Laurens Hammond (1895 - 1973)

Born 11 Jan 1895 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Died 3 Jul 1973 at age 78 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Laurens Hammond is Notable.

Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 – July 1, 1973), was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include, most famously, the Hammond organ, the Hammond clock, and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the Novachord.

Laurens Hammond was born in Evanston, Illinois, on January 11, 1895 to William Andrew and Idea Louise Strong Hammond. Laurens showed his great technical prowess from an early age. William committed suicide in 1898, ostensibly due to the pressures of running the First National Bank, which he had founded. Upon her husband's death, Idea, who was an artist, relocated to France with Laurens to further her studies, and the family spent the next eleven years in France and Germany.

During his life he held 110 patents. He was married to Roxana Scoville, and had one daughter. He died in Cornwall, Connecticut on July 1, 1973, aged 78.

In 2017 the Laurens Hammond Museum was founded in Kielce, Poland.

His 6th GGFs were PGM immigrants Thomas Hammond and Thomas Hastings.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Hammond

"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ5B-RSZ : 18 May 2016), Laurens Hammond, 11 Jan 1895; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 19437, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,981.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKH2-5YY : accessed 12 April 2020), Laurens Hammond in household of Ida L Hammond, Evanston Ward 1, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 6A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 240; FHL microfilm 1,374,253.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K66B-G6W : 24 August 2019), Laurens Hammond, 1917-1918.

"Michigan, Census of World War I Veterans with Card Index, 1917-1919," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5T-ZSTH : 8 September 2019), Laurens Hammond, Fort Sheridan, Lake, Illinois, United States; citing Military Service, Fort Sheridan, Lake, Illinois, United States, Michigan Department of State, Lansing; FHL microfilm 008461786.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZW7-R5N : accessed 12 April 2020), Laurens Hammond in household of Idea L Hammond, Detroit Ward 9, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 271, sheet 7B, line 79, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 806; FHL microfilm 1,820,806.

"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-DH2T : 16 March 2018), Laurens Hammond, 1923; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #352424, Passport ...

"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246Z-7QL : 10 February 2018), Laurens Hammond and Mildred Anton-Smith, 27 Sep 1924; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,643,230.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS5B-1DV : accessed 6 April 2020), Laurens Hammond, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2111, sheet 24A, line 47, family 314, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 499; FHL microfilm 2,340,234.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4MV-XNK : 28 July 2019), Laurens Hammond, Ward 43, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-2746, sheet 2B, line 70, family 25, 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 1008.

"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1K9-NKL : 13 March 2020), Laurens Hammond, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986...

"Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M4-7MYQ : 17 March 2018), Laureus Hammond in entry for Mildred Hammond, 19 Feb 1954; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPRJ-CJ6 : 19 May 2014), Laurens Hammond, Jul 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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