Biographical Information:
George Park was the youngest of four children. At the time of George's birth his mother was 36 and his father 39 years of age. The birth certificate of George Park records the maiden name of his mother as Ann Wilson Atkinson.
Source: New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909
According to the US Census of April 19, 1910 the Park family was living at 48 Washington Avenue in the village of South Nyack, Orangetown, Rockland County, New York. George returned from trips to England via Ellis Island on the SS Carmania on August 7, 1907, and on the SS Baltic on May 28, 1911.
Class of 59 Confirmed
"A class...was confirmed at Grace Episcopal Church yesterday...The music was specially fine and St. Cecelia's Mass was sung. George Park was the soloist."
Source: Nyack Evening Journal, Monday, 2 June 1919, p. 1.
In his youth, George and his brother, Jimmy, spent time in their canoe on the Hudson River. In fact, the canoe in a photograph from 1921 of the crowd at Hook Mountain in Upper Nyack may be theirs. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/1966/rec/4)
With an IQ of a genius, George had been sent to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where he was a rather young member of the Class of 1922. In 1925 he was again living with his parents, who had, prior to 1922, purchased a Victorian style house at 144 South Broadway in South Nyack. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/5907/rec/1)
On January 18th, 1928, George married Marcia Mumford, daughter of Corolyn and John Kimberly Mumford, in Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, New York. Rev. Stanley Brown Serman performed the service held at the home of Marcia's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. Harriet's husband, George Sumner Small, gave the bride away and Harriet's son, George, was page. The couple was to reside at 2255 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
Sources:
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thursday, 19 January 19 1928, p. 9;
The New York Times, Thursday, 19 January 1928, p. 15.
The Parks settled in Rockland County. George was employed as a statistician for Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, taking the "Weary Erie" on his way to and from his office in the city each day.
Society and Clubs in Rockland County
"Following a dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Jr., motored to New York City last evening for the Downtown Glee Club concert at Carnegie Hall."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Thursday, 5 May 1932, p. 10.
Choir Guild Year Book of Interest
"The yearbook published annually by the Choir Guild of Grace Episcopal Church was issued today and has proved a source of interest...the book of which this is the third issue, is beautifully illustrated and contains a complete record of the Choristers...The staff assisting Mr. Clark is...Mr. George C. Park, secretary."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Tuesday, 21 June 1932, p. 10.
In and Out of Rockland County
"Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park have changed their residence from Shadyside Ave., Grand View, to Haven Court, Nyack."
Source: Journal News, Wednesday, 31 August 1932, p. 3.
George sang in the choirs of the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack and The Oratorio Society of New York City. Other articles concerning his choir activities include:
"Grace Church to Present Cantata", Rockland County Evening Journal, Saturday, 13 February 1932, p. 5;
"Church Societies, Choirs, Girls Clubs", Journal News, Thursday, 5 January 1933, p. 5, and Journal News, Friday, 3 March 1933, p. 5;
"Mystery Shrouds Absence of Hill Billies on Church Program", Journal News, Wednesday, 17 May 1933, p. 2;
"Leader Lauds U.S. Program for Farmers", Journal News, Tuesday, 17 April 1934, p.1;
"Hudson Valley Council, Daughters of America, Give New Flag to Grace Church", Journal News, Tuesday, 28 January 1941, p. 5.
Grace Church Choristers To Be Heard in Cantata
"...Dubois' "Seven Last Words of Christ"... Soloists taking part in the cantata include Raymond Bohr, soprano; William Cole, Kenneth Mooney and George Park, tenors; George Cole... During the Winter, the choir has presented Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer" and a program of medieval music..."
Source: Journal News, Friday, 14 April 1933, p. 2.
The 1940 Census reports that the Parks (the family included 2 sons and a daughter) were living at 219 Piermont Avenue, South Nyack, Orangetown, N.Y.
"George Colton Park of South Nyack, died April 26, aged 52 years (Ed.: s/b 46). He had been associated with the Barrett Division of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, New York City, for thirty years."
Source: Orangetown Telegram and The Pearl River Searchlight, 1 May 1952, p. 4.
"Services at Grace Episcopal Church, Nyack, Tuesday, April 29, at 3 P. M. Friends may call at the White Funeral Home, 43 South Broadway, Nyack."
Source: New York Times, Monday, 28 April 1952, p. 19.
For additional information about the village of Colton, see:
History, Topography, and Directory, of Westmorland, And Londsdale North of the Sands, in Lancashire Together with a Descriptive and Geological View of the Whole of the Lake District – P. J. Mannex, 1848, page 388.
George Park was the youngest of four children. At the time of George's birth his mother was 36 and his father 39 years of age. The birth certificate of George Park records the maiden name of his mother as Ann Wilson Atkinson.
Source: New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909
According to the US Census of April 19, 1910 the Park family was living at 48 Washington Avenue in the village of South Nyack, Orangetown, Rockland County, New York. George returned from trips to England via Ellis Island on the SS Carmania on August 7, 1907, and on the SS Baltic on May 28, 1911.
Class of 59 Confirmed
"A class...was confirmed at Grace Episcopal Church yesterday...The music was specially fine and St. Cecelia's Mass was sung. George Park was the soloist."
Source: Nyack Evening Journal, Monday, 2 June 1919, p. 1.
In his youth, George and his brother, Jimmy, spent time in their canoe on the Hudson River. In fact, the canoe in a photograph from 1921 of the crowd at Hook Mountain in Upper Nyack may be theirs. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/1966/rec/4)
With an IQ of a genius, George had been sent to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where he was a rather young member of the Class of 1922. In 1925 he was again living with his parents, who had, prior to 1922, purchased a Victorian style house at 144 South Broadway in South Nyack. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/5907/rec/1)
On January 18th, 1928, George married Marcia Mumford, daughter of Corolyn and John Kimberly Mumford, in Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, New York. Rev. Stanley Brown Serman performed the service held at the home of Marcia's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. Harriet's husband, George Sumner Small, gave the bride away and Harriet's son, George, was page. The couple was to reside at 2255 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
Sources:
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thursday, 19 January 19 1928, p. 9;
The New York Times, Thursday, 19 January 1928, p. 15.
The Parks settled in Rockland County. George was employed as a statistician for Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, taking the "Weary Erie" on his way to and from his office in the city each day.
Society and Clubs in Rockland County
"Following a dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Jr., motored to New York City last evening for the Downtown Glee Club concert at Carnegie Hall."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Thursday, 5 May 1932, p. 10.
Choir Guild Year Book of Interest
"The yearbook published annually by the Choir Guild of Grace Episcopal Church was issued today and has proved a source of interest...the book of which this is the third issue, is beautifully illustrated and contains a complete record of the Choristers...The staff assisting Mr. Clark is...Mr. George C. Park, secretary."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Tuesday, 21 June 1932, p. 10.
In and Out of Rockland County
"Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park have changed their residence from Shadyside Ave., Grand View, to Haven Court, Nyack."
Source: Journal News, Wednesday, 31 August 1932, p. 3.
George sang in the choirs of the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack and The Oratorio Society of New York City. Other articles concerning his choir activities include:
"Grace Church to Present Cantata", Rockland County Evening Journal, Saturday, 13 February 1932, p. 5;
"Church Societies, Choirs, Girls Clubs", Journal News, Thursday, 5 January 1933, p. 5, and Journal News, Friday, 3 March 1933, p. 5;
"Mystery Shrouds Absence of Hill Billies on Church Program", Journal News, Wednesday, 17 May 1933, p. 2;
"Leader Lauds U.S. Program for Farmers", Journal News, Tuesday, 17 April 1934, p.1;
"Hudson Valley Council, Daughters of America, Give New Flag to Grace Church", Journal News, Tuesday, 28 January 1941, p. 5.
Grace Church Choristers To Be Heard in Cantata
"...Dubois' "Seven Last Words of Christ"... Soloists taking part in the cantata include Raymond Bohr, soprano; William Cole, Kenneth Mooney and George Park, tenors; George Cole... During the Winter, the choir has presented Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer" and a program of medieval music..."
Source: Journal News, Friday, 14 April 1933, p. 2.
The 1940 Census reports that the Parks (the family included 2 sons and a daughter) were living at 219 Piermont Avenue, South Nyack, Orangetown, N.Y.
"George Colton Park of South Nyack, died April 26, aged 52 years (Ed.: s/b 46). He had been associated with the Barrett Division of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, New York City, for thirty years."
Source: Orangetown Telegram and The Pearl River Searchlight, 1 May 1952, p. 4.
"Services at Grace Episcopal Church, Nyack, Tuesday, April 29, at 3 P. M. Friends may call at the White Funeral Home, 43 South Broadway, Nyack."
Source: New York Times, Monday, 28 April 1952, p. 19.
For additional information about the village of Colton, see:
History, Topography, and Directory, of Westmorland, And Londsdale North of the Sands, in Lancashire Together with a Descriptive and Geological View of the Whole of the Lake District – P. J. Mannex, 1848, page 388.
Biographical Information:
George Park was the youngest of four children. At the time of George's birth his mother was 36 and his father 39 years of age. The birth certificate of George Park records the maiden name of his mother as Ann Wilson Atkinson.
Source: New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909
According to the US Census of April 19, 1910 the Park family was living at 48 Washington Avenue in the village of South Nyack, Orangetown, Rockland County, New York. George returned from trips to England via Ellis Island on the SS Carmania on August 7, 1907, and on the SS Baltic on May 28, 1911.
Class of 59 Confirmed
"A class...was confirmed at Grace Episcopal Church yesterday...The music was specially fine and St. Cecelia's Mass was sung. George Park was the soloist."
Source: Nyack Evening Journal, Monday, 2 June 1919, p. 1.
In his youth, George and his brother, Jimmy, spent time in their canoe on the Hudson River. In fact, the canoe in a photograph from 1921 of the crowd at Hook Mountain in Upper Nyack may be theirs. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/1966/rec/4)
With an IQ of a genius, George had been sent to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where he was a rather young member of the Class of 1922. In 1925 he was again living with his parents, who had, prior to 1922, purchased a Victorian style house at 144 South Broadway in South Nyack. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/5907/rec/1)
On January 18th, 1928, George married Marcia Mumford, daughter of Corolyn and John Kimberly Mumford, in Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, New York. Rev. Stanley Brown Serman performed the service held at the home of Marcia's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. Harriet's husband, George Sumner Small, gave the bride away and Harriet's son, George, was page. The couple was to reside at 2255 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
Sources:
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thursday, 19 January 19 1928, p. 9;
The New York Times, Thursday, 19 January 1928, p. 15.
The Parks settled in Rockland County. George was employed as a statistician for Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, taking the "Weary Erie" on his way to and from his office in the city each day.
Society and Clubs in Rockland County
"Following a dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Jr., motored to New York City last evening for the Downtown Glee Club concert at Carnegie Hall."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Thursday, 5 May 1932, p. 10.
Choir Guild Year Book of Interest
"The yearbook published annually by the Choir Guild of Grace Episcopal Church was issued today and has proved a source of interest...the book of which this is the third issue, is beautifully illustrated and contains a complete record of the Choristers...The staff assisting Mr. Clark is...Mr. George C. Park, secretary."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Tuesday, 21 June 1932, p. 10.
In and Out of Rockland County
"Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park have changed their residence from Shadyside Ave., Grand View, to Haven Court, Nyack."
Source: Journal News, Wednesday, 31 August 1932, p. 3.
George sang in the choirs of the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack and The Oratorio Society of New York City. Other articles concerning his choir activities include:
"Grace Church to Present Cantata", Rockland County Evening Journal, Saturday, 13 February 1932, p. 5;
"Church Societies, Choirs, Girls Clubs", Journal News, Thursday, 5 January 1933, p. 5, and Journal News, Friday, 3 March 1933, p. 5;
"Mystery Shrouds Absence of Hill Billies on Church Program", Journal News, Wednesday, 17 May 1933, p. 2;
"Leader Lauds U.S. Program for Farmers", Journal News, Tuesday, 17 April 1934, p.1;
"Hudson Valley Council, Daughters of America, Give New Flag to Grace Church", Journal News, Tuesday, 28 January 1941, p. 5.
Grace Church Choristers To Be Heard in Cantata
"...Dubois' "Seven Last Words of Christ"... Soloists taking part in the cantata include Raymond Bohr, soprano; William Cole, Kenneth Mooney and George Park, tenors; George Cole... During the Winter, the choir has presented Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer" and a program of medieval music..."
Source: Journal News, Friday, 14 April 1933, p. 2.
The 1940 Census reports that the Parks (the family included 2 sons and a daughter) were living at 219 Piermont Avenue, South Nyack, Orangetown, N.Y.
"George Colton Park of South Nyack, died April 26, aged 52 years (Ed.: s/b 46). He had been associated with the Barrett Division of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, New York City, for thirty years."
Source: Orangetown Telegram and The Pearl River Searchlight, 1 May 1952, p. 4.
"Services at Grace Episcopal Church, Nyack, Tuesday, April 29, at 3 P. M. Friends may call at the White Funeral Home, 43 South Broadway, Nyack."
Source: New York Times, Monday, 28 April 1952, p. 19.
For additional information about the village of Colton, see:
History, Topography, and Directory, of Westmorland, And Londsdale North of the Sands, in Lancashire Together with a Descriptive and Geological View of the Whole of the Lake District – P. J. Mannex, 1848, page 388.
George Park was the youngest of four children. At the time of George's birth his mother was 36 and his father 39 years of age. The birth certificate of George Park records the maiden name of his mother as Ann Wilson Atkinson.
Source: New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909
According to the US Census of April 19, 1910 the Park family was living at 48 Washington Avenue in the village of South Nyack, Orangetown, Rockland County, New York. George returned from trips to England via Ellis Island on the SS Carmania on August 7, 1907, and on the SS Baltic on May 28, 1911.
Class of 59 Confirmed
"A class...was confirmed at Grace Episcopal Church yesterday...The music was specially fine and St. Cecelia's Mass was sung. George Park was the soloist."
Source: Nyack Evening Journal, Monday, 2 June 1919, p. 1.
In his youth, George and his brother, Jimmy, spent time in their canoe on the Hudson River. In fact, the canoe in a photograph from 1921 of the crowd at Hook Mountain in Upper Nyack may be theirs. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/1966/rec/4)
With an IQ of a genius, George had been sent to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where he was a rather young member of the Class of 1922. In 1925 he was again living with his parents, who had, prior to 1922, purchased a Victorian style house at 144 South Broadway in South Nyack. (See: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/5907/rec/1)
On January 18th, 1928, George married Marcia Mumford, daughter of Corolyn and John Kimberly Mumford, in Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, New York. Rev. Stanley Brown Serman performed the service held at the home of Marcia's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. Harriet's husband, George Sumner Small, gave the bride away and Harriet's son, George, was page. The couple was to reside at 2255 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
Sources:
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thursday, 19 January 19 1928, p. 9;
The New York Times, Thursday, 19 January 1928, p. 15.
The Parks settled in Rockland County. George was employed as a statistician for Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, taking the "Weary Erie" on his way to and from his office in the city each day.
Society and Clubs in Rockland County
"Following a dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborn, Jr., motored to New York City last evening for the Downtown Glee Club concert at Carnegie Hall."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Thursday, 5 May 1932, p. 10.
Choir Guild Year Book of Interest
"The yearbook published annually by the Choir Guild of Grace Episcopal Church was issued today and has proved a source of interest...the book of which this is the third issue, is beautifully illustrated and contains a complete record of the Choristers...The staff assisting Mr. Clark is...Mr. George C. Park, secretary."
Source: Rockland County Evening Journal, Tuesday, 21 June 1932, p. 10.
In and Out of Rockland County
"Mr. and Mrs. George C. Park have changed their residence from Shadyside Ave., Grand View, to Haven Court, Nyack."
Source: Journal News, Wednesday, 31 August 1932, p. 3.
George sang in the choirs of the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack and The Oratorio Society of New York City. Other articles concerning his choir activities include:
"Grace Church to Present Cantata", Rockland County Evening Journal, Saturday, 13 February 1932, p. 5;
"Church Societies, Choirs, Girls Clubs", Journal News, Thursday, 5 January 1933, p. 5, and Journal News, Friday, 3 March 1933, p. 5;
"Mystery Shrouds Absence of Hill Billies on Church Program", Journal News, Wednesday, 17 May 1933, p. 2;
"Leader Lauds U.S. Program for Farmers", Journal News, Tuesday, 17 April 1934, p.1;
"Hudson Valley Council, Daughters of America, Give New Flag to Grace Church", Journal News, Tuesday, 28 January 1941, p. 5.
Grace Church Choristers To Be Heard in Cantata
"...Dubois' "Seven Last Words of Christ"... Soloists taking part in the cantata include Raymond Bohr, soprano; William Cole, Kenneth Mooney and George Park, tenors; George Cole... During the Winter, the choir has presented Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer" and a program of medieval music..."
Source: Journal News, Friday, 14 April 1933, p. 2.
The 1940 Census reports that the Parks (the family included 2 sons and a daughter) were living at 219 Piermont Avenue, South Nyack, Orangetown, N.Y.
"George Colton Park of South Nyack, died April 26, aged 52 years (Ed.: s/b 46). He had been associated with the Barrett Division of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, New York City, for thirty years."
Source: Orangetown Telegram and The Pearl River Searchlight, 1 May 1952, p. 4.
"Services at Grace Episcopal Church, Nyack, Tuesday, April 29, at 3 P. M. Friends may call at the White Funeral Home, 43 South Broadway, Nyack."
Source: New York Times, Monday, 28 April 1952, p. 19.
For additional information about the village of Colton, see:
History, Topography, and Directory, of Westmorland, And Londsdale North of the Sands, in Lancashire Together with a Descriptive and Geological View of the Whole of the Lake District – P. J. Mannex, 1848, page 388.
Gravesite Details
Whereabouts of ashes unknown. The gravestone at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, Rockland County, New York, is a cenotaph.
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