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Robert Bowne Minturn Jr.

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Robert Bowne Minturn Jr.

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
15 Dec 1889 (aged 53)
New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.8310394, Longitude: -73.9448547
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Robert B. Minturn, Jr. (born New York, 21 February 1836, died 15 December 1889), was an American shipping magnate of the mid- to late 19th century.

Robert was the son of Robert Bowne Minturn (Sr.) and Anna Mary Wendell, in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University in 1856, and joined his father's shipping firm, Grinnell, Minturn & Co., which is best known as being the owners of the clipper ship Flying Cloud. He is the author of New York to Delhi: by way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China (New York, 1858), an account of his voyage in connection with his work.

He married Sarah Susannah Shaw (born Massachusetts, 1839, died 1926), the sister of Robert Gould Shaw. They had a number of children:


The Minturn sisters.Robert Shaw Minturn (born New York, August 1863)

Sarah May Minturn (born Staten Island, N.Y., 3 September 1865); she married Henry Dwight Sedgwick III and is buried in the Sedgwick Pie.

Edith Minturn (born New York, ca. 1868)

Gertrude Minturn (born New York, June 1872)

Mildred Minturn (born New York, November 1875)

Hugh Minturn (born New York, September 1882)

As Vice President of the railroad that founded the town of Minturn, Colorado, he gave his name to that town.

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R B & S (Shaw) Minturn had 7 children.
The missing child is Mildred (Minturn) Scott
- born 19 Nov 1875 Staten Island NY;
- married 30 Oct 1906 NYC (to Arthur Hugh SCOTT);
- died 17 May 1922 Geneva, Switzerland.
She was my grandmother.

Contributor: Gil Croome, (48185210)
Robert B. Minturn, Jr. (born New York, 21 February 1836, died 15 December 1889), was an American shipping magnate of the mid- to late 19th century.

Robert was the son of Robert Bowne Minturn (Sr.) and Anna Mary Wendell, in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University in 1856, and joined his father's shipping firm, Grinnell, Minturn & Co., which is best known as being the owners of the clipper ship Flying Cloud. He is the author of New York to Delhi: by way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China (New York, 1858), an account of his voyage in connection with his work.

He married Sarah Susannah Shaw (born Massachusetts, 1839, died 1926), the sister of Robert Gould Shaw. They had a number of children:


The Minturn sisters.Robert Shaw Minturn (born New York, August 1863)

Sarah May Minturn (born Staten Island, N.Y., 3 September 1865); she married Henry Dwight Sedgwick III and is buried in the Sedgwick Pie.

Edith Minturn (born New York, ca. 1868)

Gertrude Minturn (born New York, June 1872)

Mildred Minturn (born New York, November 1875)

Hugh Minturn (born New York, September 1882)

As Vice President of the railroad that founded the town of Minturn, Colorado, he gave his name to that town.

~~~

R B & S (Shaw) Minturn had 7 children.
The missing child is Mildred (Minturn) Scott
- born 19 Nov 1875 Staten Island NY;
- married 30 Oct 1906 NYC (to Arthur Hugh SCOTT);
- died 17 May 1922 Geneva, Switzerland.
She was my grandmother.

Contributor: Gil Croome, (48185210)


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