Robert Minturn Sedgwick (1899 - 1976)

Born 27 Jan 1899 in New York, New York, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Helen (Peabody) Sedgwick — married 25 Nov 1924 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Emily Ames (Lincoln) Sedgwick — married 14 Mar 1950 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1976 at age 76 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Minturn Sedgwick is Notable.

He was born on 27 January 1899 in New York, New York, USA. His parents were Henry Sedgwick and Sarah Minturn.

U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976: Robert enlisted private on 5 Jul 1918; detailed to Students' Army Training Camp, Plattsburg, N.Y.; commisioned 2nd Lieutenant Infantry Sept 16; detailed to University of Florida Unit, Students' Army Training Corps, as instructor; discharged 22 Dec 1918. It should be noted that "disharge" is the same as "honorable discharge" today.

Robert Minturn Sedgwick first married on 25 November 1924 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA to Helen Peabody and they had 3 children.

Robert enlisted in the Army on 16 Jun 1942 and was discharged 19 Sep 1945.

Robert Minturn Sedgwick married secondly on 13 March 1950 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA to Emily Ames Lincoln and they had 3 children.

He died on 05 January 1976 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA and was buried at Stockbridge Cemetery in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA. ^[1]

Children

1. May Minturn (Sedgwick) Osborne, b: Sep 13, 1926, Boston, Suffolk, MA
2. Henry Sedgwick, b: 21 Mar 1928; m1: 1950 Helen P. Burroughs; m2: 1957 Patricia Rosenwald
3. Frances Helen Sedgwick, b: 02 May 1931
4. Robert Munturn Sedgwick, Jr., b: 1951
5. Emily Ames Sedgwick, b: 1952
6. John Shaw Sedgwick, b: 1954.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #60245778 for Robert Minturn "Duke" Sedgwick, b: 27 Jan 1899; d: 05 Jan 1976; buried: Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

• 1900 USA Census of New York, New York
• U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976: California State Library; Sacramento; Harvard´s Military Record in the World War Ancestry Record 1873 #1107115
• 1920 USA Census of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010: Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ancestry Record 2441 #2315181
• http://www.sedgwick.org/na/families/robert1613/B/4/7/4/2/2/B47422-sedgwick-robertm1899.html
• Sedgwick Collection (MSS B46); New Haven Colony Historical Society papers of Hubert Merrill Sedgwick, Francis Morris Sedgwick & Frederick J. Sedgwick, genealogists of the family of Robert Sedgwick (1613-1656)
• Sedgwick Genealogy: Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick compiled by Hubert Merrill Sedgwick (1867-1950); published posthumously in 1961 by New Haven Colony Historical Society