Vassar, Hervey Provost

Vassar, Hervey Provost

Male 1913 - 1993  (79 years)

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  • Name Vassar, Hervey Provost  [1
    Born 14 Dec 1913  Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1935  Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 5 Apr 1940  Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 30 Aug 1951  North Plainfield, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 9 Apr 1993  Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Person ID I38845  Sackett | Descendants of John Sackett the Colonist
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2020 

    Father Vassar, Hervey Sackett,   b. 28 Dec 1877, Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1951, Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Provost, Helen,   b. Aug 1884, Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Married Abt 1910  [6
    Children 3 children 
     1. Vassar, Eunice,   b. 26 May 1912, Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1973, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    +2. Vassar, Hervey Provost,   b. 14 Dec 1913, Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1993, Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Vassar, Thomas Edwin,   b. 18 Apr 1918, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 2008, Berlin, Washington County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     
    Family ID F9265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Waddell, Frances Walker,   b. Abt 1915, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1972, Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1942  Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2020 
    Family ID F23647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Dec 1913 - Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 5 Apr 1940 - Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Jun 1942 - Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 30 Aug 1951 - North Plainfield, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Apr 1993 - Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S879] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2020.
      Name: Hervey Provost Vassar
      [Hervey P Vassar]
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birth Date: 14 Dec 1913
      Birth Place: Bloomfield, New Jersey
      Death Date: 9 Apr 1993
      Father: Hervey S Vassar
      Mother: Helen Provost
      SSN: 138095413
      Notes: Dec 1936: Name listed as HERVEY PROVOST VASSAR; 16 Apr 1993: Name listed as HERVEY P VASSAR

      Researched by Ted Smith

    2. [S814] 1940 U.S. Census, 13 Aug 2015.
      1940 Census, enumerated 5 Apr 1940 at 25 Willard Ave. in Ward 1, Bloomfield, Bloomfield Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States
      HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE
      Harvey S Vassar Head M 62 New York
      Helen Vassar Wife F 58 New Jersey
      Eunice Vassar Daughter F 27 New Jersey
      Harvey P Vassar Son M 24 New Jersey
      Thomas E Vassar Son M 22 New Jersey
      All lived in same house in 1935.

      CITING THIS RECORD
      "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K45L-BKD : accessed 13 August 2015), Thomas E Vassar in household of Harvey S Vassar, Ward 1, Bloomfield, Bloomfield Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-33, sheet 3B, family 69, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2329.

    3. [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2020.
      The Herald-News (Passaic, New Jersey), 31 Aug 1951, Page 9

      Hervey Vassar, Prominent Citizen of Bloomfield, Dies

      Hervey Sackett Vassar, 73, retired laboratory engineer for Public Service Electric and Gas Company and Bloomfield's outstanding citizen of 1945, died yesterday in his home, 39 Willard Avenue, Bloomfield, after a long illness. At the time of his retirement in 1947, Mr. Vassar headed the Public Service laboratory in Maplewood. He had served 44 years with the firm and its predecessor companies.

      Mr. Vassar was born in Flemington and attended public schools in Newark and Kansas City, Mo. He was graduated from Pratt Institute in 1903. Long active in church, civic end professional circles, he was chosen as Bloomfield's most outstanding citizen in 1945 "in grateful recognition of his outstanding contribution to civic welfare." The award is presented annually by Miles A. Suarez Post 711, Veterans of Foreign Wars. In the 1920s Mr. Vassar was president for three years of World War I Memorial Association, which administered the town Community House. He later organized and headed the Recreation Commission, serving a year as Its president.

      Mr. Vassar was at one time chairman of the Bloomfield Red Cross Chapter and from 1939 to 1944, was president of the Bloomfield Community Chest. He was a trustee of the Bloomfield League for Friendly Service, trustee and charter member of Central Baptist Church of East Orange-Bloofield, and a trustee and chairman of the house and grounds committee of Mountainside Hospital, Montclair. He was also past president of the American Society for Testing Materials, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

      Mr. Vassar is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Provost Vassar; two sons, Hervey P., of Plainfield, and Thomas Edwin, of Louisville, Ky.; a daughter. Miss Eunice Vassar, of New York City, and a sister, Mrs. Anvenette V. Morten, of Plainfield.

      Transcribed by Ted Smith

    4. [S2237] New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1901-2017, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2020.
      Name: Hervey P Vassar
      Age: 79
      Birth Date: 14 Dec 1913
      Death Date: 9 Apr 1993
      Death Place: Red Bank Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

      Researched by Ted Smith

    5. [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2020.
      Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey), 11 Apr 1993, Page 18

      VASSAR Hervey Provost of Rumson, N.J., on April 9, 1993 at Red Bank, N.J. Funeral Service Monday, April 12, 1993, at noon at the Adams Memorial Home, 310 Broad St., Red Bank, N.J. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday evening 7-9 p.m.

      Researched by Ted Smith

    6. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 13 Aug 2015.
      From Find A Grave Memorial# 73565283
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73565283
      Hervey Sackett Vassar
      Birth: Dec. 28, 1877
      Flemington
      Hunterdon County
      New Jersey, USA
      Death: 1951
      New Jersey, USA

      Son of Thomas E and Tamma Vassar, married Helen Provost abt 1910

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Helen Provost Vassar (1884 - 1973)

      Children:
      Eunice Vassar (1912 - 1973)*
      Thomas E Vassar (1918 - 2008)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Prospect Hill Cemetery
      Caldwell
      Essex County
      New Jersey, USA

      Created by: Joseph A Schiffenhaus Jr
      Record added: Jul 18, 2011
      Find A Grave Memorial# 73565283

    7. [S2115] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2020.
      Name: Hervey P Vassar
      Gender: Male
      Marriage Date: 1942
      Marriage Place: New Jersey, USA
      Spouse: Frances Waddell

      Researched by Ted Smith


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