Dwight SYMMES (1947-2007)
1 Dwight Arven SYMMES , Jr.1,2 (1947-2007) [10050]. Born 26 Dec 1947, Glens Falls, NY.2,3 Died 28 May 2007, Littleton, NH.3
2 Dwight Arven SYMMES2,4,5,6 (1915-1965) [10044]. Born 16 May 1915.2 Died Mar 1965.2
4 William B. SYMMES6 ( - ) [10047].
3 Catherine Wilmerding BURCH4,5,6 (1918-1996) [10043]. Born 23 Jun 1918, Chappaqua, NY.1 Died 3 Jul 1996, Lancaster, NH.1 Buried Little Cemetery, Littleton, NH.1
From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
August 5, 1940 - "Announcement is made of the marriage in Littleton, N.H. last Saturday of Miss Catherine Wilmerding Burch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Ross Burch of New York and Littleton, formerly of Chicago, and Dwight A. Symms, son of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Symmes Jr. of New York and Franconia, N.H. The bride attended Miss Hall's school and Bennington college. Mr. Symmes is a graduate of Harvard. He and his bride will live in Bonne Terre, Mo.".
6 Lowell Ross BURCH7,8 ( -1962) [10032]. Marr Katherine Fay WILMERDING 9 Oct 1915, New York, NY.8 Died 8 Mar 1962, New York City, NY.4
7 Katherine Fay WILMERDING8,9 (c. 1896-1962) [10030]. Born c. 1896, NY.9 Died 21 May 1962, New York City, NY.5
14 Charles Henry WILMERDING10,11,12 (1858- ) [9977]. Born 19 Aug 1858, New York City, NY.11 Marr Lillian Valeria FAY 12 Jun 1889, Chicago, IL.11,12
Sketch of Charles H. Wilmerding from the Hand-Book of Chicago Biography edited by John J. Flinn, 1893.
"WILMERDING, CHARLES H. -- Born at New York city, August 19, 1858. Son of Charles H. and Harriet Burnham Russ Wilmerding. His first paternal ancestor in America was his great-great-grandfather, who came from Brunswick, Germany, and settled in New York. On his mother's side the first known ancestor came from England in 1617, and settled in New England. Charles Henry Wilmerding received his education partly in Germany and France, and in this country attended Yale College. He came to Chicago in 1888, having been educated as a civil engineer, and practiced that profession from 1879 until coming to this city. Since that time he has been engaged as an electrical engineer. Mr. Wilmerding has paid considerable attention to electrical matters and has become identified with several corporations of that character. He is the general manager of the Chicago Arc Light and Power Co.; is president of the Chicago Sectional Electric Underground Co., and president of the Compress Wheel Co. Mr Wilmerding is rather socially inclined and holds a membership in the Chicago, Union, Athletic, Literary and Electric clubs. He was married June 12, 1889, to Miss Lily Valeria Fay, and has two children, Valeria Fay, and Charles Henry Wilmerding, Jr.".
15 Lillian Valeria FAY12,13,14 (1855-1946) [9963]. Born 26 Jul 1855, St. Albans, VT.13,14 Died 16 Jun 1946.7
From the Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL).
June 13, 1889 - "St. James Church was the scene of a brilliant and fashionable wedding last night at 7 o'clock. The bride was Miss Lillian Fay, sister of Norman Fay of the Chicago Gas Trust, and the groom was Mr. C.H. Wilmerding, Secretary and Treasurer of the Chicago Arc Light and Power Company. The bridesmaids were Misses Bowes and Ely, and the ushers Messrs. H Wilmerding, Fred Swift, Arthur Aldis, Stuyvesant Leroy, James Deering, A.S. Nonticote, G.L. Wilmerding and Richard Fay. After the ceremony the bridal party and a number of friends were given a wedding supper at the residence of Mr. Norman Fay, No. 43 Bellevue place. Mr. Wilmerding and his bride left after the reception for an extended Eastern trip.".
Sources
| 1 | "Obituary of Catherine Burch in the New York Times, July 9, 1996". |
| 2 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 3 | "Obituary of Dwight A. Symmes, Jr. from the Ross Funeral Home". |
| 4 | "Death notice for Lowell Ross Burch in the New York Times, March 11, 1962". |
| 5 | "Death notice for Katherine Wilmerding in the New York Times, May 23, 1962". |
| 6 | "Marriage announcement of Catherine Wilmerding Burch and Dwoght A. Symmes in the Chicago Daily TYribune, AUgust 5, 1940". |
| 7 | "Death notice of Lilly Fay Wilmerding in the New York Times, june 18, 1946". |
| 8 | "Wedding announcement of Katherine Fay Wilmerding and Lowell Ross Burch in the Boston Daily Globe, August 15, 1915". |
| 9 | "1910 NY, Queens, Queens census". |
| 10 | "Obituary of Melusina Fay-Peirce in the Boston Daily Globe, April 29, 1923". |
| 11 | "Sketch of Charles H. Wilmerding from the Hand-Book of Chicago Biography edited by John J. Flinn, 1893". |
| 12 | "Wedding announcement of Miss Lillian Fay to Mr. C.H. Wilmerding in the Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), June 13, 1889". |
| 13 | "1880 IL, Cook, Chicago census". |
| 14 | "Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
