When Robert Henry Attlesey was born in March 1843 in Soham, England, his father, William, was 35 and his mother, Alice, was 37. He was baptized into the Church of England at St. Andrew's in Soham 16 Apr 1843.
After emigrating to America in 1852, both of his parents died within a week of arrival, and he and his siblings were either sent on Orphan Trains, or adopted out by family and friends. RHA was blessed; his Aunt Sarah Binger (his mother's sister) had wealthy neighbors who were childless had agreed to take in and raise Robert as their own. Their names were Samuel and Mary Conrow Hart. The Harts raised Robert to become a milkman, and later enter into the hay and feed business as Samuel himself had done.
RHA married Keziah Hayes about 1865 in Brooklyn, New York. They had 10 children in 21 years. During this time, RHA supported his family as Superintendent of the Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad, being friends with, and working alongside, its founder, Richard Culver (for whom RHA named his son, Andrew Richard Culver Attlesey). Later, Robert opened his own business: Attlesey & Sons Hay and Feed on 9th Ave in the Prospect Park section of Brooklyn.
In his civic life, RHA became an Alderman for the city of Brooklyn's 8th & 22nd Wards, and, as such, was a well known and liked Democrat in the Prospect Park community and surrounding areas.
RHA was also a Mason, a member of the Hohenlinden Lodge, later renamed St. Albans (#56) in Brooklyn.
RHA contracted pneumonia in Oct 1892 and died within weeks.
The New York Times reports he died on November 15, 1892, in Brooklyn, New York, after contracting pnemonia at the age of 49. An eclectic man, he was buried with Masonic Ceremonial Rites, requested last rights according to the Holy Catholic Church, and had services held in his home by Rev. Stockwell of Gravesend Congregational Church.
He was survived by his wife, Keziah, and 6 of his 10 children: Charles, Daisy, Emma, Andrew, Robert, Jr., and Joseph.
After emigrating to America in 1852, both of his parents died within a week of arrival, and he and his siblings were either sent on Orphan Trains, or adopted out by family and friends. RHA was blessed; his Aunt Sarah Binger (his mother's sister) had wealthy neighbors who were childless had agreed to take in and raise Robert as their own. Their names were Samuel and Mary Conrow Hart. The Harts raised Robert to become a milkman, and later enter into the hay and feed business as Samuel himself had done.
RHA married Keziah Hayes about 1865 in Brooklyn, New York. They had 10 children in 21 years. During this time, RHA supported his family as Superintendent of the Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad, being friends with, and working alongside, its founder, Richard Culver (for whom RHA named his son, Andrew Richard Culver Attlesey). Later, Robert opened his own business: Attlesey & Sons Hay and Feed on 9th Ave in the Prospect Park section of Brooklyn.
In his civic life, RHA became an Alderman for the city of Brooklyn's 8th & 22nd Wards, and, as such, was a well known and liked Democrat in the Prospect Park community and surrounding areas.
RHA was also a Mason, a member of the Hohenlinden Lodge, later renamed St. Albans (#56) in Brooklyn.
RHA contracted pneumonia in Oct 1892 and died within weeks.
The New York Times reports he died on November 15, 1892, in Brooklyn, New York, after contracting pnemonia at the age of 49. An eclectic man, he was buried with Masonic Ceremonial Rites, requested last rights according to the Holy Catholic Church, and had services held in his home by Rev. Stockwell of Gravesend Congregational Church.
He was survived by his wife, Keziah, and 6 of his 10 children: Charles, Daisy, Emma, Andrew, Robert, Jr., and Joseph.
When Robert Henry Attlesey was born in March 1843 in Soham, England, his father, William, was 35 and his mother, Alice, was 37. He was baptized into the Church of England at St. Andrew's in Soham 16 Apr 1843.
After emigrating to America in 1852, both of his parents died within a week of arrival, and he and his siblings were either sent on Orphan Trains, or adopted out by family and friends. RHA was blessed; his Aunt Sarah Binger (his mother's sister) had wealthy neighbors who were childless had agreed to take in and raise Robert as their own. Their names were Samuel and Mary Conrow Hart. The Harts raised Robert to become a milkman, and later enter into the hay and feed business as Samuel himself had done.
RHA married Keziah Hayes about 1865 in Brooklyn, New York. They had 10 children in 21 years. During this time, RHA supported his family as Superintendent of the Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad, being friends with, and working alongside, its founder, Richard Culver (for whom RHA named his son, Andrew Richard Culver Attlesey). Later, Robert opened his own business: Attlesey & Sons Hay and Feed on 9th Ave in the Prospect Park section of Brooklyn.
In his civic life, RHA became an Alderman for the city of Brooklyn's 8th & 22nd Wards, and, as such, was a well known and liked Democrat in the Prospect Park community and surrounding areas.
RHA was also a Mason, a member of the Hohenlinden Lodge, later renamed St. Albans (#56) in Brooklyn.
RHA contracted pneumonia in Oct 1892 and died within weeks.
The New York Times reports he died on November 15, 1892, in Brooklyn, New York, after contracting pnemonia at the age of 49. An eclectic man, he was buried with Masonic Ceremonial Rites, requested last rights according to the Holy Catholic Church, and had services held in his home by Rev. Stockwell of Gravesend Congregational Church.
He was survived by his wife, Keziah, and 6 of his 10 children: Charles, Daisy, Emma, Andrew, Robert, Jr., and Joseph.
After emigrating to America in 1852, both of his parents died within a week of arrival, and he and his siblings were either sent on Orphan Trains, or adopted out by family and friends. RHA was blessed; his Aunt Sarah Binger (his mother's sister) had wealthy neighbors who were childless had agreed to take in and raise Robert as their own. Their names were Samuel and Mary Conrow Hart. The Harts raised Robert to become a milkman, and later enter into the hay and feed business as Samuel himself had done.
RHA married Keziah Hayes about 1865 in Brooklyn, New York. They had 10 children in 21 years. During this time, RHA supported his family as Superintendent of the Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad, being friends with, and working alongside, its founder, Richard Culver (for whom RHA named his son, Andrew Richard Culver Attlesey). Later, Robert opened his own business: Attlesey & Sons Hay and Feed on 9th Ave in the Prospect Park section of Brooklyn.
In his civic life, RHA became an Alderman for the city of Brooklyn's 8th & 22nd Wards, and, as such, was a well known and liked Democrat in the Prospect Park community and surrounding areas.
RHA was also a Mason, a member of the Hohenlinden Lodge, later renamed St. Albans (#56) in Brooklyn.
RHA contracted pneumonia in Oct 1892 and died within weeks.
The New York Times reports he died on November 15, 1892, in Brooklyn, New York, after contracting pnemonia at the age of 49. An eclectic man, he was buried with Masonic Ceremonial Rites, requested last rights according to the Holy Catholic Church, and had services held in his home by Rev. Stockwell of Gravesend Congregational Church.
He was survived by his wife, Keziah, and 6 of his 10 children: Charles, Daisy, Emma, Andrew, Robert, Jr., and Joseph.
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