Jacob Gould Schurman

Person ID
10727
About
White Male born in 1854 died in 1942
Census Records
YearNameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
1900Schurman, Jacob GHead41 East Ave46WhiteCanada EnglishMarriedUniversity President
1910Schurman, Jacob GouldHead41 East Ave55WhiteCanada1st MarriagePresident
1920Schurman, Jacob GHead41 East Ave65WhiteCanadaMarriedPresident
Relatives in 1900 US Census
NameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
Schurman, Barbara FWife41 East Ave34WhiteCanada EnglishMarriedNone
Schurman, Catherine MDaughter41 East Ave14WhiteNew YorkSingleAt School
Schurman, RobertSon41 East Ave12WhiteCanada EnglishSingleAt School
Schurman, George MSon41 East Ave12WhiteNew YorkSingleAt School
Schurman, HelenDaughter41 East Ave6WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Schurman, Jacob GSon41 East Ave4WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Schurman, BarbaraDaughter41 East Ave1WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
McNally, ElizabethServant41 East Ave22WhiteNew YorkSingleNursemaid
Ragan, CatherineServant41 East Ave25WhiteWisconsinSingleCook
Purcell, Mary ZServant41 East Ave24WhiteNew YorkSingleNursemaid
Devereaux, AnnaServant41 East Ave18WhiteIrelandSingleWaitress
Burke, MargaretServant41 East Ave24WhiteIrelandSingleLaundress
Relatives in 1910 US Census
NameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
Schurman, BarbaraWife41 East Ave44WhiteCanada1st MarriageNone
Schurman, Catherine MDaughter41 East Ave24WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Schurman, RobertSon41 East Ave22WhiteCanadaSingleAgent
Schurman, George MSon41 East Ave17WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Schurman, HelenDaughter41 East Ave16WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Schurman, Jacob GSon41 East Ave14WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Schurman, BarbaraDaughter41 East Ave11WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Schurman, DorothyDaughter41 East Ave4WhiteNew YorkSingleNone
Bishop, HelenServant41 East Ave47WhiteScotlandSingleNurse
Golden, MargaretServant41 East Ave30WhiteNew YorkSingleServant
Fitzsimmons, Mary JServant41 East Ave21WhiteNew YorkSingleServant
Relatives in 1920 US Census
NameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
Schurman, Barbara FWife41 East Ave54WhiteCanadaMarriedNone
Schurman, Barbara RDaughter41 East Ave21WhiteNew YorkSingleStudent
Schurman, DorothyDaughter41 East Ave14WhiteNew YorkSingleHigh School
Larson, MarieServant41 East Ave42WhiteSwedenSingleServant
Hamer, BelleServant41 East Ave22WhiteSwedenSingleServant
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Obituary: Jacob G. Schurman, Ex-Envoy to Reich, Succumbs at 88
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), August 12 1942, P. 3, Col. 1

"NEW YORK, Aug. 12— Jacob Gould Schurman, 88. former Ambassador to Germany and former president of Cornell University, died today at Memorial Hospital.
  He was in Berlin from 1925 to December. 1929. when he retired.
  He also was United States Minister to China from 1920 to 1924. In 1899 Dr. Schurman was named by President McKinley as head of the first Philippine Commission and helped draw up the original charter.
  After devoting more than 30 years to Cornell University as professor and president. Dr. Schurman turned from the field of education to achieve distinction in the diplomatic service."
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"Dr. Schurman was the father-in law of Brig. Gen. John Magruder, now stationed in Washington. Another daughter, Barbara Petro Pavlovsky, wife of Maj. Vladimir Petro-Pavlovsky of the British Army, is a passenger on the Gripsholm. the ship carrying Allied citizens from the Orient under diplomatic exchange.
  Other survivors are his sons, Judge Jacob Gould Schurman of the New York Court of General Sessions and George M. Schurman of Bedford Hills, N. Y. and a daughter. Mrs. Robert Hawes of Washington."

August 12, 1942

Jacob Gould Schurman

DoB: 22 May 1854
PoB: Freetown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 12 Aug 1942, New York, New York County, New York
Buried: Saint Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard, Bedford, Westchester County, New York