Steamship photo 1899
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.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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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
Spouse: George W. ELDER
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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Author:
ELDER, George Waldron (Commodore) - Star Class Yachting
b: 1893 d: 14 OCT 1954 in Bellport, Long Island, New York
"Forty years among the Stars," by George W. Elder.
Description: 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Port Washington, Wisc. : Schanen & Jacque,
1955.
Subject(s): Sailing.
Sailboats.
Online book:
http://www.starclass.org/history/forty-intro.htm
Database: University of Wisconsin Colleges
Location: UW-Marinette Stacks
Call Number: GV811 .E4
Status: Available
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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
[George Waldron Elder, Sr., b. 1860]
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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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
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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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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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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Looking for current ELDER names in family:
found:
Ancestry.com Tree by Harry Owen "cea6453"
HAVEMEYER TREE
at
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/55588577/person/13845623751?ssrc=
for:
Joseph Lawrence Elder
Birth 24 Jan 1832
Death 15 Aug 1868 in New York, New York, New York (died age 36?)
married:
Mary Osborne Havemeyer
Birth 16 Jun 1834 in New York
Death 15 May 1865 in New York, New York
son:
Frederick Elder II
Birth 19 Mar 1859 in 317 West 14th Street, New York, New York
Death 26 Nov 1885 (died age 27?)
FINDAGRAVE
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81637712&ref=acom
DANIEL R ELDER
Birth: Jul. 7, 1838
Death: Apr. 5, 1875
ELDER, DANIEL R.
Buried: 15 May 1875
Lot 2340 Section 57
D. Riker Elder ( on photo of marker)
Born July 7, 1838,
Died April 25, 1875.
Burial:
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Kings County (Brooklyn)
New York, USA
Created by: Zoe Tom
Record added: Dec 06, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 81637712
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FINDAGRAVE
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=elder&GSfn=frederick&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1885&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=81654455&df=all&
Frederick H Elder
Birth: unknown [or 1859 NY] age at death: 27?
Death: Nov., 1885
Buried: 28 Nov 1885
Lot 8174 Section 24
Burial:
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Kings County (Brooklyn)
New York, USA
Created by: Zoe Tom
Record added: Dec 07, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 81654455
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