Charles F. Herreshoff

Charles Frederick Herreshoff II (her-res-hoff, no stressed syllable; May 28, 1880 – January 31, 1954) [1] was an American automobile designer and manufacturer.

For other Herreshoff family members, see Herreshoff (surname).
Charles F. Herreshoff
Born(1880-05-28)May 28, 1880
Nice, France
DiedJanuary 31, 1954(1954-01-31) (aged 73)
San Diego, California
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Harrison McCormick Herreshoff, Edna May Burt Herreshoff
1910 Herreshoff Touring Car

Biography

On May 28, 1880, Herreshoff was born in Nice, France,[2][3] while is parents,[4] James Brown F. Herreshoff (1834–1930)[5] and Jane Brown (maiden; 1855–1924), were vacationing. He apprenticed in the family boat works in Bristol, Rhode Island, and studied in Edinburgh and at the University of Glasgow, and in Germany.[5]

Personal life

On April 9, 1902, in Helensburgh, Scotland, Herreshoff married Elizabeth Harrison McCormick (maiden; 1884–1938). They had two children.[6]

Herreshoff and McCormick divorced August 1, 1910, in Philadelphia.[6]

In 1912, Herreshoff married Edna May Burt.[6]

On January 31, 1954, Herreshoff died in San Diego, California. Herreshoff is interred in San Diego, California.

Family

Herreshoff was married twice. His first marriage was a double-ring event. Elizabeth's sister, Minnie Isabelle McCormick (maiden; 1878–1962), in the same ceremony in Helensburgh at St Michael and All Angels' Church (de) (Scottish Episcopal), married Henry Miller Gleason (1876–1965), a 1902 graduate of the United States Naval Academy who went on to become a naval ship builder. McCormick remarried – on November 6, 1912, on Mare Island in Vallejo, California – to Lloyd Stowell Shapley (1875–1959).

Herreshoff, from his marriage to McCormick, was the biological the father of Lieutenant General Alan Shapley (né Alan Herreshoff; 1903–1973),[7] late of the U.S. Marine Corps, who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Charles Herreshof's father, James Brown F. Herreshoff, was an American inventor and chemist. His uncle, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938), was an American naval architect and yacht design innovator. His cousin, L. Francis Herreshoff (1890–1972) (Nathanael's son), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor, and author of books and magazine articles. His cousin, Fred Herreshoff (1888–1920), was a national class amateur golfer.

One of Herreshoff's great-great grandfathers, John Brown I (1736–1803) was an American merchant, enslaver, statesman from Providence, Rhode Island and – with his brothers, Nicholas (1729–1791), Joseph (1733–1785), and Moses Brown (1738–1836), an abolitionist – was instrumental in founding Brown University.

See also

References
  1. "Charles Frederick Herreshoff WWI Draft-Registration". FamilySearch. September 12, 1917. FHL (GS) microfilm no. 1,543,758; digital folder no. 5,240,980; online image no. 2676 (of 4632); citing NARA microfilm publication M1509.
  2. Coronado History Association & Coronado Museum; Worcester, Kimball (May 20, 2020). "Architect Wednesday: Charles Frederick Herreshoff". Coronado, California. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  3. "Charles Frederick Herreshoff". A Thousand American Men of Mark of To-Day. Chicago: American Men of Mark (publisher). 1917. pp. 113–114. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Google Books. OCLC 6125384 (all editions), OCLC 131420088 (all editions) (Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.).
  4. "Herreshoff, Jr.'s Nevada – Nephew of Bristol Designer Tackles Difficulties of English Rating Rule". Democrat and Chronicle. Vol. 69. Rochester, New York. April 28, 1901. p. 23 (column 5). Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. New York Times (The) (November 29, 1908). "Yachtsman Herreshoff an Auto Builder". icon of an open green padlock. Vol. 58, no. 18572. p. 4 (section 4: Sports). Retrieved April 26, 2011 – via TimesMachine.
    The name Herreshoff, which for years has stood for preeminence in yacht building, is to have a new significance in future. It is to be applied to automobiles. Charles F. Herreshoff, the young scion of the famous old Bristol family, is to put a motor car on the market next year, a car totally of his own design, embodying the best features of all the well-established cars in the field.
  6. Bicknell, Thomas Williams (1834–1925) (1920). "Lewis Herreshoff". History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. icon of an open green padlock. Vol. 5: Biographical. American Historical Society. pp. 324–330. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
  7. "Herreshoff Birth Certificate". FamilySearch. June 3, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021. FHL (GS) microfilm no. 1,983,789.
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