Charles F. Herreshoff

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Charles F. Herreshoff
Born(1880-05-28)May 28, 1880
Nice, France
DiedJanuary 31, 1954(1954-01-31) (aged 73)
San Diego, California
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Harrison McCormick Herreshoff, Edna May Burt Herreshoff
1910 Herreshoff Touring Car

Charles Frederick Herreshoff II (her-res-hoff, no stressed syllable; May 28, 1880 – January 31, 1954) [1] was an American automobile designer and manufacturer.

Biography[]

On May 28, 1880, Herreshoff was born in Nice, France,[2][3] while is parents,[4] James Brown F. Herreshoff (1834–1930)[5] and Jane Brown (maiden; 1855–1924), were vacationing. He apprenticed in the family boat works in Bristol, Rhode Island, and studied in Edinburgh and at the University of Glasgow, and in Germany.[5]

Personal life[]

On April 9, 1902, in Helensburgh, Scotland, Herreshoff married Elizabeth Harrison McCormick (maiden; 1884–1938). They had two children.[6]

Herreshoff and McCormick divorced August 1, 1910, in Philadelphia.[6]

In 1912, Herreshoff married Edna May Burt.[6]

On January 31, 1954, Herreshoff died in San Diego, California. Herreshoff is interred in San Diego, California.

Family[]

Herreshoff was married twice. His first marriage was a double-ring event. Elizabeth's sister, Minnie Isabelle McCormick (maiden; 1878–1962), in the same ceremony in Helensburgh at St Michael and All Angels' Church (de) (Scottish Episcopal), married Henry Miller Gleason (1876–1965), a 1902 graduate of the United States Naval Academy who went on to become a naval ship builder. McCormick remarried – on November 6, 1912, on Mare Island in Vallejo, California – to Lloyd Stowell Shapley (1875–1959).

Herreshoff, from his marriage to McCormick, was the biological the father of Lieutenant General Alan Shapley (né Alan Herreshoff; 1903–1973),[7] late of the U.S. Marine Corps, who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Charles Herreshof’s father, James Brown F. Herreshoff, was an American inventor and chemist. His uncle, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938), was an American naval architect and yacht design innovator. His cousin, L. Francis Herreshoff (1890–1972) (Nathanael's son), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor, and author of books and magazine articles. His cousin, Fred Herreshoff (1888–1920), was a national class amateur golfer.

One of Herreshoff's great-great grandfathers, John Brown I (1736–1803) was an American merchant, enslaver, statesman from Providence, Rhode Island and – with his brothers, Nicholas (1729–1791), Joseph (1733–1785), and Moses Brown (1738–1836), an abolitionist – was instrumental in founding Brown University.

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References[]

  1. ^ U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 (September 12, 1917). "Charles Frederick Herreshoff". Local Draft Board for San Diego County → DOB: May 28, 1876 → occupation: naval architect, engineer (in American English). Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via FamilySearch. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help) FHL (GS) microfilm no. 1,543,758; digital folder no. 5,240,980; online image no. 2676 (of 4632); citing NARA microfilm publication M1509.
  2. ^ "ARCHITECT WEDNESDAY: CHARLES FREDERICK HERRESHOFF". coronadohistory.org. May 20, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Charles Frederick Herreshoff". A Thousand American Men of Mark of To-Day (Twentieth Century Edition De Lux) (in American English). Chicago: American Men of Mark (publisher). 1917. p. 113. OCLC 866260441. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Google Books (Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ Democrat and Chronicle (April 28, 1901). "Herreshoff, Jr.'s Nevada – Nephew of Bristol Designer Tackles Difficulties of English Rating Rule" (in American English). Vol. Vol. 69. Rochester, New York. p. 23 (column 5). Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  5. ^ a b "Yachtsman Herreshoff An Auto Builder". The New York Times. November 29, 1908. Retrieved 2011-04-26. The name Herreshoff, which for years has stood for pre-eminence in yacht building, is to have a new significance in future. It is to be applied to automobiles. Charles F. Herreshoff, the young scion of the famous old Bristol family, is to put a motor car on the market next year, a car totally of his own design, embodying the best features of all the well-established cars in the field.
  6. ^ a b c "History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical - NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920". theusgenweb.org. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Birth Certificate – New York City Births, 1846–1909 (June 3, 2020). "Herreshoff". Place of birth: Manhattan, New York → DOB: February 8, 1903 → father: C. T. [sic] Herreshoff → mother: Elizabeth Harrison McCormick Herreshoff → father's birth place: Nice → mother's birth place → New York City → certificate no. 8199 (in American English). New York City Municipal Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via FamilySearch. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help) FHL (GS) microfilm no. 1,983,789.

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