Son of Amos R. and Lucy Jane (Phelps) ENO.
First Marriage 1883 Apr 4
Alice Rathbone
Born 1859 Jan 21 New Orleans, LA
Died 1911 Dec 19 District of Columbia
Burial Hopmeadow Cemetery-Simsbury, CT Mausoleum #1
Father Henry Alanson Rathbone 1803-1867 FAG 126917895
Mother Marie Celeste Forstall FAG 126917958
No Children
William's Second Marriage 1934 Apr 15
Alberta Eliska Averill Paz
Born 1888 Sep 26 New Orleans, LA
Died 1961 Jul 30 Sante Fe, NM
Burial Bantam Burying Ground, Bantam, CT with her 4th husband William Drayton FAG 98048560
Father Albert William Averill 1846-1910 FAG 74746272
Mother Grace Follet Averill 1858-1930 FAG 74746274
m1 1911 Jun 7 WilhelmHeinrich Ludwig Fischer
m2 Miguel Paz father of Lyda Paz
m3 1934 Apr 18 William Phelps Eno 1858-1945
m4 William Astor Drayton 1888-1973
Apr 15 1934 William Eno age 75 married Mrs Alberta Averill Paz, age 45 who had obtained a Reno divorce from the nephew of the Honduran Minister. William and Alberta and married in Washington, D. C., the bride had 2 divorces.
Alberta was an artist and she enjoyed traveling to paint birds.
William's step-daughter Lyda Averill Paz TAYLOR (b1913)
married Walter Willam Taylor, Jr of Greenwich, CT
******************
Internationally recognized pioneer in traffic control and regulation. Dubbed the "Father of Traffic Safety,"
American businessman credited with helping to invent and popularize many of the earliest innovations in road safety and traffic control, including the stop sign, the pedestrian crosswalk, the traffic circle, the one-way street, the taxi stand, and pedestrian safety islands
and other traffic features commonly used throughout the world
NOTE: never learned to drive a car himself, distrusted automobiles.
Education:
Yale University 1882
PER SIMBURY FREE LIBRARY SITE:Everyone who ships or receives goods or who travels by foot or any type of conveyance – on land, water or in the air – owes thanks to Mr. Eno. He was the original architect of traffic regulations and transportation engineering that shaped the rules that now govern the movement of people and goods in small towns and large cities throughout the world. He pioneered a plan for a New York subway, became involved in maritime activities, was a strong supporter of railroad development, and in the early 1920s launched research on the future of aviation. His early writings and awards are at the Simsbury Public Library. He published the first rules of the road for driving and developed the highway rotary and traffic signal towers.
Mr. Eno developed and led the fight for most of the traffic-flow innovations we now take for granted, including:
Right hand driving
Systems of shared intersections
One-way traffic circles
One-way streets
Traffic lights
Traffic signs
Pavement marking
Regulations against jaywalking
Taxi stands
Off-street parking
Driver's licenses
Vehicle registration
Traffic tickets
Mr. Eno's influence around the world was profound. For example, he preferred rotaries to stop signals as the best way to keep traffic flowing. This concept of his strongly influenced the building of Piccadilly Circus in London and the rotary around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
He was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government after World War I because his traffic system allowed the French to speed 60,000 troops to Verdun to halt the German advance toward Paris and turn the tide of the war. Later Mussolini dictated that Italy would adopt Eno's traffic control system. Germany modeled its autobahn on his idea of a national network of superhighways and this, in turn, influenced the building of the U.S interstate highway system.
Timeline of events:
Eno started out in his family's real estate business. He became interested in transportation and in 1899 at the age of 40 left real estate to concentrate his efforts on traffic reform.
In 1900, he wrote a piece on traffic safety entitled Reform in Our Street Traffic Urgently Needed.
In 1903, he wrote a city traffic code for New York, the first such code in the world. He designed traffic plans for New York, London, and Paris.
He developed a plan for subways in New York City.
He wrote the first-ever manual of police traffic regulations.
1909 His "rules of the road," adopted by New York City.
In 1921 Eno founded the Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, (Eno Transportation Foundation) which is dedicated to studying and promoting transportation safety.
1911 Dec 19 his wife Alice Rathbone died in Washington, DC.
1934 Married Alberta Eliska Averill in New Orleans. Acquire step-daughter Lyda
William Phelps Eno died in Dec 3 1945 at the age of 86 at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut.
His burial was in the Mausoleum with his wife Alice at Hopmeadow CemeterySimsbury, CT
Recognitions:
One of the first honorary members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Other Interests
-maritime activities
-supported railroad development
-instigated research in the 1920s on the
future impact of aviation
-an avid horseback rider
******************
William's House
In 1997 the Eno 32 room waterfront mansion made the news. The property was sold and the house was going to be demolished in order to develop the property. The Historical Society raised funds to move the home by water to a new location until DEP disapproved the new location. The home was offered for $1 provided you moved it. Ultimately the home was demolished.
MARRIAGE
William Phelps Eno in the New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920
Name: William Phelps Eno
Gender: M (Male)
Spouse: Alice Rathbone
Spouse Gender: F (Female)
Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1883
Burial Simsbury Connecticut-Hopmeadow Cemetery
Simsbury Center Cemetery per Simsbury Library/Historical Society
SFL=Simbury Free Libary
The SFL grounds are adjacent to the historic Simsbury Cemetery, which has gravestones dating from 1688 to the present. It is the final resting place for Amos Richards Eno and his wife, Lucy Jane Phelps Eno, and many members of their family, including Antoinette Eno Wood, William Phelps Eno and their older brother, Amos F. Eno, a major benefactor of the New York Public Library.
First Marriage 1883 Apr 4
Alice Rathbone
Born 1859 Jan 21 New Orleans, LA
Died 1911 Dec 19 District of Columbia
Burial Hopmeadow Cemetery-Simsbury, CT Mausoleum #1
Father Henry Alanson Rathbone 1803-1867 FAG 126917895
Mother Marie Celeste Forstall FAG 126917958
No Children
William's Second Marriage 1934 Apr 15
Alberta Eliska Averill Paz
Born 1888 Sep 26 New Orleans, LA
Died 1961 Jul 30 Sante Fe, NM
Burial Bantam Burying Ground, Bantam, CT with her 4th husband William Drayton FAG 98048560
Father Albert William Averill 1846-1910 FAG 74746272
Mother Grace Follet Averill 1858-1930 FAG 74746274
m1 1911 Jun 7 WilhelmHeinrich Ludwig Fischer
m2 Miguel Paz father of Lyda Paz
m3 1934 Apr 18 William Phelps Eno 1858-1945
m4 William Astor Drayton 1888-1973
Apr 15 1934 William Eno age 75 married Mrs Alberta Averill Paz, age 45 who had obtained a Reno divorce from the nephew of the Honduran Minister. William and Alberta and married in Washington, D. C., the bride had 2 divorces.
Alberta was an artist and she enjoyed traveling to paint birds.
William's step-daughter Lyda Averill Paz TAYLOR (b1913)
married Walter Willam Taylor, Jr of Greenwich, CT
******************
Internationally recognized pioneer in traffic control and regulation. Dubbed the "Father of Traffic Safety,"
American businessman credited with helping to invent and popularize many of the earliest innovations in road safety and traffic control, including the stop sign, the pedestrian crosswalk, the traffic circle, the one-way street, the taxi stand, and pedestrian safety islands
and other traffic features commonly used throughout the world
NOTE: never learned to drive a car himself, distrusted automobiles.
Education:
Yale University 1882
PER SIMBURY FREE LIBRARY SITE:Everyone who ships or receives goods or who travels by foot or any type of conveyance – on land, water or in the air – owes thanks to Mr. Eno. He was the original architect of traffic regulations and transportation engineering that shaped the rules that now govern the movement of people and goods in small towns and large cities throughout the world. He pioneered a plan for a New York subway, became involved in maritime activities, was a strong supporter of railroad development, and in the early 1920s launched research on the future of aviation. His early writings and awards are at the Simsbury Public Library. He published the first rules of the road for driving and developed the highway rotary and traffic signal towers.
Mr. Eno developed and led the fight for most of the traffic-flow innovations we now take for granted, including:
Right hand driving
Systems of shared intersections
One-way traffic circles
One-way streets
Traffic lights
Traffic signs
Pavement marking
Regulations against jaywalking
Taxi stands
Off-street parking
Driver's licenses
Vehicle registration
Traffic tickets
Mr. Eno's influence around the world was profound. For example, he preferred rotaries to stop signals as the best way to keep traffic flowing. This concept of his strongly influenced the building of Piccadilly Circus in London and the rotary around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
He was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government after World War I because his traffic system allowed the French to speed 60,000 troops to Verdun to halt the German advance toward Paris and turn the tide of the war. Later Mussolini dictated that Italy would adopt Eno's traffic control system. Germany modeled its autobahn on his idea of a national network of superhighways and this, in turn, influenced the building of the U.S interstate highway system.
Timeline of events:
Eno started out in his family's real estate business. He became interested in transportation and in 1899 at the age of 40 left real estate to concentrate his efforts on traffic reform.
In 1900, he wrote a piece on traffic safety entitled Reform in Our Street Traffic Urgently Needed.
In 1903, he wrote a city traffic code for New York, the first such code in the world. He designed traffic plans for New York, London, and Paris.
He developed a plan for subways in New York City.
He wrote the first-ever manual of police traffic regulations.
1909 His "rules of the road," adopted by New York City.
In 1921 Eno founded the Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, (Eno Transportation Foundation) which is dedicated to studying and promoting transportation safety.
1911 Dec 19 his wife Alice Rathbone died in Washington, DC.
1934 Married Alberta Eliska Averill in New Orleans. Acquire step-daughter Lyda
William Phelps Eno died in Dec 3 1945 at the age of 86 at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut.
His burial was in the Mausoleum with his wife Alice at Hopmeadow CemeterySimsbury, CT
Recognitions:
One of the first honorary members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Other Interests
-maritime activities
-supported railroad development
-instigated research in the 1920s on the
future impact of aviation
-an avid horseback rider
******************
William's House
In 1997 the Eno 32 room waterfront mansion made the news. The property was sold and the house was going to be demolished in order to develop the property. The Historical Society raised funds to move the home by water to a new location until DEP disapproved the new location. The home was offered for $1 provided you moved it. Ultimately the home was demolished.
MARRIAGE
William Phelps Eno in the New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920
Name: William Phelps Eno
Gender: M (Male)
Spouse: Alice Rathbone
Spouse Gender: F (Female)
Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1883
Burial Simsbury Connecticut-Hopmeadow Cemetery
Simsbury Center Cemetery per Simsbury Library/Historical Society
SFL=Simbury Free Libary
The SFL grounds are adjacent to the historic Simsbury Cemetery, which has gravestones dating from 1688 to the present. It is the final resting place for Amos Richards Eno and his wife, Lucy Jane Phelps Eno, and many members of their family, including Antoinette Eno Wood, William Phelps Eno and their older brother, Amos F. Eno, a major benefactor of the New York Public Library.
Son of Amos R. and Lucy Jane (Phelps) ENO.
First Marriage 1883 Apr 4
Alice Rathbone
Born 1859 Jan 21 New Orleans, LA
Died 1911 Dec 19 District of Columbia
Burial Hopmeadow Cemetery-Simsbury, CT Mausoleum #1
Father Henry Alanson Rathbone 1803-1867 FAG 126917895
Mother Marie Celeste Forstall FAG 126917958
No Children
William's Second Marriage 1934 Apr 15
Alberta Eliska Averill Paz
Born 1888 Sep 26 New Orleans, LA
Died 1961 Jul 30 Sante Fe, NM
Burial Bantam Burying Ground, Bantam, CT with her 4th husband William Drayton FAG 98048560
Father Albert William Averill 1846-1910 FAG 74746272
Mother Grace Follet Averill 1858-1930 FAG 74746274
m1 1911 Jun 7 WilhelmHeinrich Ludwig Fischer
m2 Miguel Paz father of Lyda Paz
m3 1934 Apr 18 William Phelps Eno 1858-1945
m4 William Astor Drayton 1888-1973
Apr 15 1934 William Eno age 75 married Mrs Alberta Averill Paz, age 45 who had obtained a Reno divorce from the nephew of the Honduran Minister. William and Alberta and married in Washington, D. C., the bride had 2 divorces.
Alberta was an artist and she enjoyed traveling to paint birds.
William's step-daughter Lyda Averill Paz TAYLOR (b1913)
married Walter Willam Taylor, Jr of Greenwich, CT
******************
Internationally recognized pioneer in traffic control and regulation. Dubbed the "Father of Traffic Safety,"
American businessman credited with helping to invent and popularize many of the earliest innovations in road safety and traffic control, including the stop sign, the pedestrian crosswalk, the traffic circle, the one-way street, the taxi stand, and pedestrian safety islands
and other traffic features commonly used throughout the world
NOTE: never learned to drive a car himself, distrusted automobiles.
Education:
Yale University 1882
PER SIMBURY FREE LIBRARY SITE:Everyone who ships or receives goods or who travels by foot or any type of conveyance – on land, water or in the air – owes thanks to Mr. Eno. He was the original architect of traffic regulations and transportation engineering that shaped the rules that now govern the movement of people and goods in small towns and large cities throughout the world. He pioneered a plan for a New York subway, became involved in maritime activities, was a strong supporter of railroad development, and in the early 1920s launched research on the future of aviation. His early writings and awards are at the Simsbury Public Library. He published the first rules of the road for driving and developed the highway rotary and traffic signal towers.
Mr. Eno developed and led the fight for most of the traffic-flow innovations we now take for granted, including:
Right hand driving
Systems of shared intersections
One-way traffic circles
One-way streets
Traffic lights
Traffic signs
Pavement marking
Regulations against jaywalking
Taxi stands
Off-street parking
Driver's licenses
Vehicle registration
Traffic tickets
Mr. Eno's influence around the world was profound. For example, he preferred rotaries to stop signals as the best way to keep traffic flowing. This concept of his strongly influenced the building of Piccadilly Circus in London and the rotary around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
He was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government after World War I because his traffic system allowed the French to speed 60,000 troops to Verdun to halt the German advance toward Paris and turn the tide of the war. Later Mussolini dictated that Italy would adopt Eno's traffic control system. Germany modeled its autobahn on his idea of a national network of superhighways and this, in turn, influenced the building of the U.S interstate highway system.
Timeline of events:
Eno started out in his family's real estate business. He became interested in transportation and in 1899 at the age of 40 left real estate to concentrate his efforts on traffic reform.
In 1900, he wrote a piece on traffic safety entitled Reform in Our Street Traffic Urgently Needed.
In 1903, he wrote a city traffic code for New York, the first such code in the world. He designed traffic plans for New York, London, and Paris.
He developed a plan for subways in New York City.
He wrote the first-ever manual of police traffic regulations.
1909 His "rules of the road," adopted by New York City.
In 1921 Eno founded the Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, (Eno Transportation Foundation) which is dedicated to studying and promoting transportation safety.
1911 Dec 19 his wife Alice Rathbone died in Washington, DC.
1934 Married Alberta Eliska Averill in New Orleans. Acquire step-daughter Lyda
William Phelps Eno died in Dec 3 1945 at the age of 86 at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut.
His burial was in the Mausoleum with his wife Alice at Hopmeadow CemeterySimsbury, CT
Recognitions:
One of the first honorary members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Other Interests
-maritime activities
-supported railroad development
-instigated research in the 1920s on the
future impact of aviation
-an avid horseback rider
******************
William's House
In 1997 the Eno 32 room waterfront mansion made the news. The property was sold and the house was going to be demolished in order to develop the property. The Historical Society raised funds to move the home by water to a new location until DEP disapproved the new location. The home was offered for $1 provided you moved it. Ultimately the home was demolished.
MARRIAGE
William Phelps Eno in the New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920
Name: William Phelps Eno
Gender: M (Male)
Spouse: Alice Rathbone
Spouse Gender: F (Female)
Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1883
Burial Simsbury Connecticut-Hopmeadow Cemetery
Simsbury Center Cemetery per Simsbury Library/Historical Society
SFL=Simbury Free Libary
The SFL grounds are adjacent to the historic Simsbury Cemetery, which has gravestones dating from 1688 to the present. It is the final resting place for Amos Richards Eno and his wife, Lucy Jane Phelps Eno, and many members of their family, including Antoinette Eno Wood, William Phelps Eno and their older brother, Amos F. Eno, a major benefactor of the New York Public Library.
First Marriage 1883 Apr 4
Alice Rathbone
Born 1859 Jan 21 New Orleans, LA
Died 1911 Dec 19 District of Columbia
Burial Hopmeadow Cemetery-Simsbury, CT Mausoleum #1
Father Henry Alanson Rathbone 1803-1867 FAG 126917895
Mother Marie Celeste Forstall FAG 126917958
No Children
William's Second Marriage 1934 Apr 15
Alberta Eliska Averill Paz
Born 1888 Sep 26 New Orleans, LA
Died 1961 Jul 30 Sante Fe, NM
Burial Bantam Burying Ground, Bantam, CT with her 4th husband William Drayton FAG 98048560
Father Albert William Averill 1846-1910 FAG 74746272
Mother Grace Follet Averill 1858-1930 FAG 74746274
m1 1911 Jun 7 WilhelmHeinrich Ludwig Fischer
m2 Miguel Paz father of Lyda Paz
m3 1934 Apr 18 William Phelps Eno 1858-1945
m4 William Astor Drayton 1888-1973
Apr 15 1934 William Eno age 75 married Mrs Alberta Averill Paz, age 45 who had obtained a Reno divorce from the nephew of the Honduran Minister. William and Alberta and married in Washington, D. C., the bride had 2 divorces.
Alberta was an artist and she enjoyed traveling to paint birds.
William's step-daughter Lyda Averill Paz TAYLOR (b1913)
married Walter Willam Taylor, Jr of Greenwich, CT
******************
Internationally recognized pioneer in traffic control and regulation. Dubbed the "Father of Traffic Safety,"
American businessman credited with helping to invent and popularize many of the earliest innovations in road safety and traffic control, including the stop sign, the pedestrian crosswalk, the traffic circle, the one-way street, the taxi stand, and pedestrian safety islands
and other traffic features commonly used throughout the world
NOTE: never learned to drive a car himself, distrusted automobiles.
Education:
Yale University 1882
PER SIMBURY FREE LIBRARY SITE:Everyone who ships or receives goods or who travels by foot or any type of conveyance – on land, water or in the air – owes thanks to Mr. Eno. He was the original architect of traffic regulations and transportation engineering that shaped the rules that now govern the movement of people and goods in small towns and large cities throughout the world. He pioneered a plan for a New York subway, became involved in maritime activities, was a strong supporter of railroad development, and in the early 1920s launched research on the future of aviation. His early writings and awards are at the Simsbury Public Library. He published the first rules of the road for driving and developed the highway rotary and traffic signal towers.
Mr. Eno developed and led the fight for most of the traffic-flow innovations we now take for granted, including:
Right hand driving
Systems of shared intersections
One-way traffic circles
One-way streets
Traffic lights
Traffic signs
Pavement marking
Regulations against jaywalking
Taxi stands
Off-street parking
Driver's licenses
Vehicle registration
Traffic tickets
Mr. Eno's influence around the world was profound. For example, he preferred rotaries to stop signals as the best way to keep traffic flowing. This concept of his strongly influenced the building of Piccadilly Circus in London and the rotary around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
He was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government after World War I because his traffic system allowed the French to speed 60,000 troops to Verdun to halt the German advance toward Paris and turn the tide of the war. Later Mussolini dictated that Italy would adopt Eno's traffic control system. Germany modeled its autobahn on his idea of a national network of superhighways and this, in turn, influenced the building of the U.S interstate highway system.
Timeline of events:
Eno started out in his family's real estate business. He became interested in transportation and in 1899 at the age of 40 left real estate to concentrate his efforts on traffic reform.
In 1900, he wrote a piece on traffic safety entitled Reform in Our Street Traffic Urgently Needed.
In 1903, he wrote a city traffic code for New York, the first such code in the world. He designed traffic plans for New York, London, and Paris.
He developed a plan for subways in New York City.
He wrote the first-ever manual of police traffic regulations.
1909 His "rules of the road," adopted by New York City.
In 1921 Eno founded the Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, (Eno Transportation Foundation) which is dedicated to studying and promoting transportation safety.
1911 Dec 19 his wife Alice Rathbone died in Washington, DC.
1934 Married Alberta Eliska Averill in New Orleans. Acquire step-daughter Lyda
William Phelps Eno died in Dec 3 1945 at the age of 86 at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut.
His burial was in the Mausoleum with his wife Alice at Hopmeadow CemeterySimsbury, CT
Recognitions:
One of the first honorary members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Other Interests
-maritime activities
-supported railroad development
-instigated research in the 1920s on the
future impact of aviation
-an avid horseback rider
******************
William's House
In 1997 the Eno 32 room waterfront mansion made the news. The property was sold and the house was going to be demolished in order to develop the property. The Historical Society raised funds to move the home by water to a new location until DEP disapproved the new location. The home was offered for $1 provided you moved it. Ultimately the home was demolished.
MARRIAGE
William Phelps Eno in the New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920
Name: William Phelps Eno
Gender: M (Male)
Spouse: Alice Rathbone
Spouse Gender: F (Female)
Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1883
Burial Simsbury Connecticut-Hopmeadow Cemetery
Simsbury Center Cemetery per Simsbury Library/Historical Society
SFL=Simbury Free Libary
The SFL grounds are adjacent to the historic Simsbury Cemetery, which has gravestones dating from 1688 to the present. It is the final resting place for Amos Richards Eno and his wife, Lucy Jane Phelps Eno, and many members of their family, including Antoinette Eno Wood, William Phelps Eno and their older brother, Amos F. Eno, a major benefactor of the New York Public Library.
