Bertrand FAY (1869-1931)
1 Bertrand FAY1,2 (1869-1931) [13596]. Born 7 May 1869, South Orange, NJ.1 Marr Sarah KIRKLAND 1900, Jersey City, NJ.3,4 Died 17 Sep 1931.5 Buried Evergreen Cemetery, NYC.5
From the Sun Times, New York City.
August 31, 1888 - "While John Dacy, a longshoreman, was at work on the Pacific Mall Company's pier, near the steamship Colorado, on Monday, he slipped from the stringpiece and fell into the water between the pier and the ship. At that moment the Fort Lee steamer came into the slip, and the wash of the waves rolled the Colorado toward the pier, and Dacy was caught against a spile and had a rib broken.
When he fell Quartermaster Bertrand Fay of the Colorado was on duty at the gangway. He jumped down to Dacy's assistance in spite of the danger of getting crushed and, by avoiding the pile, succeeded in reaching Dacy.
Fay is but 19 years old. He is one of twin sons of Gaston Fay, the artist. His brother Reginald is quartermaster of the steamship Louisiana. Both are graduates of schoolship St. Mary's, and both are athletes. Bertrand wears the medal of the Humane Society for rescuing two men at once in November 1886, while still a student on the St. Mary's. His brother Reginald while at the summer home of of his father at Centre Moriches in July, plunged into the surf with his clothes on and saved a man who had become exhausted and was drowning. Within a week thereafter another man got beyond his depth and was rescued in like manner by Reginald. It is said the he is to receive a medal also. The two boys are said to be alike in appearance."
Excerpts from an article in the Daily Alaska Dispatch, Juneau, Alaska.
August 13, 1914 - "New York Harbor has famous twins - Only their wives can tell them apart. Captain Reginald Fay and Captain Bertrand Fay are the "two Dromios of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad's flotilla in New York waters. They are twins and are so much alike that it is said only their wives can tell them apart. Captain Reginald is superintendent of the marine department of the company, Captain Bertrand commands tug. No. 13."
2 William Gaston FAY1,2,6,7 (1838-1927) [13491]. Born 13 Dec 1838, Georgia.1,2 Marr Emma Courtney FENNER 10 Jul 1860, New York, NY.1 Died 6 Jan 1927, Sharon, CT.8 Buried Hillside Cemetery, Sharon, CT.9
From the New York Times.
July 3, 1869 - "The double=page cartoon in the current number of Appletons' Journal, called "Beware of the Mirror," is by GASTON FAY, and is the most skillful, elaborate and successful piece of work yet produced by that accomplished draughtsman. Mr. FAY has a fine mastery of effect - and this is specially observable in his present design. Taken as a whole, it is one of the most noticeable supplements yet issued in connection with the Journal.".
4 Samuel Howard FAY1,10 (1804- ) [4362]. Born 21 Jul 1804.1,10
8 Samuel Phillips Prescott FAY1,10,11,12,13 (1778-1856) [4360]. Born 10 Jan 1778, Concord, MA.1,10,11,12 Marr Harriet HOWARD 1801.1 Died 18 May 1856, Cambridge, MA.1,12,14
From the History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890.
"Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, son of Jonathan Fay, of Concord, was born in that own January 10, 1778, and graduated at Harvard in 1803, in the class with John Farrar, James Savage and Samuel Willard. He was admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1803 and first settled at Cambridgeport. He was a councilor in 1818-19, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1820, and an overseer of Harvard College from 1825 to 1852. On the 12th of May, 1821, he was appointed judge of Probate and afterwards lived in old Cambridge until his death, May 18, 1856."
From the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA).
May 20, 1856 - "DEATH OF JUDGE FAY. The venerable Hon. Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, of Cambridge, died in that city on Sunday last. The deceased was Judge of Probate for Middlesex County for a long term of years, and was a man universally respected and esteemed. He was the disciple of Dr. William E. Channing, Judge Story, Rev. Dr. Tuckerman, and other noted men, having graduated at Harvard in 1798. His age was 78.".
9 Harriet HOWARD1,10,13 (1782-1847) [4361]. Born 1782.10 Died 28 Jul 1847, Cambridge, MA.15
5 Susan Montford SHELLMAN10,16 (1808-1887) [4363]. Born 1808.10 Died 13 Jan 1887, Boston, MA.17
3 Emma Courtney FENNER1,2,7 (1841-1924) [13593]. Born 18 Apr 1841.1 Died 27 Mar 1924, Sharon, CT.18
Sources
| 1 | "Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
| 2 | "1880 NY, Suffolk, Center Moriches census". |
| 3 | "1910 NJ, Hudson, Weekawken census". |
| 4 | "U.S. Passport application of Sarah Kirkland Fay". |
| 5 | "Death notice of Bertrand Fay in the New York Times, September 18, 1931". |
| 6 | "Funeral notice of Anna Marie Fay in the Boston Daily Globe, July 3, 1921". |
| 7 | "1900 NY, Suffolk, Brookhaven census". |
| 8 | "Death notice of Gaston Fay in the New York Times, January 7, 1927". |
| 10 | "Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd". |
| 11 | "History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835". |
| 12 | "History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890". |
| 13 | "Ancestors of George W. Bush *1946 (explanations) by William Addams Reitwiesner". |
| 14 | "Obituary of Judge Fay in the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), May 20, 1856". |
| 15 | "Death notice of Mrs. Harriet Fay in the Daily Atlas (Boston, MA), August 5, 1847". |
| 16 | "Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application of Howard Fay". |
| 17 | "Death notice of Susan Fay in the New York Times, January 15, 1887". |
| 18 | "Death notice of Emma Fay in the New York Times, March 28, 1924". |
