1913 - 1993 (79 years)
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Name |
Vassar, Hervey Provost [1] |
Born |
14 Dec 1913 |
Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1935 |
Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA [2] |
Census |
5 Apr 1940 |
Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA [2] |
Residence |
30 Aug 1951 |
North Plainfield, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA [3] |
Died |
9 Apr 1993 |
Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA [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 , d. 30 Aug 1951, Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 73 years) |
Mother |
Provost, Helen, b. Aug 1884, Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey, USA , d. 1973, New Jersey, USA (Age ~ 88 years) |
Married |
Abt 1910 [6] |
Children |
3 children |
| 1. Vassar, Eunice, b. 26 May 1912, Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA , d. Jan 1973, Essex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 60 years) | + | 2. Vassar, Hervey Provost, b. 14 Dec 1913, Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA , d. 9 Apr 1993, Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA (Age 79 years) | + | 3. Vassar, Thomas Edwin, b. 18 Apr 1918, New Jersey, USA , d. 16 Feb 2008, Berlin, Washington County, Vermont, USA (Age 89 years) | |
Family ID |
F9265 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Waddell, Frances Walker, b. Abt 1915, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Jan 1972, Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA (Age ~ 57 years) |
Married |
27 Jun 1942 |
Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA [7] |
Children |
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Last Modified |
6 Apr 2020 |
Family ID |
F23647 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 14 Dec 1913 - Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Residence - 1935 - Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Census - 5 Apr 1940 - Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Married - 27 Jun 1942 - Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Residence - 30 Aug 1951 - North Plainfield, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Died - 9 Apr 1993 - Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA |
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Sources |
- [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
- [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.
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [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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