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Harold John Slavin

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Harold John Slavin

Birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death
25 Jul 1975 (aged 62)
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sunnyside, 1st Row, Plot 62
Memorial ID
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Harold John Slavin was nicknamed Char. He was the third son born to Tully Slavin and his second wife Jennie Hughes in Yonkers, NY. His middle name was from his maternal grandfather John Hughes.

Char worked for the NY Central Railroad. A consummate organization man, Char received a critical skills deferment during WWII due to his position with the NY Central Railroad. During the war years, he was the Trainmaster in Buffalo, NY eventually moving up the ranks to an executive position as the Director of the Freight Division at the NY Central RR headquarters first in Manhattan and then in Philadelphia. Char retired from the railroad and went on to work for the Georgia Pacific Paper Company.

Char married Mary Theresa Salvani on August 1, 1938; they had two daughters. Char and Mary raised their daughters in CT during the years he worked in Manhattan.


Harold John Slavin was nicknamed Char. He was the third son born to Tully Slavin and his second wife Jennie Hughes in Yonkers, NY. His middle name was from his maternal grandfather John Hughes.

Char worked for the NY Central Railroad. A consummate organization man, Char received a critical skills deferment during WWII due to his position with the NY Central Railroad. During the war years, he was the Trainmaster in Buffalo, NY eventually moving up the ranks to an executive position as the Director of the Freight Division at the NY Central RR headquarters first in Manhattan and then in Philadelphia. Char retired from the railroad and went on to work for the Georgia Pacific Paper Company.

Char married Mary Theresa Salvani on August 1, 1938; they had two daughters. Char and Mary raised their daughters in CT during the years he worked in Manhattan.




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  • Created by: Patricia
  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51811149/harold_john-slavin: accessed ), memorial page for Harold John Slavin (15 Aug 1912–25 Jul 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51811149, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by Patricia (contributor 47091574).