Edward Henry Delafield
Edward Henry Delafield | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
| In office 1945–1948 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1880 |
| Died | December 2, 1955 (aged 74) |
| Spouse |
Winifred Folsom
(m. 1904; died 1927) |
| Children | 4 Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Delafield |
| Parent(s) | Francis Delafield Katherine Van Rensselaer |
| Relatives | Floyd Delafield Crosby (nephew) |
| Education | St. Paul's School |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
Edward Henry Delafield (December 23, 1880 – December 2, 1955) was a Connecticut politician and prominent landowner.[1]
Early life
[edit]Delafield was born in New York City on December 23, 1880. He was the son of Dr. Francis Delafield (1841–1915)[2] and Katherine Van Rensselaer (d. 1901), a granddaughter of Stephen Van Rensselaer III, the patroon of Rensselaerwyck.[2][3] Edward Henry Delafield's sister Julia Floyd Crosby (b. 1874) was the grandmother of musician David Crosby.
Delafield graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire,[4] and later, Yale University, in 1902,[5] where his father also graduated from in 1860.[6]
Career
[edit]In 1921, at the age of 41, Edward Henry Delafield inherited a large farm in Darien, Connecticut. He retired as a broker, from the New York Stock Exchange, in 1930, and entered the real estate and insurance business.[1]
In 1944, he was elected as a Representative to the Connecticut State Legislature and was reelected in 1946.[1][7] He developed the Darien Theater block, the first Seagate subdivision and the early North Stamford properties.[8]
He founded Delafield Island and the Delafield Island Association.[9] He was president of the Weeburn Country Club, and Darien Deputy Sheriff.[10] His summer home was called Sunswick.[11]
Personal life
[edit]In October 1904, he married Winifred Folsom (1882–1927), a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, who was the fifth daughter of George Winthrop Folsom (1846–1915)[12] of Lenox, Massachusetts, and the granddaughter of George Folsom.[13][14] They lived in Darien, Connecticut, and the marriage produced four daughters:[15][4]
- Winifred Folsom Delafield (1906-1983), who first married Donald McL. Frothingham in 1926.[16] They divorced in 1934, and later that same year, she married Francis Ernest Gay.[17]
- Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Delafield (1908-1983), who first married Robert H. Spurgeon in 1929.[18][11] She later married Frank A. Zunino Jr. (d. 1975)[19]
- Frances Katherine Delafield (1913-1995), who first married Edgar L. Stone in 1933.[20] She later married W. W. Johns[1]
- Georgette Winthrop Delafield (b. 1914), who first married Lawrence Logan Bevans in 1935.[10][21] After their divorce in October 1938, she married Floyd W. Jefferson, Jr. in 1939. He was previously married to Eleanor J. Alsop.[22] Richard Barrett[1]
Delafield died on December 2, 1955, in Stamford, Connecticut.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Times, Special To The New York (December 2, 1955). "EDWARD H. DELAFIELD". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- 1 2 "FRANCIS DELAFIELD, PATHOLOGIST, DEAD; New York Surgeon Succumbs to Apoplexy, at 73, at His Sister's Home in Noroton, Conn. EMERITUS OF COLUMBIA Author of Many Standard Medical Works, and Consulting Physician When McKinley Was Shot". The New York Times. July 18, 1915. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1898. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- 1 2 Connecticut State Register and Manual. Secretary of the State. 1945. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ↑ University, Yale (1910). Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, 1701-1910. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. James T. White & Co. 1909. p. 279. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
Edward Henry Delafield Yale.
- ↑ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Dehaan to Delandra". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ↑ "FIELDSTON BUILDING PLOTS IN DEMAND AS VILLA SITES". The New York Times. October 14, 1923. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Real estate: A Craftsman cottage, part of Cedar Gate in Darien". Stamford Advocate. January 6, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- 1 2 "TROTH ANNOUNCED OF MISS DELAFIELD; Connecticut Girl, Member of Fuller Family of Boston, to Be Bride of L.L. Bevans". The New York Times. September 28, 1934. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- 1 2 Times, Special To The New York (June 23, 1929). "MISS E. DELAFIELD HAS CHURCH BRIDAL; Wed to Robert H. Spurgeon by Bishop Lloyd Before a Large Company. JOYCE PORTER IS A BRIDE Married in Garden to James R. Arneill Jr.--1,000 at Reception--Other Weddings". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "G. WINTHROP FOLSOM DIES.; Member of Old New York Family and Prominent Resident of Lenox" (PDF). The New York Times. March 30, 1915. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Times, Special To The New York (October 2, 1904). "MISS W. FOLSOM BRIDE OF EDWARD DELAFIELD; Society in Strong Force at Wedding in Lenox". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Times, Special To The New York (October 14, 1904). "SOCIETY NOTES FROM LENOX". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Pelletreau, William Smith (1907). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 277. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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- ↑ "THREE BRIDES GRACE WEDDINGS OF DAY; Miss Winifred Delafield Wed to Donald McL. Frothingham in St. Thomas's". The New York Times. January 9, 1926. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Times, Special to the New York (June 28, 1934). "MRS. FROTHINGHAM WED.; Her Marriage to Francis Ernest Gay Takes Place in Darien". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "MISS DELAFIELD ENGAGED.; Elizabeth to Wed R.H. Spurgeon-- Miss Andrews Betrothed". The New York Times. April 11, 1929. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Times, Special To The New York (September 5, 1975). "FRANK A. ZUNINO JR". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "MISS F. DELAFIELD QUIETLY WED HERE; Sculptress Becomes Bride of Edgar L. Stone, a New York Musician. WEDDING DETAILS SECRET Her Father Has Estate at Noroton, Conn. No Announcement of an Engagement Made". The New York Times. June 1, 1933. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Times, Special To The New York (January 18, 1935). "Miss Georgette Delafield of Noroton Becomes Bride of Lawrence L. Bevans". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "MRS. G.D. BEVANS WED; Bride of Floyd W. Jefferson Jr. in Church Ceremony Here". The New York Times. October 21, 1939. Retrieved April 3, 2017.