Name Robert Weeks De Forest
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 May 1931
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 83
Marital Status Married
Race White
Occupation Lawyer
Birth Date 25 Apr 1848
Birthplace New York
Burial Date 08 May 1931
Burial Place Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
Cemetery Memorial Cemetery
Father's Name Henry G. De Forest
Father's Birthplace U. S.
Mother's Name Julia M. Weeks
Mother's Birthplace U. S.
Spouse's Name Emily De Forest∼De Forest was born on April 25, 1848, in Greenwich Village to an old New York family descended from Jesse de Forest, a French Huguenot and the original leader of the Walloon emigrants who became the first settlers of what was then New Amsterdam. De Forest recalled that there were few opportunities to see great art collections in New York when he was a child, noting that his mother once took him to see a single painting—Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, now owned by the Metropolitan—that was on display at a store on Broadway. Although he longed for an art career, de Forest followed his father's advice and studied at the University of Bonn and Columbia Law School, from which he received his LL.D. in 1872.
Robert W. de Forest died on May 6, 1931, at the age of eighty-three. The Metropolitan Museum closed its offices on the day of his funeral, and the New York Sun published a tribute to him the following day:
Some men give time to the service of the public; some give money. Mr. De Forest gave both, freely and untiringly. And the time and thought he contributed to a score of problems were of greater value than money, for none could have bought the mind and the enthusiasm which he put at the disposal of the City, the State and the Nation.
Emily de Forest continued to support the Museum with yearly donations until her death in 1942.
http://www.providentloan.com/en/robert-w-de-forest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_DeForest
http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/features/2013/this-weekend-in-met-history-october-20
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57573485/
Burial: [WAS STATED, BUT RECENTLY PROVED DOESNT EXIST]
De Forest Family Vault & Estate
Cold Spring Harbor
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 May 1931
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 83
Marital Status Married
Race White
Occupation Lawyer
Birth Date 25 Apr 1848
Birthplace New York
Burial Date 08 May 1931
Burial Place Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
Cemetery Memorial Cemetery
Father's Name Henry G. De Forest
Father's Birthplace U. S.
Mother's Name Julia M. Weeks
Mother's Birthplace U. S.
Spouse's Name Emily De Forest∼De Forest was born on April 25, 1848, in Greenwich Village to an old New York family descended from Jesse de Forest, a French Huguenot and the original leader of the Walloon emigrants who became the first settlers of what was then New Amsterdam. De Forest recalled that there were few opportunities to see great art collections in New York when he was a child, noting that his mother once took him to see a single painting—Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, now owned by the Metropolitan—that was on display at a store on Broadway. Although he longed for an art career, de Forest followed his father's advice and studied at the University of Bonn and Columbia Law School, from which he received his LL.D. in 1872.
Robert W. de Forest died on May 6, 1931, at the age of eighty-three. The Metropolitan Museum closed its offices on the day of his funeral, and the New York Sun published a tribute to him the following day:
Some men give time to the service of the public; some give money. Mr. De Forest gave both, freely and untiringly. And the time and thought he contributed to a score of problems were of greater value than money, for none could have bought the mind and the enthusiasm which he put at the disposal of the City, the State and the Nation.
Emily de Forest continued to support the Museum with yearly donations until her death in 1942.
http://www.providentloan.com/en/robert-w-de-forest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_DeForest
http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/features/2013/this-weekend-in-met-history-october-20
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57573485/
Burial: [WAS STATED, BUT RECENTLY PROVED DOESNT EXIST]
De Forest Family Vault & Estate
Cold Spring Harbor
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Name Robert Weeks De Forest
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 May 1931
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 83
Marital Status Married
Race White
Occupation Lawyer
Birth Date 25 Apr 1848
Birthplace New York
Burial Date 08 May 1931
Burial Place Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
Cemetery Memorial Cemetery
Father's Name Henry G. De Forest
Father's Birthplace U. S.
Mother's Name Julia M. Weeks
Mother's Birthplace U. S.
Spouse's Name Emily De Forest∼De Forest was born on April 25, 1848, in Greenwich Village to an old New York family descended from Jesse de Forest, a French Huguenot and the original leader of the Walloon emigrants who became the first settlers of what was then New Amsterdam. De Forest recalled that there were few opportunities to see great art collections in New York when he was a child, noting that his mother once took him to see a single painting—Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, now owned by the Metropolitan—that was on display at a store on Broadway. Although he longed for an art career, de Forest followed his father's advice and studied at the University of Bonn and Columbia Law School, from which he received his LL.D. in 1872.
Robert W. de Forest died on May 6, 1931, at the age of eighty-three. The Metropolitan Museum closed its offices on the day of his funeral, and the New York Sun published a tribute to him the following day:
Some men give time to the service of the public; some give money. Mr. De Forest gave both, freely and untiringly. And the time and thought he contributed to a score of problems were of greater value than money, for none could have bought the mind and the enthusiasm which he put at the disposal of the City, the State and the Nation.
Emily de Forest continued to support the Museum with yearly donations until her death in 1942.
http://www.providentloan.com/en/robert-w-de-forest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_DeForest
http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/features/2013/this-weekend-in-met-history-october-20
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57573485/
Burial: [WAS STATED, BUT RECENTLY PROVED DOESNT EXIST]
De Forest Family Vault & Estate
Cold Spring Harbor
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 May 1931
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 83
Marital Status Married
Race White
Occupation Lawyer
Birth Date 25 Apr 1848
Birthplace New York
Burial Date 08 May 1931
Burial Place Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
Cemetery Memorial Cemetery
Father's Name Henry G. De Forest
Father's Birthplace U. S.
Mother's Name Julia M. Weeks
Mother's Birthplace U. S.
Spouse's Name Emily De Forest∼De Forest was born on April 25, 1848, in Greenwich Village to an old New York family descended from Jesse de Forest, a French Huguenot and the original leader of the Walloon emigrants who became the first settlers of what was then New Amsterdam. De Forest recalled that there were few opportunities to see great art collections in New York when he was a child, noting that his mother once took him to see a single painting—Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, now owned by the Metropolitan—that was on display at a store on Broadway. Although he longed for an art career, de Forest followed his father's advice and studied at the University of Bonn and Columbia Law School, from which he received his LL.D. in 1872.
Robert W. de Forest died on May 6, 1931, at the age of eighty-three. The Metropolitan Museum closed its offices on the day of his funeral, and the New York Sun published a tribute to him the following day:
Some men give time to the service of the public; some give money. Mr. De Forest gave both, freely and untiringly. And the time and thought he contributed to a score of problems were of greater value than money, for none could have bought the mind and the enthusiasm which he put at the disposal of the City, the State and the Nation.
Emily de Forest continued to support the Museum with yearly donations until her death in 1942.
http://www.providentloan.com/en/robert-w-de-forest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_DeForest
http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/features/2013/this-weekend-in-met-history-october-20
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57573485/
Burial: [WAS STATED, BUT RECENTLY PROVED DOESNT EXIST]
De Forest Family Vault & Estate
Cold Spring Harbor
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
