Roger Bliss
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Roger Courtnaye Bliss (1905 - 1996)

Dr. Roger Courtnaye Bliss
Born in Brookline, MAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 4 Apr 1931 in Cazenovia, Madison, New York, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of [private daughter (1930s - 2010s)], [private son (1930s - unknown)] and
Died at age 91 in State College, PAmap
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Biography

ROGER COURTNAYE BLISS [1905 - 1834] 5th child of Donald MacQueen Bliss and Margaret Janet Estabrooks Roger Courtnaye Bliss, physician, was born April 5th, 1905 at Brookline Massachusetts, the second twin of that birthing. He lived for a short while in Stamford Connecticut, but, spent most of his growing years in West Orange, New Jersey. His family removed to Battle Creek, Michigan, where he graduated from high school in 1924. He obtained his medical education at Syracuse University where he met Elah Harriet Cook, who he married April 4th, 1931 at Cazenovia, New York. She was the daughter of John Willard Cook and Corlie Rhoda Eastman of Cazenovia. Elah was born in Watertown, New York, October 22nd, 1905. She also obtained her medical education at Syracuse University after completing her initial education at Cazenovia Seminary. Roger Bliss served in the military during World War II as a Captain in the Medical Corps with the Eleventh Airborne Division campaigns of Leyte and Luzon. He received a Bronze Star and the Purple Heart and attained the rank of Major. He left the military in 1946 to continue his medical practice in Hudson, New York which had been maintained by his wife Elah, who was also carrying on her own medical practice while Roger was in the service. They both practiced medicine from October 1933 to June 1971 in Hudson where he was Attending Obstetrician at Columbia Memorial Hospital for 25 years and she practiced Pediatrics. Roger also was Police Commissioner of the City of Hudson from 1950 to 1960, and fo 2 ½ years prior to his retirement in 1971 he was Chairman of the City of Hudson Housing Authority. He was instrumental in having low income housing constructed there and one of the buildings was named “Bliss Tower” in his honor. In 1972, a plaque was placed in the reference room of the Hudson Area Library honoring both Drs Roger and Elah Bliss for their contributions and effort in founding the library. In 1939 Roger was elected president of the local chapter of the Lions Club and in 1976 he was made a life member of the Red Hook Lions Club, after his retirement. During retirement Roger was an active member of the Duchess County Chapter of the American Heart Association, serving as its Public Education Committee President in 1977 and 1978. Roger was born into the Episcopal Church and he served for many years on the Vestry at Christ Church in Hudson, New York, and the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck, New York. He, his wife and brother Gerald, removed to Ridgefield, Connecticut. Following the death of both his brother and wife, Roger removed to State College, Pennsylvania, where he died on August 17th, 1996. He was buried in Ridgebury Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut, next to his wife of 55 years. She had predeceased him on May 9th, 1986. They had three children, Bernice Harriet, David Roger and Malcolm Donald.[1]

Sources

“Genealogy of the Bliss Family” by Aaron Tyler Bliss

Footnotes

  1. Entered by Malcolm Bliss.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Malcolm Bliss for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Malcolm and others.


Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Roger Courtnaye /Bliss/[2]
Roger C. /Bliss/[3]
Roger /Bliss/[4]
Roger C /Bliss/[5]
Roger C /Bliss/[6]
Roger C /Bliss/[7]
Roger C. /Bliss/[8]
Roger C /Bliss/[9]
Roger C /Bless/[10]
Roger C /Bliss/[11]
Roger C /Bliss/[12]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Roger Courtnaye /Bliss/.

Birth

18 APR 1905
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA[13][14][15][16]
18 APR 1905
Brookline, Mass[17]
1905
United States[18]
1906[19]
1906[20]
1906[21]
1906
Massachusetts[22]
ABT 1905
United States[23]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 18 APR 1905

Death

17 AUG 1996
State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA[24]
17 AUG 1996
State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA[25]
17 AUG 1996
State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States of America[26]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 17 AUG 1996Array

Occupation

Doctor[27]

Event

SSN issued
New York[28]

Burial

Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA[29]

Residence

Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
01 APR 1940
Hudson, Columbia, New York, United States[30][31][32][33]
01 JUN 1925
Syracuse Ward 16, Onondaga, New York, United States[34]
1935
Hudson, Columbia, New York[35]
1910
Stamford Ward 3, Fairfield, Connecticut[36]
1920
West Orange Ward 2, Essex, New Jersey[37]
1920
West Orange Ward 2, Essex, New Jersey[38]
01 JUN 1925
Syracuse Ward 16, Onondaga, New York, United States[39]
1930
Chicago, Cook, Illinois[40]

Note

@N1@

PHOTO

@M186@

Object

@M25@
@M100@
@M184@
@M186@

Marriage

FAM
@I2@
@I3@
@I59@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
@I58@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
@I198@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
04 APR 1931
Cazenovia, Madison, New York, USA[41]
FAM
@I6@
@I7@
@I2@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
@I145@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
@I164@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
@I166@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
@I167@
to Father: Natural
to Mother: Natural
05 SEP 1887
Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada[42]

Sources

  • Source: S2 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R2
  • Repository: R2 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S20 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S25 Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S34 Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S35 Author: Ancestry.com Title: New York, State Census, 1925 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - State population census schedules, 1925. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.Original data: State population census schedules, 1925. Albany, New York: New York S; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S36 Title: Social Security Death Index Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S38 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S41 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S9 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940
  • Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S96 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1 NOTEFind A Grave, : Find A Grave

Notes

N1Buried in Ridgebury Cemetary, Ridgefield, Fairfield County Connecticut.
  1. Entered by Malcolm Bliss.
  2. Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for David Bliss Object: @M209@
  3. Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elah Harriet Cook
  4. Source: #S35 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M229@
  5. Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for David Bliss Object: @M209@
  6. Source: #S34 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M209@
  7. Source: #S34 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M209@
  8. Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Number: 057-38-5926; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1963. Data: Text: Record for Roger C. Bliss
  9. Source: #S96 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  10. Source: #S25 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Stamford Ward 3, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: T624_130; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0116; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374143. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bless Object: @M244@
  11. Source: #S38 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: West Orange Ward 2, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1038; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 319; Image: 937. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss Object: @M228@
  12. Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  13. Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for David Bliss Object: @M209@
  14. Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Number: 057-38-5926; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1963. Data: Text: Record for Roger C. Bliss
  15. Source: #S96 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  16. Source: #S25 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Stamford Ward 3, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: T624_130; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0116; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374143. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bless Object: @M244@
  17. Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elah Harriet Cook
  18. Source: #S35 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M229@
  19. Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for David Bliss Object: @M209@
  20. Source: #S34 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M209@
  21. Source: #S34 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M209@
  22. Source: #S38 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: West Orange Ward 2, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1038; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 319; Image: 937. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss Object: @M228@
  23. Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  24. Source: #S96 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  25. Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elah Harriet Cook
  26. Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Number: 057-38-5926; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1963. Data: Text: Record for Roger C. Bliss
  27. Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elah Harriet Cook
  28. Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Number: 057-38-5926; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1963. Data: Text: Record for Roger C. Bliss
  29. Source: #S96 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  30. Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elah Harriet Cook
  31. Source: #S34 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M209@
  32. Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for David Bliss Object: @M209@
  33. Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  34. Source: #S35 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Donald M Bliss Object: @M229@
  35. Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Hudson, Columbia, New York; Roll: T627_2519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 11-29. Data: Text: Record for David Bliss Object: @M209@
  36. Source: #S25 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Stamford Ward 3, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: T624_130; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0116; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374143. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bless Object: @M244@
  37. Source: #S38 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: West Orange Ward 2, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1038; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 319; Image: 937. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss Object: @M228@
  38. Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  39. Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  40. Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger C Bliss
  41. Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elah Harriet Cook
  42. Source: #S41 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 660; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0788; FHL microfilm: 1240660 Object: @M236@

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Malcolm Bliss for creating WikiTree profile Bliss-768 through the import of Malcolm Bliss Family Tree_AutoBackup_2013-05-29_01.ged on May 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Malcolm and others.






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