CHARLES ERLENKOTTER, Jr., was educated at the Hoboken Academy. In 1910 he was working in San Francisco as a clerk in a steamship office, and the San Francisco city directories for 1910 and 1911 list his employer as the Hamburg-American Line. On 5 October 1911 he married in New York City Wilhelmina ("Mina") Weinacht, who survived him. St. Louis city directories for 1914-1917 identify him as the Southwestern Manager for the Hamburg-American Line. The company's operations in the United States were curtailed during the World War, and in 1918 he was an assistant forester for the New York State Conservation Commission in Albany, New York. After the war he returned to the Hamburg-American Line as their Canadian agent at Montreal, and held that position until the beginning of the Second World War.
For many years Charles solved crossword puzzles as an avocation. In the 1920s he composed and published puzzles in The New York Herald-Tribune. After leaving Montreal, he returned to the New York area and chose crossword-puzzle work as a vocation. Charles contributed the inaugural crossword puzzle to the Sunday edition of The New York Times on February 15, 1942, and his puzzles appeared in the Sunday editions of papers including The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, PM, and the Washington Post. He was the editor of crossword puzzles for the New York Star, and editor of crossword puzzle books published by Simon & Schuster. His obituary appears in The New York Times, September 28, 1948, pp. 27-28.
For many years Charles solved crossword puzzles as an avocation. In the 1920s he composed and published puzzles in The New York Herald-Tribune. After leaving Montreal, he returned to the New York area and chose crossword-puzzle work as a vocation. Charles contributed the inaugural crossword puzzle to the Sunday edition of The New York Times on February 15, 1942, and his puzzles appeared in the Sunday editions of papers including The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, PM, and the Washington Post. He was the editor of crossword puzzles for the New York Star, and editor of crossword puzzle books published by Simon & Schuster. His obituary appears in The New York Times, September 28, 1948, pp. 27-28.
CHARLES ERLENKOTTER, Jr., was educated at the Hoboken Academy. In 1910 he was working in San Francisco as a clerk in a steamship office, and the San Francisco city directories for 1910 and 1911 list his employer as the Hamburg-American Line. On 5 October 1911 he married in New York City Wilhelmina ("Mina") Weinacht, who survived him. St. Louis city directories for 1914-1917 identify him as the Southwestern Manager for the Hamburg-American Line. The company's operations in the United States were curtailed during the World War, and in 1918 he was an assistant forester for the New York State Conservation Commission in Albany, New York. After the war he returned to the Hamburg-American Line as their Canadian agent at Montreal, and held that position until the beginning of the Second World War.
For many years Charles solved crossword puzzles as an avocation. In the 1920s he composed and published puzzles in The New York Herald-Tribune. After leaving Montreal, he returned to the New York area and chose crossword-puzzle work as a vocation. Charles contributed the inaugural crossword puzzle to the Sunday edition of The New York Times on February 15, 1942, and his puzzles appeared in the Sunday editions of papers including The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, PM, and the Washington Post. He was the editor of crossword puzzles for the New York Star, and editor of crossword puzzle books published by Simon & Schuster. His obituary appears in The New York Times, September 28, 1948, pp. 27-28.
For many years Charles solved crossword puzzles as an avocation. In the 1920s he composed and published puzzles in The New York Herald-Tribune. After leaving Montreal, he returned to the New York area and chose crossword-puzzle work as a vocation. Charles contributed the inaugural crossword puzzle to the Sunday edition of The New York Times on February 15, 1942, and his puzzles appeared in the Sunday editions of papers including The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, PM, and the Washington Post. He was the editor of crossword puzzles for the New York Star, and editor of crossword puzzle books published by Simon & Schuster. His obituary appears in The New York Times, September 28, 1948, pp. 27-28.
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According to his death certificate, Charles was cremated at the crematory in Greenburgh, New York. No information is given about the disposition of his remains.
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