Howard Rockwell Townsend

ID #203, (1871-1939)
Howard Rockwell Townsend|b. 10 Aug 1871\nd. 1939|p203.htm|Edward Mitchell Townsend|b. 7 Oct 1829\nd. 2 Feb 1904|p197.htm|Belinda Rockwell|b. 26 Feb 1832\nd. 13 Apr 1882|p194.htm|Daniel Y. Townsend|b. 29 Jun 1798\nd. 15 Dec 1860|p4128.htm|Sarah Titus|b. 12 Jan 1791\nd. 24 Feb 1867|p4567.htm|Eli Rockwell|b. 20 Apr 1805\nd. 25 Aug 1857|p2211.htm|Adelia A. Smith|b. 6 Apr 1807\nd. 10 Nov 1839|p195.htm|
FatherEdward Mitchell Townsend b. 7 Oct 1829, d. 2 Feb 1904
MotherBelinda Rockwell b. 26 Feb 1832, d. 13 Apr 1882
RelationshipGreat-granduncle of Linda Sargent.
     Howard Rockwell Townsend was born on 10 August 1871, in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY. He graduated from Yale University in New Haven, CT, in 1892 with a degree in business.1 He married Emilie Theresa Firth on Saturday, 28 January 1905 in South Orange, NJ.2,3,4,5 Howard Rockwell Townsend was a dry goods dealer and later became a wholesale dealer.61 He died in 1939.7

Census

1910411 Tillou Rd, South Orange, NJHoward Rockwell Townsend and Emilie Theresa Firth appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of South Orange, NJ, at 411 Tillou Rd, enumerated 1910, Enumerated with 2 servants and mother-in-law Emilie S Firth.4
1930East Main St, Oyster Bay, Long island, NYHoward Rockwell Townsend and Emilie Theresa Firth appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Oyster Bay, Long island, NY, at East Main St, enumerated 1930, House value: $70,000. Enumerated with 3 servants. Howard is coded as 'social and welfare workers'. Howard Jr is coded as 'mechanical and technical engineers' and is listed as a banker in a banking house. Theresa & Audry are coded as 'Architects', designers', and draftsmen's apprentices'. Howard is listed as a commisioned merchant in wholesale hoisery.8

Family

Emilie Theresa Firth b. c 1879, d. 1939
Children

Sources of Information

  1. Yale University, Directory of the Living Graduates of Yale University, Yale University, 1914, digitized by Google Books www.books.google.com, Google Books updated Oct 2008, viewed Nov 2008.
  2. The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and biographical, privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929.
  3. Edward M Townsend household, 1930 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, enumeration district 201, page 1A, image 806.0, roll 1462, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc. calculates to c 1903 - but I think the earlier census is correct.
  4. Howard R Townsend household, 1910 USCensus, South Orange, Essex County, NJ, enumeration district 0221, page 7B, image 795, roll T624_884, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  5. New York Family Bible Records 1581-1917, online database, digitized by ancestry.com, . Original publication: Genealogical Records; Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Taken from Family Bibles 1581-1917, Holy Bible of Daniel Townsend (1798-1960). Www.ancestry.com , updated Jan 2011, viewed Feb 2011.
  6. Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910, Internet database, www.newenglandancestors.org, viewed on NewEnglandAncestors, NEHGS.
  7. Rockwell Townsend, "Firth-Townsend Family", Genealogy Chart Family Tree, handwritten, c 2005 , Home of Linda Sargent Reinfeld , MA.
  8. Howard R Townsend household, 1930 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, enumeration district 201, page 1A, image 806.0, roll 1462, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

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Dates using 'say' are educated guesses by me.
If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.

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