Found this on a search for Alex today (Nov, 11 - Remembrance Day, 2009)..thank you for posting it on your site.
My great uncle Alex (born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia) fought and survived the battle of Vimy Ridge in WW1. From there he went on to another minor skirmish a few weeks later and was wounded and sent to London to recover. Once recovered, they didn't send him to the front lines again, they made him a Sgt Major, (Drill Sargent) in England until the end of the war. It was after the war he moved to New York with his wife, (a nurse) and she worked while he attended Columbia University where he attained his Mechanical Engineering degree. From there he gained employment with a company called Combustion Engineering Superheater Inc...a company that over time became The ABB Group.
This is an example of some of his work:
Mark,
Found this on a search for Alex today (Nov, 11 - Remembrance Day, 2009)..thank you for posting it on your site.
My great uncle Alex (born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia) fought and survived the battle of Vimy Ridge in WW1. From there he went on to another minor skirmish a few weeks later and was wounded and sent to London to recover. Once recovered, they didn't send him to the front lines again, they made him a Sgt Major, (Drill Sargent) in England until the end of the war. It was after the war he moved to New York with his wife, (a nurse) and she worked while he attended Columbia University where he attained his Mechanical Engineering degree. From there he gained employment with a company called Combustion Engineering Superheater Inc...a company that over time became The ABB Group.
Posted by Donald Hamm (guest) on Wed 11 Nov 2009 07:00:50 AM EST
Alexander Leopold Hamm
Hello, I'm trying to find the gravesite of my Great Uncle Alex Hamm and I'm pretty sure he is buried here...it would have been 1955. I have a small photo of the site when it was new and the script on the back simply says Alex's grave, St. George's Churchyard March 13th 1955. It has an area fenced off with rail and concrete like this cemetary. Is there any way to find out for sure and maybe see a photo of the stone? It looks like it is directly behind the church from this picture. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks very much.
Posted by Donald Hamm (guest) on Wed 10 Jun 2009 09:01:58 AM EDT
In search of...
We are trying to find out more about a priest who performed a marriage ceremony possibly at St. George Church on July,28 1907. His name is James J. Higguis. Please email me at: marcofishn@aol.com if you have any information. Thank you!
Posted by Ronnie DeAngelis (guest) on Thu 05 Mar 2009 09:16:26 PM EST
Grave Marker labeled "A Priest" (in St. George's cemetery)
The body of the priest interred beneath the stone labeled "A Priest" is that of The Reverend Donald C. Oxford, born September 26, 1930 in Buffalo, NY and died in Astoria on Holy Cross Day 1968 (Sept 14th)just short of his 38th birthday. Father Oxford was the Rector of St. George's, Astoria in the 1960's.
Posted by The Rev. Donald Eugene Page (guest) on Thu 05 Mar 2009 09:15:49 PM EST
Alexander Leopold Hamm
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Found this on a search for Alex today (Nov, 11 - Remembrance Day, 2009)..thank you for posting it on your site.
My great uncle Alex (born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia) fought and survived the battle of Vimy Ridge in WW1. From there he went on to another minor skirmish a few weeks later and was wounded and sent to London to recover. Once recovered, they didn't send him to the front lines again, they made him a Sgt Major, (Drill Sargent) in England until the end of the war. It was after the war he moved to New York with his wife, (a nurse) and she worked while he attended Columbia University where he attained his Mechanical Engineering degree. From there he gained employment with a company called Combustion Engineering Superheater Inc...a company that over time became The ABB Group.
This is an example of some of his work:
Mark,
Found this on a search for Alex today (Nov, 11 - Remembrance Day, 2009)..thank you for posting it on your site.
My great uncle Alex (born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia) fought and survived the battle of Vimy Ridge in WW1. From there he went on to another minor skirmish a few weeks later and was wounded and sent to London to recover. Once recovered, they didn't send him to the front lines again, they made him a Sgt Major, (Drill Sargent) in England until the end of the war. It was after the war he moved to New York with his wife, (a nurse) and she worked while he attended Columbia University where he attained his Mechanical Engineering degree. From there he gained employment with a company called Combustion Engineering Superheater Inc...a company that over time became The ABB Group.
This is an example of some of his work:
Alexander Leopold Hamm
Posted by Donald Hamm (guest) on Wed 11 Nov 2009 07:00:50 AM EST