Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (1895 - 1960)

Born 12 Jul 1895 in New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Myra Finn — married 25 Aug 1917 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

Husband of Dorothy Marion Kiaora (Blanchard) Hammerstein — married 14 May 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died 23 Aug 1960 at age 65 in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Oscar Hammerstein II is Notable.

Oscar Hammerstein was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. He was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with composers Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml, Richard A. Whiting and Sigmund Romberg; but his most famous collaboration, by far, was with Richard Rodgers.

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was born July 12, 1895 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States to William and Alice (Nimmo)Hammerstein.^[1]

According to the 1900 United States Census, Oscar Hammerstein was 5 years old. He lived in the Borough of Manhattan in New York, New York. He was born in July 1895. Both parents were born in New York. ^[2]

Hammerstein married his first wife, Myra Finn, in 1917; the couple divorced in 1929. He married his second wife, the Australian-born Dorothy (Blanchard) Jacobson (1899-1987), in 1929. He had three children: William Hammerstein (1918–2001) and Alice Hammerstein Mathias by his first wife, and James Hammerstein (1931-1999) by his second wife, with whom he also had a stepson, Henry Jacobson, and a stepdaughter, Susan Blanchard.

Oscar passed away August 23, 1960.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WSZ-2M4
2. ↑ :{|style: border=".5" class="wikitable sortable" |- |Name ||Relationship ||Sex ||Age||Birthplace |- |William Hammerstein||Head ||M ||28 ||New York |- |Allie Hammerstein ||Wife ||F ||26 ||New York |- |Oscar Hammerstein ||Son ||M ||5 ||New York |- |Reginald Hammerstein ||Son ||M ||3 ||New York |} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSK5-885 : accessed 12 July 2017), Oscar Hammerstein in household of William Hammerstein, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 11 New York City Ward 31, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 847, sheet 1B, family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,119.

• "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WSZ-2M4 : 11 February 2018), Oscar Hammerstein, 12 Jul 1895; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 28350 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,318.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M57Q-65M : accessed 23 September 2020), Oscar G C Hammerstein in household of William Hammerstein, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 586, sheet 5B, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1023; FHL microfilm 1,375,036.

• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QG-KY5 : 10 February 2018), Oscar Hammerstein and Myra Finn, 25 Aug 1917; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,642,767.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ML-CZ5 : 21 December 2019), Oscar Hammerstein, Kings Point, North Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-223, sheet 8A, line 36, family 123...

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