Stephen Bonsal Jr (1865 - 1951)

Born 29 Mar 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta Fairfax (Morris) Bonsal — married 12 Mar 1900 in Mexico City, Mexico

Died 8 Jun 1951 at age 86 in Washington D.C., United States

Biography

Stephen was born in 1865. He was the son of Stephen Bonsal and Fannie Leigh. He passed away in 1951.

The following excerpt was copied from prabook. Com which has a link below. “ During his career Stephen Bonsal served as secretary and chargé-d'affaire of the US diplomatic missions in Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, and Madrid. He is famous through his books: The Real Condition of Cuba (1897), The Fight for Santiago (1899), The Golden Horseshoe (1900), The Lesser Nations at Versailles (1946), When the French Were Here (1945). His work, Unfinished Business (1944), a diary describing his experiences during the Paris Peace Treaty negotiations, won him the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for History.”

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQ4-NGN : 14 January 2022), Stephen Bonsal in household of Stephen Bonsal, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLV-LHW : 1 February 2021), Stephen Bonsal, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMKT-Y29 : accessed 17 July 2022), Stephen Bonsal, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 174, sheet 1A, line 20, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 296; FHL microfilm 2,340,031.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7SL-V57 : 22 December 2019), Stephen Bonsal, Tract 1, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 7, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-241, sheet 14A, line 35, family 279, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 561.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194370409/stephen-bonsal : accessed 17 July 2022), memorial page for COL Stephen Bonsal Jr. (29 Mar 1865–8 Jun 1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #194370409, ; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279) Cremated.
• Prabook.com Stephen Bonsal Literary History