Edward Thomas Hornblower
Birth: 8 Oct 1828 - London, London, England
Death: 19 Dec 1901 - Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Buried: 6 Apr 1902
Lot 6987 Section 48
* alternate birth & death info:
b: Oct.13,1828 Islington, Middlesex, England.
d: Dec.19,1901 Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
Christening: 14 Nov 1828 Islington, Middlesex, England. (Pentonville Chapel/St. James)
According to records of the christening of his brother, William Edward Hornblower, on 26 May 1819 that their father William James Hornblower resided on Barron Street in Pentonville/ Islington, Middlesex, London, England and his occupation was watchmaker.
As given on the ship manifest - watchmaker.
It is known that William James Hornblower father, William, worked at the Clockmakers' Company in London.
Uncertain but probable as there was a Thomas Hornblower who worked at the Clockmakers' Company may have been the Uncle or brother of William James Hornblower. Nothing is known about any siblings of Wm. J. Hornblower. As a speculation it is possible that Wm. J. Hornblower named his son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, using his brother's name Thomas as a middle name for his son. (assuming he had a brother named Thomas.)
Father: William James Hornblower b:Nov.8,1796 England. d: Sept.5,1871 Ceres, McKean, Pa. , son of William Hornblower and Sarah Snead Hornblower.
Mother: Anna Edwards b:Aug.17,1797 England. d: Jan.26,1862 Ceres, McKean, Pa., daughter of Edward Edwards and Anna Warden Edwards.
(Ceres is considered to be a hamlet that lays on the border of Pennsylvania and New York.)
Immigrated to the United States from London, England with his parents William James Hornblower & Anna Edwards Hornblower, siblings: Wm. E., Anna, and Harriet Charlotte. They departed London aboard the Ship Andes in late Sept. 1831 and arrived to the Port of NY on 29 Nov. 1831. The voyage was about 9 weeks long and was hectic due to bad weather. They lived in Brooklyn (possibly now referred to lower Manhattan) at 385 Pearl Street. *Address obtained from letter sent by his Uncle Edward Edwards of Islington, London, England dated 25 Oct. 1837. (brother of Anna Edwards Hornblower). Edw. Edwards also refers to nephew Edward Thomas Hornblower as "Teddy".
Wm. J. Hornblower was a watchmaker in London and that in the manufacturing business. The family tradition was that of Goldsmiths. He decided to come to America and had opened a jewelry shop but it was not very profitable and he was discouraged. In 1837, Wm. J. & Anna's last child Emily Emma was born as she was the 1st of their family to been born in the USA. In 1834 the oldest son Wm. E. Hornblower at age 16 had left NYC and bought a tract of land to farm in Ceres, Pa., as recorded in the Sabbath records he was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist in 1843 of Ceres, Pa.. On 4 Mar 1840 , Wm. E. married Lucy Ester Green and in 1842 she died from complications of child birth in which 1 month later their son had also died. - When Edw. Thos. Hornblower was 15 in 1843, he began working for his father but was not interested in pursuing or taking over his father's business and by 1847 sought out work in NYC . His father, Wm. James Hornblower decided to retire in 1847 and moved to his son's , Wm. Edward, farm near Kings Run in Ceres Township, McKean, Pa. and brought his large canopy piano with him along with his wife Anna and daughters Anna, Harriet and Emily. Wm. Edward Hornblower had moved previously to Main Settlement, Cattaraugus, NY . Wm. E. Hornblower married Elsie Crandall (his 2nd wife) in Aug. 1843 daughter of Capt. Matthew Maxson Crandall "War of 1812 veteran" as she was also a descendant of Elder John Crandall (1617-1676). The Wm. E. Hornblower family all became members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Also that Wm. James Hornblower wife Anna Edwards brother, Edward Edwards, was a very religious man in Islington, England.
In October 1839, Edward Edwards was not feeling well and had taken a trip to Southborough and Tunbridge Wells for a week and claimed he had recovered from his illness which was a blessing. Throughout Edward Thomas Hornblower's young life he was brought up in the Episcopal Church and as an adult he had join the Unitarian Church.
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* Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909."
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
In several letters written by William Edward Hornblower, brother of Edward Thomas Hornblower, to his wife Elsie Crandall Hornblower in Sept. 1855 while in Chicago, Illinois awaiting for Edward to arrive from New York City he mentions his brother Edward. In 1855 the reason for going to Chicago was that the Illinois State Agricultural Exhibition held on October 9, 10, 11 and 12th, 1855. Due to the nature of Edward Thomas Hornblower's job as a Clerk for Samuel Hoard & Co. was to take stock inventory at the Chicago house. Wm. E. Hornblower also had interest because he was a farmer in Ceres, Pennsylvania and was in Chicago to help his brother with the overwhelming amount of inventory. Years later though Edw. Thos. Hornblower would have larger financial problems due to the Civil War that many of his debtors were those whom businesses were in the southern states. Edw. T. tried early retirement and bought the Barrett farm in Concord, Mass. but got caught up trying to make money from dairy farming and some crops. - " LOWELL DAILY COURIER, Lowell, Mass., Friday Evening, January 10, 1873.
Edward T. Hornblower, a milk producer, testified that with proper transportation he could realize a higher price for milk than at present. He would have the railroads carry milk as they do any class of freight and carry any number of cars at the same rate per car as If they were for contractors, as the Lowell railroad does. He believed the business, as at present conducted, to be a monopoly, and that the farmers were under the control of the contractors. Milk had been sent back to him as sour, which had been kept six days-before returning." - Hornblower's venture into the milk market would have been successful provided he had the overall cooperation of the railroad company, business owners, other farmers to negotiate a new contract. -
After 3 years on the farm he moved back to city life and re-established work. As a financial consultant and investor for several large companies mainly a few in the railroad business, Edward was removed from NYC and relocated in Boston. It was there when he worked and partnership with Mr. Page to form Hornblower & Page in 1878. Since Edw. T. Hornblower was a very busy man the relationship with his brother William Edward Hornblower seemed to diminish and became a much forgotten in Edward Thomas Hornblower later life. In 1888 when Mr. Page had died, Edw. T. decided to retire due to his declining health and was considered legally blind. He agreed to allow his son, Henry, take over his firm. - If it was not for the renewed communications between cousins William Watson Doolittle of Binghamton, NY , Stanley Livingston Brown of Portville, NY and Henry Hornblower of Arlington, Mass. (CEO of Hornblower & Weeks) around 1935 through 1937 much of the information about the Hornblower family history may have been lost.
Note: this line of Hornblower's is not related to Josiah Hornblower and the Steam Engine or New York jurist William Butler Hornblower.
Edward Thomas Hornblower was my 4th Great Uncle via his brother William Edward Hornblower who was my 3rd Great Grandfather. ( by ScottishPiper ).
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"Hornblower & Weeks, Hemphill-Noyes Organization.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hornblower & Weeks was an investment banking and brokerage firm founded by Henry Hornblower and John Wingate Weeks on August 6, 1888. At its peak in the late 1970s, Hornblower ranked eighth among member firms of the New York Stock Exchange in number of retail offices, with 93 retail sales offices located in the United States and Europe.
Hornblower was active in financing automobile companies in the first half of the 20th century, including Dodge Motors, General Motors, and Hudson Motor Car Company.
The firm, which by the 1970s was known as Hornblower Weeks Noyes & Trask, was acquired by Loeb, Rhoades & Co. to form Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co.
History
Founding and early history
Hornblower & Weeks was organized on August 7, 1888. Henry Hornblower and John W. Weeks undertook the continuation of the business of Hornblower & Page, which had been founded and managed by Hornblower's father, Edward Thomas Hornblower.
Henry Hornblower joined his father's firm in 1879 at age 16 and had served as a clerk. Henry Hornblower, who was born June 6, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts came from a distinguished patrician family in Boston. "The name of 'Hornblower' is one of the features of Boston and the old Bay State. It is a name that has flourished through generations...The line of Hornblowers in Boston and New England has been an honorable one as far back as family prestige can be traced."
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Married: Martha Boyd Whiting b: 1824 in Franklin, Massachusetts (date of marriage: 16 Sept 1847)
Married: Isabelle Gilman Garnsey, daughter Samuel Garnsey and Eliza Ann Nichols Garnsey of Bangor, Maine on 10 Sep 1873.
Children of Edward and Martha Hornblower:
Henry Hornblower b: 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Isabel Hornblower b: 1850 d: 1850
William Asa Hornblower b: 1855 d: 1856
Edward Thos. Hornblower b: 1851 d: 1884
Walter W Hornblower b: 1857 d: 1895
Frank Hornblower b: 1860 d: 1860
A few months after Martha's death, he remarried to Isabella Guernsey (Garnsey) on 10 Sept 1873.
Boston Evening Globe Tuesday February 26, 1918 obituary .
ARLINGTON – Mrs. Isabelle Hornblower died at her home, 28 Academy St., yesterday afternoon, after an illness of about six weeks. She was born in Bangor, Me., in 1835, came to Arlington in 1874 and has made her home here ever since. In that year she was married to Edward T. Hornblower, who died 17 years ago. She leaves a stepson, Henry Hornblower of the firm Hornblower & Weeks. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon.
May have had a relationship with Flora Warren as she was a mistress.
Unable to find any records of marriage or info about her parents.
Flora may have died at or soon after giving child birth.
Death Registry for Town of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1843 - 1873.
Name: Harriet A. Warren
Gender: Female
Death Date: 19 Jul 1864
Age: 0
Birth Date: 1864
Father's Name: Edward T. Hornblower
Mother's Name: Flora Warren
Citing this Record "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZC-YRT : 11 March 2018), Edward T. Hornblower in entry for Harriet A. Warren, 19 Jul 1864; citing , reference v 13b ln 344; FHL microfilm 837,886.
note: If Edward T. Hornblower, Jr. was the father, then he would only been age of 14. Therefore, probably Edward T. Hornblower, Sr.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 48, Lot 6987
The Hornblower/Whiting Lot
Inscription, front of stone:
1828 Edward Thos. Hornblower 1901
1824 Martha B. his wife 1873
-----Children-----
Isabel 1850-1850 / William Asa 1855-1856
Edward Thos. 1851-1884 / Walter Hoard 1857-1895
Frank 1860-1860
HORNBLOWER-WHITING
Inscription, rear of stone:
1811 George W. Whiting 1854
1795 Asa Whiting 1857
[NOTE: From cemetery records, burial dates for those whose names appear on the stone and others buried here:(with burial dates):
Hornblower: Edward T 4/6/1902; Edward T 3/6/1885; Child of Mary J 6/6/1885; Martha B 4/25/1873; Walter 4/27/1895, and Frank, Isabel, and William, all three 3/13/1861 (probably moved from previous graves).
Whiting: Asa 9/7/1857; George W (not listed in online cemetery records)].
^^ I (ScottishPiper) have more personal information on the life of Edward Thomas Hornblower provided by his son, Henry, who had correspondences with his cousin William W. Doolittle. I have decided not to add more text/info due to Edw. Thos. Hornblower's Find A Grave memorial is already abundant. - For family health history, he died of Valvular Heart Disease. ^^
His son, Walter Hoard Hornblower, middle name appears to be associated with Samuel Hoard & Co. as mentioned in the Dec. 20, 1901 New York Times article. It is confusing since Walter also has a middle initial "W." that could be William (traditional as several Williams in the family) or most likely the maiden name of his mother which is "Whiting".
Edward T. Hornblower was a partner of Samuel Hoard & Co. of Chicago his special part of the business being to buy the goods. When the Civil War broke out the Chicago trading house was less profitable and was sold. Mr. Hoard pursued politics and Mr. Hornblower sought work elsewhere such as being appointed as auditor and clerk of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company. Eventually he moved from NYC to Boston, Mass. In 1868, he bought the Barrett farm on Punkatasetts Hill north of Concord, Mass. and for 7 years attempted to succeed in the farming business. Then moved to Arlington, Mass. and entered into partnership with Mr. Augustus A. Page in the business established as Hornblower & Page in 1878.
Nathan Barrett (1763 - 1829) inherited the family farm on Punkatasetts Hill, north of Concord, which had been owned by the family since 1650. It was given to his son, Nathan Henry Barrett (1796 - 1868). Then his son also named, Nathan Henry Barrett (1830 - 1873) , after his own father's death in 1868 had sold the Barrett farm to Mr. EDWARD THOMAS HORNBLOWER of Concord, Mass. About 1875, Mr. Hornblower sold the Barrett farm to Mr. John B. Tileston (1834/35 - 1898) and later was sold to Mr. Meigs. This Barrett family is of the same heritage as Colonel James Barrrett of the American Revolutionary War whose home and farm are listed in the National Historic Registry in Concord, Massachusetts.
last known visitation by his brother, William Edward Hornblower, was in 1892.
BOLIVAR BREEZE, BOLIVAR, ALLEGANY CO., N. Y., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1892.
W. E. Hornblower left last Friday for a trip East, taking in Washington D. C, Boston, Mass.,
and several points in Maine.
Portville - Edward Hornblower, a retired business man of Boston, Mass., was the
guest of his brother, W. E. Hornblower, last week. - published in the Bolivar Breeze, Bolivar, Allegany Co. NY., Friday January 27, 1893.
Wm. M. Hornblower and wife, of Portville, drove through town [Richburg] the 21st and carried his uncle, Edwin (sic Edward) Hornblower and wife [Isabelle], of Boston, up to S. S. Brown's, whose wife is niece to Ed. Hornblower. ( date Jan. 1893) - [ William Matthew Hornblower and wife Elsie Maria (nee Crandall) Hornblower; S.S. Brown is Seth Sheldon Brown and his wife is Martha Prudence (nee Hornblower) Brown who is daughter of Wm. M. Hornblower.]
The 1880 U.S. Census list his sister, Mrs. Anna (nee Hornblower) Green, and his niece, Emily Green (born Hayward but adopted by Anna. Emily's mother, Emily Emma Hornblower - Hayward, was the sister to Mrs. Anna Green and Edw. Thos. Hornblower) in Arlington, Mass.
The pictured home is located at 200 Pleasant Street Unit 200, Arlington, MA 02474 — Middlesex County.
It sold on 1 June 2017 for $958,000. The house and barn is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts since 1985.
Due to natural deterioration, environmental conditions, expense of restoration it's just an old home of a well respected business person of an era that has longed passed. You are paying for the Hornblower name labeled to the residency. The barn has been converted into a home 202 Pleasant St. Apt. 202 and sold for $780,000 on 5 Oct. 2017. They were asking for more than $1,800,000 for both buildings. Other homes in the general area have been assessed between $600,000 to $1,200,000 but I am certain they are more modern or built well after 1860.
Edward Thomas Hornblower and 2nd wife, Isabelle (nee Guernsey) Hornblower both resided at 28 Academy Street, Arlington, Mass. - According to 1922 Assessment Records that his son, Henry and wife Hattie F (nee Woods), resided at 100 Pleasant St. - 200 Pleasant (house and barn) was owned/ occupied by Edwin F. Edgett.
Birth: 8 Oct 1828 - London, London, England
Death: 19 Dec 1901 - Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Buried: 6 Apr 1902
Lot 6987 Section 48
* alternate birth & death info:
b: Oct.13,1828 Islington, Middlesex, England.
d: Dec.19,1901 Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
Christening: 14 Nov 1828 Islington, Middlesex, England. (Pentonville Chapel/St. James)
According to records of the christening of his brother, William Edward Hornblower, on 26 May 1819 that their father William James Hornblower resided on Barron Street in Pentonville/ Islington, Middlesex, London, England and his occupation was watchmaker.
As given on the ship manifest - watchmaker.
It is known that William James Hornblower father, William, worked at the Clockmakers' Company in London.
Uncertain but probable as there was a Thomas Hornblower who worked at the Clockmakers' Company may have been the Uncle or brother of William James Hornblower. Nothing is known about any siblings of Wm. J. Hornblower. As a speculation it is possible that Wm. J. Hornblower named his son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, using his brother's name Thomas as a middle name for his son. (assuming he had a brother named Thomas.)
Father: William James Hornblower b:Nov.8,1796 England. d: Sept.5,1871 Ceres, McKean, Pa. , son of William Hornblower and Sarah Snead Hornblower.
Mother: Anna Edwards b:Aug.17,1797 England. d: Jan.26,1862 Ceres, McKean, Pa., daughter of Edward Edwards and Anna Warden Edwards.
(Ceres is considered to be a hamlet that lays on the border of Pennsylvania and New York.)
Immigrated to the United States from London, England with his parents William James Hornblower & Anna Edwards Hornblower, siblings: Wm. E., Anna, and Harriet Charlotte. They departed London aboard the Ship Andes in late Sept. 1831 and arrived to the Port of NY on 29 Nov. 1831. The voyage was about 9 weeks long and was hectic due to bad weather. They lived in Brooklyn (possibly now referred to lower Manhattan) at 385 Pearl Street. *Address obtained from letter sent by his Uncle Edward Edwards of Islington, London, England dated 25 Oct. 1837. (brother of Anna Edwards Hornblower). Edw. Edwards also refers to nephew Edward Thomas Hornblower as "Teddy".
Wm. J. Hornblower was a watchmaker in London and that in the manufacturing business. The family tradition was that of Goldsmiths. He decided to come to America and had opened a jewelry shop but it was not very profitable and he was discouraged. In 1837, Wm. J. & Anna's last child Emily Emma was born as she was the 1st of their family to been born in the USA. In 1834 the oldest son Wm. E. Hornblower at age 16 had left NYC and bought a tract of land to farm in Ceres, Pa., as recorded in the Sabbath records he was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist in 1843 of Ceres, Pa.. On 4 Mar 1840 , Wm. E. married Lucy Ester Green and in 1842 she died from complications of child birth in which 1 month later their son had also died. - When Edw. Thos. Hornblower was 15 in 1843, he began working for his father but was not interested in pursuing or taking over his father's business and by 1847 sought out work in NYC . His father, Wm. James Hornblower decided to retire in 1847 and moved to his son's , Wm. Edward, farm near Kings Run in Ceres Township, McKean, Pa. and brought his large canopy piano with him along with his wife Anna and daughters Anna, Harriet and Emily. Wm. Edward Hornblower had moved previously to Main Settlement, Cattaraugus, NY . Wm. E. Hornblower married Elsie Crandall (his 2nd wife) in Aug. 1843 daughter of Capt. Matthew Maxson Crandall "War of 1812 veteran" as she was also a descendant of Elder John Crandall (1617-1676). The Wm. E. Hornblower family all became members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Also that Wm. James Hornblower wife Anna Edwards brother, Edward Edwards, was a very religious man in Islington, England.
In October 1839, Edward Edwards was not feeling well and had taken a trip to Southborough and Tunbridge Wells for a week and claimed he had recovered from his illness which was a blessing. Throughout Edward Thomas Hornblower's young life he was brought up in the Episcopal Church and as an adult he had join the Unitarian Church.
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* Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909."
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
In several letters written by William Edward Hornblower, brother of Edward Thomas Hornblower, to his wife Elsie Crandall Hornblower in Sept. 1855 while in Chicago, Illinois awaiting for Edward to arrive from New York City he mentions his brother Edward. In 1855 the reason for going to Chicago was that the Illinois State Agricultural Exhibition held on October 9, 10, 11 and 12th, 1855. Due to the nature of Edward Thomas Hornblower's job as a Clerk for Samuel Hoard & Co. was to take stock inventory at the Chicago house. Wm. E. Hornblower also had interest because he was a farmer in Ceres, Pennsylvania and was in Chicago to help his brother with the overwhelming amount of inventory. Years later though Edw. Thos. Hornblower would have larger financial problems due to the Civil War that many of his debtors were those whom businesses were in the southern states. Edw. T. tried early retirement and bought the Barrett farm in Concord, Mass. but got caught up trying to make money from dairy farming and some crops. - " LOWELL DAILY COURIER, Lowell, Mass., Friday Evening, January 10, 1873.
Edward T. Hornblower, a milk producer, testified that with proper transportation he could realize a higher price for milk than at present. He would have the railroads carry milk as they do any class of freight and carry any number of cars at the same rate per car as If they were for contractors, as the Lowell railroad does. He believed the business, as at present conducted, to be a monopoly, and that the farmers were under the control of the contractors. Milk had been sent back to him as sour, which had been kept six days-before returning." - Hornblower's venture into the milk market would have been successful provided he had the overall cooperation of the railroad company, business owners, other farmers to negotiate a new contract. -
After 3 years on the farm he moved back to city life and re-established work. As a financial consultant and investor for several large companies mainly a few in the railroad business, Edward was removed from NYC and relocated in Boston. It was there when he worked and partnership with Mr. Page to form Hornblower & Page in 1878. Since Edw. T. Hornblower was a very busy man the relationship with his brother William Edward Hornblower seemed to diminish and became a much forgotten in Edward Thomas Hornblower later life. In 1888 when Mr. Page had died, Edw. T. decided to retire due to his declining health and was considered legally blind. He agreed to allow his son, Henry, take over his firm. - If it was not for the renewed communications between cousins William Watson Doolittle of Binghamton, NY , Stanley Livingston Brown of Portville, NY and Henry Hornblower of Arlington, Mass. (CEO of Hornblower & Weeks) around 1935 through 1937 much of the information about the Hornblower family history may have been lost.
Note: this line of Hornblower's is not related to Josiah Hornblower and the Steam Engine or New York jurist William Butler Hornblower.
Edward Thomas Hornblower was my 4th Great Uncle via his brother William Edward Hornblower who was my 3rd Great Grandfather. ( by ScottishPiper ).
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"Hornblower & Weeks, Hemphill-Noyes Organization.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hornblower & Weeks was an investment banking and brokerage firm founded by Henry Hornblower and John Wingate Weeks on August 6, 1888. At its peak in the late 1970s, Hornblower ranked eighth among member firms of the New York Stock Exchange in number of retail offices, with 93 retail sales offices located in the United States and Europe.
Hornblower was active in financing automobile companies in the first half of the 20th century, including Dodge Motors, General Motors, and Hudson Motor Car Company.
The firm, which by the 1970s was known as Hornblower Weeks Noyes & Trask, was acquired by Loeb, Rhoades & Co. to form Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co.
History
Founding and early history
Hornblower & Weeks was organized on August 7, 1888. Henry Hornblower and John W. Weeks undertook the continuation of the business of Hornblower & Page, which had been founded and managed by Hornblower's father, Edward Thomas Hornblower.
Henry Hornblower joined his father's firm in 1879 at age 16 and had served as a clerk. Henry Hornblower, who was born June 6, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts came from a distinguished patrician family in Boston. "The name of 'Hornblower' is one of the features of Boston and the old Bay State. It is a name that has flourished through generations...The line of Hornblowers in Boston and New England has been an honorable one as far back as family prestige can be traced."
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Married: Martha Boyd Whiting b: 1824 in Franklin, Massachusetts (date of marriage: 16 Sept 1847)
Married: Isabelle Gilman Garnsey, daughter Samuel Garnsey and Eliza Ann Nichols Garnsey of Bangor, Maine on 10 Sep 1873.
Children of Edward and Martha Hornblower:
Henry Hornblower b: 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Isabel Hornblower b: 1850 d: 1850
William Asa Hornblower b: 1855 d: 1856
Edward Thos. Hornblower b: 1851 d: 1884
Walter W Hornblower b: 1857 d: 1895
Frank Hornblower b: 1860 d: 1860
A few months after Martha's death, he remarried to Isabella Guernsey (Garnsey) on 10 Sept 1873.
Boston Evening Globe Tuesday February 26, 1918 obituary .
ARLINGTON – Mrs. Isabelle Hornblower died at her home, 28 Academy St., yesterday afternoon, after an illness of about six weeks. She was born in Bangor, Me., in 1835, came to Arlington in 1874 and has made her home here ever since. In that year she was married to Edward T. Hornblower, who died 17 years ago. She leaves a stepson, Henry Hornblower of the firm Hornblower & Weeks. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon.
May have had a relationship with Flora Warren as she was a mistress.
Unable to find any records of marriage or info about her parents.
Flora may have died at or soon after giving child birth.
Death Registry for Town of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1843 - 1873.
Name: Harriet A. Warren
Gender: Female
Death Date: 19 Jul 1864
Age: 0
Birth Date: 1864
Father's Name: Edward T. Hornblower
Mother's Name: Flora Warren
Citing this Record "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZC-YRT : 11 March 2018), Edward T. Hornblower in entry for Harriet A. Warren, 19 Jul 1864; citing , reference v 13b ln 344; FHL microfilm 837,886.
note: If Edward T. Hornblower, Jr. was the father, then he would only been age of 14. Therefore, probably Edward T. Hornblower, Sr.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 48, Lot 6987
The Hornblower/Whiting Lot
Inscription, front of stone:
1828 Edward Thos. Hornblower 1901
1824 Martha B. his wife 1873
-----Children-----
Isabel 1850-1850 / William Asa 1855-1856
Edward Thos. 1851-1884 / Walter Hoard 1857-1895
Frank 1860-1860
HORNBLOWER-WHITING
Inscription, rear of stone:
1811 George W. Whiting 1854
1795 Asa Whiting 1857
[NOTE: From cemetery records, burial dates for those whose names appear on the stone and others buried here:(with burial dates):
Hornblower: Edward T 4/6/1902; Edward T 3/6/1885; Child of Mary J 6/6/1885; Martha B 4/25/1873; Walter 4/27/1895, and Frank, Isabel, and William, all three 3/13/1861 (probably moved from previous graves).
Whiting: Asa 9/7/1857; George W (not listed in online cemetery records)].
^^ I (ScottishPiper) have more personal information on the life of Edward Thomas Hornblower provided by his son, Henry, who had correspondences with his cousin William W. Doolittle. I have decided not to add more text/info due to Edw. Thos. Hornblower's Find A Grave memorial is already abundant. - For family health history, he died of Valvular Heart Disease. ^^
His son, Walter Hoard Hornblower, middle name appears to be associated with Samuel Hoard & Co. as mentioned in the Dec. 20, 1901 New York Times article. It is confusing since Walter also has a middle initial "W." that could be William (traditional as several Williams in the family) or most likely the maiden name of his mother which is "Whiting".
Edward T. Hornblower was a partner of Samuel Hoard & Co. of Chicago his special part of the business being to buy the goods. When the Civil War broke out the Chicago trading house was less profitable and was sold. Mr. Hoard pursued politics and Mr. Hornblower sought work elsewhere such as being appointed as auditor and clerk of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company. Eventually he moved from NYC to Boston, Mass. In 1868, he bought the Barrett farm on Punkatasetts Hill north of Concord, Mass. and for 7 years attempted to succeed in the farming business. Then moved to Arlington, Mass. and entered into partnership with Mr. Augustus A. Page in the business established as Hornblower & Page in 1878.
Nathan Barrett (1763 - 1829) inherited the family farm on Punkatasetts Hill, north of Concord, which had been owned by the family since 1650. It was given to his son, Nathan Henry Barrett (1796 - 1868). Then his son also named, Nathan Henry Barrett (1830 - 1873) , after his own father's death in 1868 had sold the Barrett farm to Mr. EDWARD THOMAS HORNBLOWER of Concord, Mass. About 1875, Mr. Hornblower sold the Barrett farm to Mr. John B. Tileston (1834/35 - 1898) and later was sold to Mr. Meigs. This Barrett family is of the same heritage as Colonel James Barrrett of the American Revolutionary War whose home and farm are listed in the National Historic Registry in Concord, Massachusetts.
last known visitation by his brother, William Edward Hornblower, was in 1892.
BOLIVAR BREEZE, BOLIVAR, ALLEGANY CO., N. Y., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1892.
W. E. Hornblower left last Friday for a trip East, taking in Washington D. C, Boston, Mass.,
and several points in Maine.
Portville - Edward Hornblower, a retired business man of Boston, Mass., was the
guest of his brother, W. E. Hornblower, last week. - published in the Bolivar Breeze, Bolivar, Allegany Co. NY., Friday January 27, 1893.
Wm. M. Hornblower and wife, of Portville, drove through town [Richburg] the 21st and carried his uncle, Edwin (sic Edward) Hornblower and wife [Isabelle], of Boston, up to S. S. Brown's, whose wife is niece to Ed. Hornblower. ( date Jan. 1893) - [ William Matthew Hornblower and wife Elsie Maria (nee Crandall) Hornblower; S.S. Brown is Seth Sheldon Brown and his wife is Martha Prudence (nee Hornblower) Brown who is daughter of Wm. M. Hornblower.]
The 1880 U.S. Census list his sister, Mrs. Anna (nee Hornblower) Green, and his niece, Emily Green (born Hayward but adopted by Anna. Emily's mother, Emily Emma Hornblower - Hayward, was the sister to Mrs. Anna Green and Edw. Thos. Hornblower) in Arlington, Mass.
The pictured home is located at 200 Pleasant Street Unit 200, Arlington, MA 02474 — Middlesex County.
It sold on 1 June 2017 for $958,000. The house and barn is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts since 1985.
Due to natural deterioration, environmental conditions, expense of restoration it's just an old home of a well respected business person of an era that has longed passed. You are paying for the Hornblower name labeled to the residency. The barn has been converted into a home 202 Pleasant St. Apt. 202 and sold for $780,000 on 5 Oct. 2017. They were asking for more than $1,800,000 for both buildings. Other homes in the general area have been assessed between $600,000 to $1,200,000 but I am certain they are more modern or built well after 1860.
Edward Thomas Hornblower and 2nd wife, Isabelle (nee Guernsey) Hornblower both resided at 28 Academy Street, Arlington, Mass. - According to 1922 Assessment Records that his son, Henry and wife Hattie F (nee Woods), resided at 100 Pleasant St. - 200 Pleasant (house and barn) was owned/ occupied by Edwin F. Edgett.
Edward Thomas Hornblower
Birth: 8 Oct 1828 - London, London, England
Death: 19 Dec 1901 - Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Buried: 6 Apr 1902
Lot 6987 Section 48
* alternate birth & death info:
b: Oct.13,1828 Islington, Middlesex, England.
d: Dec.19,1901 Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
Christening: 14 Nov 1828 Islington, Middlesex, England. (Pentonville Chapel/St. James)
According to records of the christening of his brother, William Edward Hornblower, on 26 May 1819 that their father William James Hornblower resided on Barron Street in Pentonville/ Islington, Middlesex, London, England and his occupation was watchmaker.
As given on the ship manifest - watchmaker.
It is known that William James Hornblower father, William, worked at the Clockmakers' Company in London.
Uncertain but probable as there was a Thomas Hornblower who worked at the Clockmakers' Company may have been the Uncle or brother of William James Hornblower. Nothing is known about any siblings of Wm. J. Hornblower. As a speculation it is possible that Wm. J. Hornblower named his son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, using his brother's name Thomas as a middle name for his son. (assuming he had a brother named Thomas.)
Father: William James Hornblower b:Nov.8,1796 England. d: Sept.5,1871 Ceres, McKean, Pa. , son of William Hornblower and Sarah Snead Hornblower.
Mother: Anna Edwards b:Aug.17,1797 England. d: Jan.26,1862 Ceres, McKean, Pa., daughter of Edward Edwards and Anna Warden Edwards.
(Ceres is considered to be a hamlet that lays on the border of Pennsylvania and New York.)
Immigrated to the United States from London, England with his parents William James Hornblower & Anna Edwards Hornblower, siblings: Wm. E., Anna, and Harriet Charlotte. They departed London aboard the Ship Andes in late Sept. 1831 and arrived to the Port of NY on 29 Nov. 1831. The voyage was about 9 weeks long and was hectic due to bad weather. They lived in Brooklyn (possibly now referred to lower Manhattan) at 385 Pearl Street. *Address obtained from letter sent by his Uncle Edward Edwards of Islington, London, England dated 25 Oct. 1837. (brother of Anna Edwards Hornblower). Edw. Edwards also refers to nephew Edward Thomas Hornblower as "Teddy".
Wm. J. Hornblower was a watchmaker in London and that in the manufacturing business. The family tradition was that of Goldsmiths. He decided to come to America and had opened a jewelry shop but it was not very profitable and he was discouraged. In 1837, Wm. J. & Anna's last child Emily Emma was born as she was the 1st of their family to been born in the USA. In 1834 the oldest son Wm. E. Hornblower at age 16 had left NYC and bought a tract of land to farm in Ceres, Pa., as recorded in the Sabbath records he was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist in 1843 of Ceres, Pa.. On 4 Mar 1840 , Wm. E. married Lucy Ester Green and in 1842 she died from complications of child birth in which 1 month later their son had also died. - When Edw. Thos. Hornblower was 15 in 1843, he began working for his father but was not interested in pursuing or taking over his father's business and by 1847 sought out work in NYC . His father, Wm. James Hornblower decided to retire in 1847 and moved to his son's , Wm. Edward, farm near Kings Run in Ceres Township, McKean, Pa. and brought his large canopy piano with him along with his wife Anna and daughters Anna, Harriet and Emily. Wm. Edward Hornblower had moved previously to Main Settlement, Cattaraugus, NY . Wm. E. Hornblower married Elsie Crandall (his 2nd wife) in Aug. 1843 daughter of Capt. Matthew Maxson Crandall "War of 1812 veteran" as she was also a descendant of Elder John Crandall (1617-1676). The Wm. E. Hornblower family all became members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Also that Wm. James Hornblower wife Anna Edwards brother, Edward Edwards, was a very religious man in Islington, England.
In October 1839, Edward Edwards was not feeling well and had taken a trip to Southborough and Tunbridge Wells for a week and claimed he had recovered from his illness which was a blessing. Throughout Edward Thomas Hornblower's young life he was brought up in the Episcopal Church and as an adult he had join the Unitarian Church.
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* Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909."
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
In several letters written by William Edward Hornblower, brother of Edward Thomas Hornblower, to his wife Elsie Crandall Hornblower in Sept. 1855 while in Chicago, Illinois awaiting for Edward to arrive from New York City he mentions his brother Edward. In 1855 the reason for going to Chicago was that the Illinois State Agricultural Exhibition held on October 9, 10, 11 and 12th, 1855. Due to the nature of Edward Thomas Hornblower's job as a Clerk for Samuel Hoard & Co. was to take stock inventory at the Chicago house. Wm. E. Hornblower also had interest because he was a farmer in Ceres, Pennsylvania and was in Chicago to help his brother with the overwhelming amount of inventory. Years later though Edw. Thos. Hornblower would have larger financial problems due to the Civil War that many of his debtors were those whom businesses were in the southern states. Edw. T. tried early retirement and bought the Barrett farm in Concord, Mass. but got caught up trying to make money from dairy farming and some crops. - " LOWELL DAILY COURIER, Lowell, Mass., Friday Evening, January 10, 1873.
Edward T. Hornblower, a milk producer, testified that with proper transportation he could realize a higher price for milk than at present. He would have the railroads carry milk as they do any class of freight and carry any number of cars at the same rate per car as If they were for contractors, as the Lowell railroad does. He believed the business, as at present conducted, to be a monopoly, and that the farmers were under the control of the contractors. Milk had been sent back to him as sour, which had been kept six days-before returning." - Hornblower's venture into the milk market would have been successful provided he had the overall cooperation of the railroad company, business owners, other farmers to negotiate a new contract. -
After 3 years on the farm he moved back to city life and re-established work. As a financial consultant and investor for several large companies mainly a few in the railroad business, Edward was removed from NYC and relocated in Boston. It was there when he worked and partnership with Mr. Page to form Hornblower & Page in 1878. Since Edw. T. Hornblower was a very busy man the relationship with his brother William Edward Hornblower seemed to diminish and became a much forgotten in Edward Thomas Hornblower later life. In 1888 when Mr. Page had died, Edw. T. decided to retire due to his declining health and was considered legally blind. He agreed to allow his son, Henry, take over his firm. - If it was not for the renewed communications between cousins William Watson Doolittle of Binghamton, NY , Stanley Livingston Brown of Portville, NY and Henry Hornblower of Arlington, Mass. (CEO of Hornblower & Weeks) around 1935 through 1937 much of the information about the Hornblower family history may have been lost.
Note: this line of Hornblower's is not related to Josiah Hornblower and the Steam Engine or New York jurist William Butler Hornblower.
Edward Thomas Hornblower was my 4th Great Uncle via his brother William Edward Hornblower who was my 3rd Great Grandfather. ( by ScottishPiper ).
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"Hornblower & Weeks, Hemphill-Noyes Organization.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hornblower & Weeks was an investment banking and brokerage firm founded by Henry Hornblower and John Wingate Weeks on August 6, 1888. At its peak in the late 1970s, Hornblower ranked eighth among member firms of the New York Stock Exchange in number of retail offices, with 93 retail sales offices located in the United States and Europe.
Hornblower was active in financing automobile companies in the first half of the 20th century, including Dodge Motors, General Motors, and Hudson Motor Car Company.
The firm, which by the 1970s was known as Hornblower Weeks Noyes & Trask, was acquired by Loeb, Rhoades & Co. to form Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co.
History
Founding and early history
Hornblower & Weeks was organized on August 7, 1888. Henry Hornblower and John W. Weeks undertook the continuation of the business of Hornblower & Page, which had been founded and managed by Hornblower's father, Edward Thomas Hornblower.
Henry Hornblower joined his father's firm in 1879 at age 16 and had served as a clerk. Henry Hornblower, who was born June 6, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts came from a distinguished patrician family in Boston. "The name of 'Hornblower' is one of the features of Boston and the old Bay State. It is a name that has flourished through generations...The line of Hornblowers in Boston and New England has been an honorable one as far back as family prestige can be traced."
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Married: Martha Boyd Whiting b: 1824 in Franklin, Massachusetts (date of marriage: 16 Sept 1847)
Married: Isabelle Gilman Garnsey, daughter Samuel Garnsey and Eliza Ann Nichols Garnsey of Bangor, Maine on 10 Sep 1873.
Children of Edward and Martha Hornblower:
Henry Hornblower b: 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Isabel Hornblower b: 1850 d: 1850
William Asa Hornblower b: 1855 d: 1856
Edward Thos. Hornblower b: 1851 d: 1884
Walter W Hornblower b: 1857 d: 1895
Frank Hornblower b: 1860 d: 1860
A few months after Martha's death, he remarried to Isabella Guernsey (Garnsey) on 10 Sept 1873.
Boston Evening Globe Tuesday February 26, 1918 obituary .
ARLINGTON – Mrs. Isabelle Hornblower died at her home, 28 Academy St., yesterday afternoon, after an illness of about six weeks. She was born in Bangor, Me., in 1835, came to Arlington in 1874 and has made her home here ever since. In that year she was married to Edward T. Hornblower, who died 17 years ago. She leaves a stepson, Henry Hornblower of the firm Hornblower & Weeks. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon.
May have had a relationship with Flora Warren as she was a mistress.
Unable to find any records of marriage or info about her parents.
Flora may have died at or soon after giving child birth.
Death Registry for Town of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1843 - 1873.
Name: Harriet A. Warren
Gender: Female
Death Date: 19 Jul 1864
Age: 0
Birth Date: 1864
Father's Name: Edward T. Hornblower
Mother's Name: Flora Warren
Citing this Record "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZC-YRT : 11 March 2018), Edward T. Hornblower in entry for Harriet A. Warren, 19 Jul 1864; citing , reference v 13b ln 344; FHL microfilm 837,886.
note: If Edward T. Hornblower, Jr. was the father, then he would only been age of 14. Therefore, probably Edward T. Hornblower, Sr.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 48, Lot 6987
The Hornblower/Whiting Lot
Inscription, front of stone:
1828 Edward Thos. Hornblower 1901
1824 Martha B. his wife 1873
-----Children-----
Isabel 1850-1850 / William Asa 1855-1856
Edward Thos. 1851-1884 / Walter Hoard 1857-1895
Frank 1860-1860
HORNBLOWER-WHITING
Inscription, rear of stone:
1811 George W. Whiting 1854
1795 Asa Whiting 1857
[NOTE: From cemetery records, burial dates for those whose names appear on the stone and others buried here:(with burial dates):
Hornblower: Edward T 4/6/1902; Edward T 3/6/1885; Child of Mary J 6/6/1885; Martha B 4/25/1873; Walter 4/27/1895, and Frank, Isabel, and William, all three 3/13/1861 (probably moved from previous graves).
Whiting: Asa 9/7/1857; George W (not listed in online cemetery records)].
^^ I (ScottishPiper) have more personal information on the life of Edward Thomas Hornblower provided by his son, Henry, who had correspondences with his cousin William W. Doolittle. I have decided not to add more text/info due to Edw. Thos. Hornblower's Find A Grave memorial is already abundant. - For family health history, he died of Valvular Heart Disease. ^^
His son, Walter Hoard Hornblower, middle name appears to be associated with Samuel Hoard & Co. as mentioned in the Dec. 20, 1901 New York Times article. It is confusing since Walter also has a middle initial "W." that could be William (traditional as several Williams in the family) or most likely the maiden name of his mother which is "Whiting".
Edward T. Hornblower was a partner of Samuel Hoard & Co. of Chicago his special part of the business being to buy the goods. When the Civil War broke out the Chicago trading house was less profitable and was sold. Mr. Hoard pursued politics and Mr. Hornblower sought work elsewhere such as being appointed as auditor and clerk of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company. Eventually he moved from NYC to Boston, Mass. In 1868, he bought the Barrett farm on Punkatasetts Hill north of Concord, Mass. and for 7 years attempted to succeed in the farming business. Then moved to Arlington, Mass. and entered into partnership with Mr. Augustus A. Page in the business established as Hornblower & Page in 1878.
Nathan Barrett (1763 - 1829) inherited the family farm on Punkatasetts Hill, north of Concord, which had been owned by the family since 1650. It was given to his son, Nathan Henry Barrett (1796 - 1868). Then his son also named, Nathan Henry Barrett (1830 - 1873) , after his own father's death in 1868 had sold the Barrett farm to Mr. EDWARD THOMAS HORNBLOWER of Concord, Mass. About 1875, Mr. Hornblower sold the Barrett farm to Mr. John B. Tileston (1834/35 - 1898) and later was sold to Mr. Meigs. This Barrett family is of the same heritage as Colonel James Barrrett of the American Revolutionary War whose home and farm are listed in the National Historic Registry in Concord, Massachusetts.
last known visitation by his brother, William Edward Hornblower, was in 1892.
BOLIVAR BREEZE, BOLIVAR, ALLEGANY CO., N. Y., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1892.
W. E. Hornblower left last Friday for a trip East, taking in Washington D. C, Boston, Mass.,
and several points in Maine.
Portville - Edward Hornblower, a retired business man of Boston, Mass., was the
guest of his brother, W. E. Hornblower, last week. - published in the Bolivar Breeze, Bolivar, Allegany Co. NY., Friday January 27, 1893.
Wm. M. Hornblower and wife, of Portville, drove through town [Richburg] the 21st and carried his uncle, Edwin (sic Edward) Hornblower and wife [Isabelle], of Boston, up to S. S. Brown's, whose wife is niece to Ed. Hornblower. ( date Jan. 1893) - [ William Matthew Hornblower and wife Elsie Maria (nee Crandall) Hornblower; S.S. Brown is Seth Sheldon Brown and his wife is Martha Prudence (nee Hornblower) Brown who is daughter of Wm. M. Hornblower.]
The 1880 U.S. Census list his sister, Mrs. Anna (nee Hornblower) Green, and his niece, Emily Green (born Hayward but adopted by Anna. Emily's mother, Emily Emma Hornblower - Hayward, was the sister to Mrs. Anna Green and Edw. Thos. Hornblower) in Arlington, Mass.
The pictured home is located at 200 Pleasant Street Unit 200, Arlington, MA 02474 — Middlesex County.
It sold on 1 June 2017 for $958,000. The house and barn is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts since 1985.
Due to natural deterioration, environmental conditions, expense of restoration it's just an old home of a well respected business person of an era that has longed passed. You are paying for the Hornblower name labeled to the residency. The barn has been converted into a home 202 Pleasant St. Apt. 202 and sold for $780,000 on 5 Oct. 2017. They were asking for more than $1,800,000 for both buildings. Other homes in the general area have been assessed between $600,000 to $1,200,000 but I am certain they are more modern or built well after 1860.
Edward Thomas Hornblower and 2nd wife, Isabelle (nee Guernsey) Hornblower both resided at 28 Academy Street, Arlington, Mass. - According to 1922 Assessment Records that his son, Henry and wife Hattie F (nee Woods), resided at 100 Pleasant St. - 200 Pleasant (house and barn) was owned/ occupied by Edwin F. Edgett.
Birth: 8 Oct 1828 - London, London, England
Death: 19 Dec 1901 - Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Buried: 6 Apr 1902
Lot 6987 Section 48
* alternate birth & death info:
b: Oct.13,1828 Islington, Middlesex, England.
d: Dec.19,1901 Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
Christening: 14 Nov 1828 Islington, Middlesex, England. (Pentonville Chapel/St. James)
According to records of the christening of his brother, William Edward Hornblower, on 26 May 1819 that their father William James Hornblower resided on Barron Street in Pentonville/ Islington, Middlesex, London, England and his occupation was watchmaker.
As given on the ship manifest - watchmaker.
It is known that William James Hornblower father, William, worked at the Clockmakers' Company in London.
Uncertain but probable as there was a Thomas Hornblower who worked at the Clockmakers' Company may have been the Uncle or brother of William James Hornblower. Nothing is known about any siblings of Wm. J. Hornblower. As a speculation it is possible that Wm. J. Hornblower named his son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, using his brother's name Thomas as a middle name for his son. (assuming he had a brother named Thomas.)
Father: William James Hornblower b:Nov.8,1796 England. d: Sept.5,1871 Ceres, McKean, Pa. , son of William Hornblower and Sarah Snead Hornblower.
Mother: Anna Edwards b:Aug.17,1797 England. d: Jan.26,1862 Ceres, McKean, Pa., daughter of Edward Edwards and Anna Warden Edwards.
(Ceres is considered to be a hamlet that lays on the border of Pennsylvania and New York.)
Immigrated to the United States from London, England with his parents William James Hornblower & Anna Edwards Hornblower, siblings: Wm. E., Anna, and Harriet Charlotte. They departed London aboard the Ship Andes in late Sept. 1831 and arrived to the Port of NY on 29 Nov. 1831. The voyage was about 9 weeks long and was hectic due to bad weather. They lived in Brooklyn (possibly now referred to lower Manhattan) at 385 Pearl Street. *Address obtained from letter sent by his Uncle Edward Edwards of Islington, London, England dated 25 Oct. 1837. (brother of Anna Edwards Hornblower). Edw. Edwards also refers to nephew Edward Thomas Hornblower as "Teddy".
Wm. J. Hornblower was a watchmaker in London and that in the manufacturing business. The family tradition was that of Goldsmiths. He decided to come to America and had opened a jewelry shop but it was not very profitable and he was discouraged. In 1837, Wm. J. & Anna's last child Emily Emma was born as she was the 1st of their family to been born in the USA. In 1834 the oldest son Wm. E. Hornblower at age 16 had left NYC and bought a tract of land to farm in Ceres, Pa., as recorded in the Sabbath records he was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist in 1843 of Ceres, Pa.. On 4 Mar 1840 , Wm. E. married Lucy Ester Green and in 1842 she died from complications of child birth in which 1 month later their son had also died. - When Edw. Thos. Hornblower was 15 in 1843, he began working for his father but was not interested in pursuing or taking over his father's business and by 1847 sought out work in NYC . His father, Wm. James Hornblower decided to retire in 1847 and moved to his son's , Wm. Edward, farm near Kings Run in Ceres Township, McKean, Pa. and brought his large canopy piano with him along with his wife Anna and daughters Anna, Harriet and Emily. Wm. Edward Hornblower had moved previously to Main Settlement, Cattaraugus, NY . Wm. E. Hornblower married Elsie Crandall (his 2nd wife) in Aug. 1843 daughter of Capt. Matthew Maxson Crandall "War of 1812 veteran" as she was also a descendant of Elder John Crandall (1617-1676). The Wm. E. Hornblower family all became members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Also that Wm. James Hornblower wife Anna Edwards brother, Edward Edwards, was a very religious man in Islington, England.
In October 1839, Edward Edwards was not feeling well and had taken a trip to Southborough and Tunbridge Wells for a week and claimed he had recovered from his illness which was a blessing. Throughout Edward Thomas Hornblower's young life he was brought up in the Episcopal Church and as an adult he had join the Unitarian Church.
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* Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909."
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
In several letters written by William Edward Hornblower, brother of Edward Thomas Hornblower, to his wife Elsie Crandall Hornblower in Sept. 1855 while in Chicago, Illinois awaiting for Edward to arrive from New York City he mentions his brother Edward. In 1855 the reason for going to Chicago was that the Illinois State Agricultural Exhibition held on October 9, 10, 11 and 12th, 1855. Due to the nature of Edward Thomas Hornblower's job as a Clerk for Samuel Hoard & Co. was to take stock inventory at the Chicago house. Wm. E. Hornblower also had interest because he was a farmer in Ceres, Pennsylvania and was in Chicago to help his brother with the overwhelming amount of inventory. Years later though Edw. Thos. Hornblower would have larger financial problems due to the Civil War that many of his debtors were those whom businesses were in the southern states. Edw. T. tried early retirement and bought the Barrett farm in Concord, Mass. but got caught up trying to make money from dairy farming and some crops. - " LOWELL DAILY COURIER, Lowell, Mass., Friday Evening, January 10, 1873.
Edward T. Hornblower, a milk producer, testified that with proper transportation he could realize a higher price for milk than at present. He would have the railroads carry milk as they do any class of freight and carry any number of cars at the same rate per car as If they were for contractors, as the Lowell railroad does. He believed the business, as at present conducted, to be a monopoly, and that the farmers were under the control of the contractors. Milk had been sent back to him as sour, which had been kept six days-before returning." - Hornblower's venture into the milk market would have been successful provided he had the overall cooperation of the railroad company, business owners, other farmers to negotiate a new contract. -
After 3 years on the farm he moved back to city life and re-established work. As a financial consultant and investor for several large companies mainly a few in the railroad business, Edward was removed from NYC and relocated in Boston. It was there when he worked and partnership with Mr. Page to form Hornblower & Page in 1878. Since Edw. T. Hornblower was a very busy man the relationship with his brother William Edward Hornblower seemed to diminish and became a much forgotten in Edward Thomas Hornblower later life. In 1888 when Mr. Page had died, Edw. T. decided to retire due to his declining health and was considered legally blind. He agreed to allow his son, Henry, take over his firm. - If it was not for the renewed communications between cousins William Watson Doolittle of Binghamton, NY , Stanley Livingston Brown of Portville, NY and Henry Hornblower of Arlington, Mass. (CEO of Hornblower & Weeks) around 1935 through 1937 much of the information about the Hornblower family history may have been lost.
Note: this line of Hornblower's is not related to Josiah Hornblower and the Steam Engine or New York jurist William Butler Hornblower.
Edward Thomas Hornblower was my 4th Great Uncle via his brother William Edward Hornblower who was my 3rd Great Grandfather. ( by ScottishPiper ).
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"Hornblower & Weeks, Hemphill-Noyes Organization.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hornblower & Weeks was an investment banking and brokerage firm founded by Henry Hornblower and John Wingate Weeks on August 6, 1888. At its peak in the late 1970s, Hornblower ranked eighth among member firms of the New York Stock Exchange in number of retail offices, with 93 retail sales offices located in the United States and Europe.
Hornblower was active in financing automobile companies in the first half of the 20th century, including Dodge Motors, General Motors, and Hudson Motor Car Company.
The firm, which by the 1970s was known as Hornblower Weeks Noyes & Trask, was acquired by Loeb, Rhoades & Co. to form Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co.
History
Founding and early history
Hornblower & Weeks was organized on August 7, 1888. Henry Hornblower and John W. Weeks undertook the continuation of the business of Hornblower & Page, which had been founded and managed by Hornblower's father, Edward Thomas Hornblower.
Henry Hornblower joined his father's firm in 1879 at age 16 and had served as a clerk. Henry Hornblower, who was born June 6, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts came from a distinguished patrician family in Boston. "The name of 'Hornblower' is one of the features of Boston and the old Bay State. It is a name that has flourished through generations...The line of Hornblowers in Boston and New England has been an honorable one as far back as family prestige can be traced."
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Married: Martha Boyd Whiting b: 1824 in Franklin, Massachusetts (date of marriage: 16 Sept 1847)
Married: Isabelle Gilman Garnsey, daughter Samuel Garnsey and Eliza Ann Nichols Garnsey of Bangor, Maine on 10 Sep 1873.
Children of Edward and Martha Hornblower:
Henry Hornblower b: 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Isabel Hornblower b: 1850 d: 1850
William Asa Hornblower b: 1855 d: 1856
Edward Thos. Hornblower b: 1851 d: 1884
Walter W Hornblower b: 1857 d: 1895
Frank Hornblower b: 1860 d: 1860
A few months after Martha's death, he remarried to Isabella Guernsey (Garnsey) on 10 Sept 1873.
Boston Evening Globe Tuesday February 26, 1918 obituary .
ARLINGTON – Mrs. Isabelle Hornblower died at her home, 28 Academy St., yesterday afternoon, after an illness of about six weeks. She was born in Bangor, Me., in 1835, came to Arlington in 1874 and has made her home here ever since. In that year she was married to Edward T. Hornblower, who died 17 years ago. She leaves a stepson, Henry Hornblower of the firm Hornblower & Weeks. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon.
May have had a relationship with Flora Warren as she was a mistress.
Unable to find any records of marriage or info about her parents.
Flora may have died at or soon after giving child birth.
Death Registry for Town of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1843 - 1873.
Name: Harriet A. Warren
Gender: Female
Death Date: 19 Jul 1864
Age: 0
Birth Date: 1864
Father's Name: Edward T. Hornblower
Mother's Name: Flora Warren
Citing this Record "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZC-YRT : 11 March 2018), Edward T. Hornblower in entry for Harriet A. Warren, 19 Jul 1864; citing , reference v 13b ln 344; FHL microfilm 837,886.
note: If Edward T. Hornblower, Jr. was the father, then he would only been age of 14. Therefore, probably Edward T. Hornblower, Sr.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 48, Lot 6987
The Hornblower/Whiting Lot
Inscription, front of stone:
1828 Edward Thos. Hornblower 1901
1824 Martha B. his wife 1873
-----Children-----
Isabel 1850-1850 / William Asa 1855-1856
Edward Thos. 1851-1884 / Walter Hoard 1857-1895
Frank 1860-1860
HORNBLOWER-WHITING
Inscription, rear of stone:
1811 George W. Whiting 1854
1795 Asa Whiting 1857
[NOTE: From cemetery records, burial dates for those whose names appear on the stone and others buried here:(with burial dates):
Hornblower: Edward T 4/6/1902; Edward T 3/6/1885; Child of Mary J 6/6/1885; Martha B 4/25/1873; Walter 4/27/1895, and Frank, Isabel, and William, all three 3/13/1861 (probably moved from previous graves).
Whiting: Asa 9/7/1857; George W (not listed in online cemetery records)].
^^ I (ScottishPiper) have more personal information on the life of Edward Thomas Hornblower provided by his son, Henry, who had correspondences with his cousin William W. Doolittle. I have decided not to add more text/info due to Edw. Thos. Hornblower's Find A Grave memorial is already abundant. - For family health history, he died of Valvular Heart Disease. ^^
His son, Walter Hoard Hornblower, middle name appears to be associated with Samuel Hoard & Co. as mentioned in the Dec. 20, 1901 New York Times article. It is confusing since Walter also has a middle initial "W." that could be William (traditional as several Williams in the family) or most likely the maiden name of his mother which is "Whiting".
Edward T. Hornblower was a partner of Samuel Hoard & Co. of Chicago his special part of the business being to buy the goods. When the Civil War broke out the Chicago trading house was less profitable and was sold. Mr. Hoard pursued politics and Mr. Hornblower sought work elsewhere such as being appointed as auditor and clerk of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company. Eventually he moved from NYC to Boston, Mass. In 1868, he bought the Barrett farm on Punkatasetts Hill north of Concord, Mass. and for 7 years attempted to succeed in the farming business. Then moved to Arlington, Mass. and entered into partnership with Mr. Augustus A. Page in the business established as Hornblower & Page in 1878.
Nathan Barrett (1763 - 1829) inherited the family farm on Punkatasetts Hill, north of Concord, which had been owned by the family since 1650. It was given to his son, Nathan Henry Barrett (1796 - 1868). Then his son also named, Nathan Henry Barrett (1830 - 1873) , after his own father's death in 1868 had sold the Barrett farm to Mr. EDWARD THOMAS HORNBLOWER of Concord, Mass. About 1875, Mr. Hornblower sold the Barrett farm to Mr. John B. Tileston (1834/35 - 1898) and later was sold to Mr. Meigs. This Barrett family is of the same heritage as Colonel James Barrrett of the American Revolutionary War whose home and farm are listed in the National Historic Registry in Concord, Massachusetts.
last known visitation by his brother, William Edward Hornblower, was in 1892.
BOLIVAR BREEZE, BOLIVAR, ALLEGANY CO., N. Y., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1892.
W. E. Hornblower left last Friday for a trip East, taking in Washington D. C, Boston, Mass.,
and several points in Maine.
Portville - Edward Hornblower, a retired business man of Boston, Mass., was the
guest of his brother, W. E. Hornblower, last week. - published in the Bolivar Breeze, Bolivar, Allegany Co. NY., Friday January 27, 1893.
Wm. M. Hornblower and wife, of Portville, drove through town [Richburg] the 21st and carried his uncle, Edwin (sic Edward) Hornblower and wife [Isabelle], of Boston, up to S. S. Brown's, whose wife is niece to Ed. Hornblower. ( date Jan. 1893) - [ William Matthew Hornblower and wife Elsie Maria (nee Crandall) Hornblower; S.S. Brown is Seth Sheldon Brown and his wife is Martha Prudence (nee Hornblower) Brown who is daughter of Wm. M. Hornblower.]
The 1880 U.S. Census list his sister, Mrs. Anna (nee Hornblower) Green, and his niece, Emily Green (born Hayward but adopted by Anna. Emily's mother, Emily Emma Hornblower - Hayward, was the sister to Mrs. Anna Green and Edw. Thos. Hornblower) in Arlington, Mass.
The pictured home is located at 200 Pleasant Street Unit 200, Arlington, MA 02474 — Middlesex County.
It sold on 1 June 2017 for $958,000. The house and barn is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts since 1985.
Due to natural deterioration, environmental conditions, expense of restoration it's just an old home of a well respected business person of an era that has longed passed. You are paying for the Hornblower name labeled to the residency. The barn has been converted into a home 202 Pleasant St. Apt. 202 and sold for $780,000 on 5 Oct. 2017. They were asking for more than $1,800,000 for both buildings. Other homes in the general area have been assessed between $600,000 to $1,200,000 but I am certain they are more modern or built well after 1860.
Edward Thomas Hornblower and 2nd wife, Isabelle (nee Guernsey) Hornblower both resided at 28 Academy Street, Arlington, Mass. - According to 1922 Assessment Records that his son, Henry and wife Hattie F (nee Woods), resided at 100 Pleasant St. - 200 Pleasant (house and barn) was owned/ occupied by Edwin F. Edgett.
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