington Libraries webpage.
Summary of Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 1899
Digital Collection of University of Washington Libraries webpage
at
http://content.lib.washington.edu/harrimanweb
"Railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman led a team of twenty-three scientists,
including the great naturalist John Muir, on a two month expedition
to explore the waters
and coastal territory of Alaska. Over 5,000 photographs were taken
during the voyage
and were used to compile the souvenir album of the expedition presented
here with 254 of those images ."
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Genealogy of George William ELDER of NY (and Stamford, Fairfield
Co. CT):
From
WorldConnect
by Blaine Berkowitz
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=blainegso&id=I35811
# ID: I35811
# Name: Mathilda Adelaide Waldron
# Sex: F
Marriage 1 George William ELDER b: ABT 1831
Children
1. Louisine Elder b: ABT 1855
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WorldConnect
by Ronald Waldron
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:180784&id=I1519
# Name: Matilda A. WALDRON
# Sex: F
# Birth: 18 MAY 1834
Father: Victor Bicker WALDRON b: 8 FEB 1798
Mother: Catharine Deliverence Adeline MAPES
Marriage 1 George William ELDER
* Married: 28 JAN 1852
no children listed
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WorldConnect
by by Eleanor Colson
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lamarec&id=I09361
# ID: I09361
# Name: George Waldron ELDER
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1893
[or 4 Jan 1893, New York, New York]
# Death: 14 OCT 1954 in Bellport, Long Island, New York
[or in Long Island City, Queens, New York]
# Note: Yacht broker
Marriage 1 Ganie Felicite Lucile Belynde Mary Rose D'AUXY
b: 26 OCT 1887 in Park Avenue Hotel, New York City, New York
* Married: 7 MAY 1914
Marriage 2 Juanita STEWART
* Married: AFT JUL 1934
***
Lamar-L Archives
at
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LAMAR/2002-08/1028313788
From: SueClavin@msn.com
Subject: [LAMAR] Charlotte Antoinette Lucille LAMAR, Duchess D"AUXY
Date: 2 Aug 2002 12:43:24 -0600
....Ganie D'AUXY married George Waldron ELDER
(born in 1893 and the son of George Waldron ELDER and Ellen Therese
CADWELL) of New York City.
They were married on 7 MAY 1914.
Ganie died on 5 JUL 1934 at their home in Manhattan (New York City),
and George married second to Juanita STEWART.
He was an avid yachtsman and involved with the International Star
Class Yachting Association.
He died on 14 OCT 1951 in Long Island, NY.
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NY Times, Nov. 16, 1881
Miss Ellen Therese Cadwell, the only daughter of Mr.S.W. Cadwell,
was married yesterday afternoon at her father's residence,
No. 770 Madison-avenue to Mr.George W. Elder.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.Cook of St. Bartholomew's
(Episcopal) Church.
...Betwen 600 and 800 invitations....
Guests included Mr. & Mrs. William H Vanderbilt and Miss Vanderbilt...
Gifts..a hammered silver centre-piece from Miss Vanderbilt...
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After finding another clue, using Google.com
From:
The Electra Havemeyer Webb Memorial Building
The Woman behind the Shelburne Museum
at
http://academics.smcvt.edu/shelburnemuseum/sestey/Louisine%20Elder%20Havemeyer.htm
Louisine Elder Havemeyer (1855-1929) was born to wealthy merchant
George W. Elder and wife Mathilda Adelaide Waldron in New York
(The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America).
Mr. Elder had assets in the sugar industry because his brother was
partners with Henry O. Havemeyer.
When George W. Elder died tragically at the age of forty-two,
Mathilda did not remarry but instead took Louisine and her sisters
to Europe.
Here Louisine made important friends and developed her collecting
habits.
Louisine later married Henry O. Havemeyer, advocated for the women's
rights movement,
and raised a family.
Wikipedia bio for Henry O. Havemeyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_O._Havemeyer
...Henry Havemeyer divorced his first wife Mary Louise Elder
and married her niece Louisine Elder in 1883.
Both Henry and Lousine had distinct tastes for art collecting
that largely complemented each other...
The Havemeyers had three children:
Adaline (born 1884), Horace (born 1886) and finally Electra (born
1888).
Photos of the HAVEMEYER and ELDER Sugar Refining Company in NY -
1890
292-350 Kent Avenue, bet. S. 5th and S. 2nd Sts. W
side
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on the East River, article
on closure
(with Domino Sign)
at
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/WBG/wbg025.htm
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The Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232-1755.
at
http://www.green-wood.com
George Elder, bur. Apr 9, 1885, Sec 57 lot 2340
Cornelia Elder, bur Jan 13, 1885
Daniel R. Elder, bur may 15, 1875
Finetta S. Elder, bur Dec. 9, 1848
Hannah E Elder, bur May 10, 1884
Robert R. Elder, bur Dec 9, 1848
Ann E. Riker, bur Dec 23, 1851
wife of John Lafayette Riker
Other Elder names, found by Edgar Allan Nutt, Riker family historian
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Civil War in Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT
http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ps_civilwar.htm
...When in the mid-summer of 1862...
...a crowded meeting gathered in Seely’s Hall...
George Elder, Esq., presided...."
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History of Stamford, Connecticut
By Elijah Baldwin Huntington
Page 336
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF STAMFORD.
The first records of any movement towards organizing a
Presbyterian church in Stamford, are found among the records
of the Congregational church. After the communion service of
Jan. 2, 1853, in a church meeting, the following members of the
Congregational church called for letters of dismission from the
church, to constitute a Presbyterian church about to be formed.
Augustus R. Moen, Alexander Milne, George Elder, James
D. Haff, Luke Baker, Hiram Warner, James Robinson, John
Holmes, Mrs. Sophia A. Moen, Miss Cornelia A. Moen,
Hannah E. Elder, Mrs. Mary E. Haff, Mrs. Almira Baker,
Mrs. Sophia Warner, Miss Elizabeth M. Warner, Mrs. Georgette
A. Robinson, Mrs. Catherine Helmes.
Letters of dismission were voted to these members of the
church according to the rules of the church, Jan. 16, 1853.
During the next few weeks similar letters were given to the following
members of the Congregational church :
Wells R. Ritch, Mary Ann Sturges, Elizabeth Sturges, Mrs.
Amzi Ayres, Miss Matilda Moen, Mrs. Sarah A. Ritch, Miss
Sarah L. Ritch.
This church was organized Feb. 25, 1853 with twenty-six
members...
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1870 census (Ancestry.com)
Name: George W Elder
[George William Elder]
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Age in 1870: 40
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: New York Ward 16 District
6, New York, New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: New York City
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Elder 40 NY Wh. Grocer
30,000, 25,000
Matilda Elder 37
NY
Annie Elder
17
Louisa Elder 15
Adda Elder
13
George Elder 10
(b. 1860 NY - George Waldron Elder Sr.]
Kate Daley
45 Ire - Housekeeper
Jane Paisley
37 Ire - Cook
Mary Donnelly 30 Ire - Domestic Servant
Bertha Elder 71
NY
Source Citation: Year: 1870;
Census Place: New York Ward 16 District 6, New York, New York;
Roll: M593_995; Page: 258; Image: 368.
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1880
Name: Matilda Elder
Home in 1880: New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater,
New York
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: Retired Merchant
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name Age
Matilda Elder
40 NY (widowed, Retired merchant)
Annie Elder
25 NY (b1855) Keeping House
Lousine Elder
23 NY (b 1857) At home
George W. Elder 20
NY (b 1860) At School
Hannah Navin
25 IRE, Servant, Waitress
Ann Newman
35 IRE, Servant, Laundress
Catherine Daly 45
IRE, Servant, Chambermaid
Margaret Smith 40 IRE,
Servant, Cook
Source Citation: Year: 1880;
Census Place: New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater,
New York;
Roll: T9_894; Family History Film: 1254894;
Page: 269.2000; Enumeration District: 575; Image: 0533.
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1860
Name: George Elder
Age in 1860: 59
Birth Year: abt 1801
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1860: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Gender: Male
Post Office: Stamford
Household Members:
Name Age
George Elder
59 NY Merchant
Hannah E Elder
53 NY
Daniel R Elder
21 NY Merchant
Cornelia D Elder
15
Mary L Elder
14
Jane P Elder
11
Catherine McCaffrey 50
Bridget Hammond 26
Fanny Mc Kay
24
Source Citation: Year: 1860;
Census Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut;
Roll: M653_76; Page: 781; Image: 288.
1850
Name: George Elder [George William Elder]
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State):
New York Ward 9 District 1, New York, New York
Household Members:
Name Age
George Elder 49 NY Grocer
(1801)
Hannah Elder 42
George Elder 21
Clerk [George William Elder]
Joseph Elder 18 Clerk
Julia Elder
16
Anna Elder 12
Cornelia Elder 6
Mary Elder
5
Jane Elder
1
Mary Lagan 24 VA
Sarah Doughtly 21 Ire
Catherine Mc Cofly 35 Ire
Source Citation: Year: 1850;
Census Place: New York Ward 9 District 1, New York, New York;
Roll: M432_543; Page: 125; Image: 252.
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1860
Name: Daniel R Elder
Age in 1860: 21
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1860: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Gender: Male
Post Office: Stamford
Household Members:
Name Age
George Elder 59 NY Merchant
Hannah E Elder 53 NY
Daniel R Elder 21 NY Student
Cornelia D Elder 15 NY
Mary L Elder 14 NY
Jane P Elder 11 NY
Catherine McCaffrey 50 Ireland Servant
Bridget Hammond 26 Ireland Servant
Fanny
Mc
Kay
24 Ireland Servant
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LDS 1880 census (b. 1802 NY, his father b. Eng)
Household:
George
ELDER
Self M
Male
W 78 NY
Retired
Merchant ENGLAND NY
Hannah E. ELDER
Wife M Female W
73 NY Keeping House
NY NY
Mary L. HAVEMEYER Dau
M Female W
34 NY NY NY
Cornelia D. ELDER
Dau S Female
W 38 NY NY NY
Nancy
FINCH
Other S Female
W
83 NY NY NY
Teressa
HERAN
Other S Female
W
20 IRELAND
Servant
IRELAND IRELAND
Catherine MCCAFFERY Other
S Female W 64
IRELAND Servant IRELAND
IRELAND
Bridget LEONARD
Other S Female W
30 IRELAND Servant
IRELAND IRELAND
Source Information:
Census Place Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254096
NA Film Number T9-0096
Page Number 291B
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Name: Mary C Riker [Mary C Elder]
Home in 1900: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Age: 29
Birth Date: Sep 1870
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Spouse's Name: Edward W
Marriage Year: 1896
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 4
Residence : Stamford City, Fairfield, Connecticut
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward W Riker 48
Mary C Riker 29
John Riker
2
Doris Riker
1
Nellie Hurley 33
Bessie Martin 29
Source Citation: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut;
Roll: T623 135; Page: 6B;
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Steamship George W. ELDER - Builder:
http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/merchant.htm
141 George W Elder Old Dominion S S Co. Pass.
Cargo 1,710 Feb-74
Later America
Google.com search - Park Service
GEORGE W. ELDER passenger accommodations blueprint, 1890 April
30
The National Park Service
SAFR 21359
1 Folder, 1 Item, 1 page
Blueprint showing the passenger accommodations for the steamship
S.S. GEORGE W. ELDER,
dated April 30, 1890 and depicts the main deck.
S.S. GEORGE W. ELDER was built by Roach
& Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania for the Oregon S.S. Co. in 1874.
The ship was once chartered by the Pacific Mail S.S. Co.
H. Harriman refitted for his 1899 U.S.
The document predates the ship’s most famous voyage, the Harriman
Alaska Expedition of 1899.
Builders names:
Reaney, Son & Archbold,
later John Roach & Sons,
later Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding Company,
later Chester Shipbuilding Company,
later Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation (Chester PA and Bristol
PA)
Record of Pre-WWII Shipbuilding
Merchant Shipbuilding was developed by W. Averell Harriman on a
site that had been a shipyard at least since 1859, first as Reaney,
Son & Archbold (1859-1870),
then as John Roach & Sons (1870-1887), then as Delaware River
Iron Shipbuilding Company (1887-1907).
(The data for these earlier years are incomplete.)
The yard was revived in 1917 as Chester Shipbuilding before being
acquired
by Harriman in 1919 and renamed Merchant Shipbuilding.
Like Hog Island, the yard was designed to assemble ships
from parts fabricated by others.
Constrained in Chester, Harriman built a second yard in Bristol,
upstream from Philadelphia and also designed to assemble ships from
parts fabricated elsewhere.
The ships were all of a single design, 401 feet long by 54 feet
wide, with a nominal deadweight of 8,750 tons.
After the war, Harriman's company, American Ship & Commerce
Corporation,
bought Cramp Shipbuilding in Philadelphia and closed both the Merchant
Shipbuilding yards.
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Complete Text of "FORTY YEARS AMONG THE STARS"
by
Commodore George W. Elder (George Waldron Elder, Jr, (1893-1954)
Schanen & Jacque, Publishers
Port Washington, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
1955
at
http://www.starclass.org/history/forty-intro.htm
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