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Hamilton Abert

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Hamilton Abert

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
2 Oct 1957 (aged 72)
Burial
Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Hamilton Abert was a stockbroker in New York City and secretary in 1925 of Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co. He married (1) in 1912, Helen Sousa (1887-1975), youngest daughter of John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) and Jane Van Middlesworth Bellis Sousa (1862-1944). Her father was the noted bandmaster and composer. Their children were Hamilton Sousa Abert (1919), and Jane Priscilla Abert (1926-) who married and had a child, Thomas. He married (2) in 1948, Katherine Schenk (1899-1989) who last lived in Hopewell Junction, N.Y.

The attached photo of John Philip Sousa and his newborn granddaughter, Jane Priscilla Abert, was taken at Port Washington, Long Island, and in the newspaper on September 3, 1926.

Hamilton Abert was buried near Hopewell Junction, N.Y. and may not be buried in the town cemetery.

See Ben H. Coke, John May, Jr. of Virginia: His Descendants and Their Land (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1975), 87, 134, 183.
Hamilton Abert was a stockbroker in New York City and secretary in 1925 of Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co. He married (1) in 1912, Helen Sousa (1887-1975), youngest daughter of John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) and Jane Van Middlesworth Bellis Sousa (1862-1944). Her father was the noted bandmaster and composer. Their children were Hamilton Sousa Abert (1919), and Jane Priscilla Abert (1926-) who married and had a child, Thomas. He married (2) in 1948, Katherine Schenk (1899-1989) who last lived in Hopewell Junction, N.Y.

The attached photo of John Philip Sousa and his newborn granddaughter, Jane Priscilla Abert, was taken at Port Washington, Long Island, and in the newspaper on September 3, 1926.

Hamilton Abert was buried near Hopewell Junction, N.Y. and may not be buried in the town cemetery.

See Ben H. Coke, John May, Jr. of Virginia: His Descendants and Their Land (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1975), 87, 134, 183.


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  • Created by: JHBarr
  • Added: Dec 8, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139755803/hamilton-abert: accessed ), memorial page for Hamilton Abert (12 Feb 1885–2 Oct 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139755803, citing Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York, USA; Maintained by JHBarr (contributor 48130565).