Ancestry of the Collyer brothers

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of the Collyer brothers should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of the Collyer brothers
1 a Homer Lusk Collyer, b. ... 6 Nov. 1881, d. 2078 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., 21 March 1947
1 b Langley Collyer, b. ... 3 Oct. 1885, d. 2078 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., ... March 1947
PARENTS
2 Herman Livingston Collyer, b. ... March 1857, d. ... 1923
m.
3 Susie Gage Frost, b. ... May 1856, d. ... 1929
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Collyer, b. ... , d. ... [by 1870]
m.
5 Josephine ... , b. ... , S. C., ... [ca. 1819], d. ... [living 1870]
6 ... Frost, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 ... , b. ... , d. ...
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1920 New York, New York Co., New York, ED 561, sheet 10B, line 68
153 W 77th St

Collyer Herman L     H    W M 63 M     NY NY NY     Physician   Private

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1910 New York, New York Co., New York, ED 1131, sheet 10B, line 100, continued on p. 11A
109 E 54th St

Collyer Herman L   H   M W 53 M1 32        NY NY NY     Phys+Surgeon   Genl Practice
        Susie G    W   F W 53 M1 32 3 2    NY NY NY
        Homer L    S   M W 28 S            NY NY NY     Lawyer          ... Practice
        Langley    S   M W 26 S            NY NY NY     Student        in law

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1870 New York, Kings Co., 14th Ward, PO Green Point, Page 152, line 20

Collyer Josephine   51 F W    Wid Keeps House    12000   ---    SC
        Charles     20 M W    Law Student                       NY
        Edith       15 F W                                      NY
        Herman      13 M W                                      NY

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