Howard (Nelke) Lindsay (1889 - 1968)

Born 29 Mar 1889 in Waterford, Saratoga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Hayes (Stickney) Lindsay — married 13 Aug 1927 in Maine, United States

Died 11 Feb 1968 at age 78 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Howard (Nelke) Lindsay is Notable.

Howard Lindsay was a writer and actor, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Arsenic and Old Lace (1943), and Swing Time (1936).

He won the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "State of the Union".^[1] Later, he won a special Tony Award in 1959 for his writing collaborations with Russel Crouse.^[2]

Born Herman Siegmund Nelke in 1889 in Waterford, NY. He was married twice; 1) Maria Virginia Fralich (m. 1929-1925), and 2) Dorothy Stickney (m. 1927-his death). He passed away in 1968.

Obituary as published in the Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA) on 12 Feb 1968, page 3.

Sources

1. ↑ 1946 Pulitzer Prizes at Pulitzer.org
2. ↑ 1959 Special Tony Award

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-69PZ : 16 March 2018), Howard Or Herman Siegmund Lindsay Or Nelke, 1918; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #7216, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 476, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:244S-X21 : 10 February 2018), Herman Siegmund Nelke and Maria Virginia Fralich, 29 Apr 1920; citing Marriage, New York City, Richmond, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,685,185.

• Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCN2-L51 : 27 November 2014), Howard Lindsay and Dorothy H Stickney, 13 Aug 1927; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42S-RPP : accessed 8 January 2022), Howard Lindsay, Manhattan (Districts 0001-0250), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 245, sheet 11A, line 13, family 484, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1558; FHL microfilm 2,341,293.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT6-V21 : 18 November 2019), Howard Lindsay, Assembly District 10, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-892, sheet 61A, line 33, family 75, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2645.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24BX-736 : 15 March 2018), Howard Lindsay, 1951; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Howard Lindsay

• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512231/