You are bidding on one English marriage certificate (“Certificate of Marriage”) from 1905.
Issued by US Consul in Lucerne Harry Hays Morgan sr. (1860-1933), father of
US diplomat and film actor Harry Hays Morgan Jr. (1898-1983). -- Here he appears in the name form "Henry H. Morgan".
DatedLucerne (=Luzern), 15. July 1905.
This is certifiede marriage between James Windsor Decker, 31 years old, from Scranton, Penn., living in Lucerne, and Lillian Viola Andrews, 35 years old, from Cleveland, Ohio, also living in Lucerne.
The marriage was concluded by Julius Ruegger in the presence of the consul.
Handwritten form filled out in your own hand Signature of the consul.
Format:23 x 29.3 cm.
James Windsor Decker was on the 10th. Born August 1874 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a son of Austin Moore Decker (* 4. November 1832 in Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, died. On the 27th. October 1883 in Saint Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan) and Catharine Whiting, née. Stowers (born on 20. May 1840 in Binghamton, Broome County, NY, died. on the 18th February 1927 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania).
According to the PRINCETON Alumni Weekly magazine, James Windsor Decker died in 1960 or 1961.
His Wife Lillian Andrews (* 1869 in Cleveland) was the Daughter of the chemist and inventor Samuel Andrews (1836-1904) and Mary, b. Cole (1838-1905). Her mother died a few weeks before the wedding (on December 23rd). March 1905 in Cleveland). After her death, all assets were divided equally among the children. So Lillian Andrews was a very “good match” financially.
The marriage is noted in the yearbook "The class of 1895. PRINCETON University. Quindecennial Report 1895-1910", printed 1911, p. 19.
The entry reads: "JAMES WINDSOR DECKER, c/o HL Crawford & Co., 25 Broad Street, New York. 51 West 54th Street, New York. Member of firm of HL Crawford & Co., 25 Broad Street, NY MARRIED: Lillian Andrews, July 15, 1905, Lucerne, Switzerland."
So in 1911 he worked in the famous Broad Exchange Building in Manhattan.
Written on very strong paper.
Condition:Document folded several times. Paper slightly browned, ins. good. bplease note the pictures too!
Internal note: giambattista
Overthe consul Henry H. Morgan:
Henry H. Morgan, also known as Harry H. Morgan, but especially as Harry Hays Morgan sr. (*24. December 1860 in New Orleans, died. 19. March 1933 in London) was a cashier in a gaslight company in St. Louis from 1877 to 1891, then a lawyer. In 1897/98 the US consul was in Horgen, 1898-1902 in Aaurau, 1902-1906 in Lucerne, 1906/07 in Stuttgart and 1907-10 in Amsterdam. He then served as US Consul General: 1910-13 in Barcelona, 1913-1917 in Hamburg, 1918/19 in Antwerp, 1919-22 in Brussels, 1924 in Buenos Aires and later in Havana.
He was the father of the US diplomat and film actor Harry Hays Morgan Jr. (1898-1983).
About Samuel Andrews, the wife's father, and Harry Hays Morgan Jr., the consul's son (source: English). wikipedia):
Samuel Andrews (1836–1904) was a chemist and inventor. Born in England, he immigrated to the United States before the American Civil War and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He is best known as a partner in the oil refining firm of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler, the major predecessor company of the Standard Oil corporate empire. When the first unit was formed in 1870, Andrews owned 16.67% of Standard Oil stock. He sold his stock early on in 1874 and while he was wealthy, he did not participate in the level of wealth generation that the other founders did.
Life and career:Andrews already had some experience in production in the newly discovered oilfields of western Pennsylvania when, in 1862, he approached two Cleveland produce merchants to become stockholders in a new enterprise. One was John D. Rockefeller, who saw the potential in Andrews' plan and invested in the venture. With this capital, Andrews designed and began a small refinery in Cleveland.
Ida M. Tarbell, an early investigative journalist and the author of The History of Standard Oil, described Andrews as "a mechanical genius" who "devised new processes" to create a better product. He is credited with inventing the chemical process called fractional distillation, which is the separation of crude oil into its components.
While he left Standard Oil early, he did try to display his wealth by building a mansion on Cleveland's Euclid Avenue, also known as "Millionaire's Row". Andrews dreamed of entertaining Queen Victoria at the home, but that dream never came to fruition. The home was so large that the servants could not function effectively, and it was soon closed and remained vacant for 25 years until it was eventually bulldozed in 1923.
His better-known partners, Rockefeller and Henry Morrison Flagler, are credited with the marketing strategies and schemes that capitalized on Andrews' technical expertise. Andrews often disagreed with Rockefeller's aggressive growth, and soon Rockefeller offered to buy Andrews out. Andrews took the offer and sold out all his stock in 1874. Flagler's wife's ill-health later turned his attention to Florida, where he founded the Florida East Coast Railway and helped develop many resort communities, most notably the cities of Palm Beach and Miami. While Flagler began a new career in Florida, Andrews remained in Ohio and New Jersey. The last remaining influential shareholder, Henry Huttleston Rogers, decided as Flagler to diversify his investments, he embarked on the railroad business and set up the Virginian Railway.
Death:Andrews died of pneumonia at the Hotel Brighton in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on April 14, 1904. He had fallen ill just seven days earlier. His funeral was held in Cleveland, and he was temporarily interred in the Wade Chapel receiving vault at Lake View Cemetery. The will, tried in New Jersey, gave his fortune to his wife, Mary. After her death, whatever was left was to be allocated among his children in equal shares. His wife died from an infected abscess in the ear just 11 months later. By this time, a small Andrews family vault had been built at Lake View and Samuel Andrews interred there. Mary Andrews was interred next to him. In 1907, the Andrews children had erected at Lake View a Neoclassical mausoleum at a cost of $50,000 ($1.39 million in 2020 dollars) to $100,000 ($2.78 million in 2020 dollars). Samuel and Mary Andrews were reinterred there in September 1907.
Harry Hays Morgan Jr. (April 25, 1898 – July 8, 1983) was an American diplomat, society figure and actor. He is most notable as the brother of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and uncle of Gloria Vanderbilt.
Early life and diplomatic career:Morgan was born April 25, 1898, in Horgen, Switzerland, to Henry Hays Morgan Sr. (1860–1933), an American diplomat who served as US consul general at Buenos Aires, Argentina; Berlin, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Havana, Cuba; and Brussels, Belgium.[1] and his Peruvian born wife, Laura Delphine Kilpatrick (1877–1956). Morgan's father was the son of Louisiana planters, his mother was the daughter of US Civil War General and diplomat Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Morgan was raised primarily in Europe, one of four children including sisters Consuelo Morgan Thaw, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness and two half-sisters from his father's first marriage who remained in the United States. He graduated from Columbia University in 1919. He followed in his father's footsteps entering the diplomatic corps as US Vice Consul at Glasgow, Scotland and later Brussels, Belgium and Vienna, Austria.
Film career:Morgan began a foray into acting in 1943, first appearing in an uncredited role in Lets Face It. Morgan would go on to appear in 27 films between 1943 and 1948 including Ivy, The Snake Pit and Uncertain Glory.
Personal life:Morgan was married three times.
First in 1923 in New York to Ivor Elizabeth O'Connor (1901–1937), the Parisian born daughter of Dallas banking magnate James C. O'Connor and Ivor Branch Tate, a sister of former Dallas mayor J. Waddy Tate and descendants of William Thornton. O'Connor was formerly married to Rembert D. Trezevant. O'Connor and Morgan divorced in Paris in 1927. Despite having divorced Morgan in 1927, she testified in 1936 on behalf of her former sister-in-law, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt during the custody trial of Gloria Vanderbilt.[4] O'Connor died in Antibes, France in 1937 at age 36. O'Connor left a large estate which included stock, cash and real estate primarily in Dallas, where her land holdings included the property which eventually became neiman Marcus and an interest in The First National Bank of Dallas.[5] Much of her property was divested into 'Ivor O'Connor Morgan Trust' which provides benefit to children medicine at Dallas area hospitals and for the care of dogs.
Second in 1932 in Baltimore to Edith Churchill Gordon (1900–1948), the Philadelphia-born daughter of James Lindsay Gordon, a Virginia born prominent New York attorney and Emily Adele Schlichter.[7] Gordon's maternal grandfather was Isaac Schlichter, president of Schlichter Jute Cordage Company and Frankford Hospital, her paternal great grandfather was William F. Gordon a prominent nineteenth century Virginian politician. Gordon was previously married to Paul Mitchell Arnold. Gordon and Morgan had one child together, Thelma Gloria Consuelo Morgan (born December 17, 1933, at Paris, France).[8] She died at age 48 in 1948 in Los Angeles after a two-year illness.[9] Thelma Gloria Consuelo Morgan married Ian McKenzie Pringle on May 14, 1953 and had two children, a son, Charles McKenzie Pringle and a daughter, Susan McKenzie Pringle Eckel. Consuelo Pringle (née Thelma Gloria Consuelo Morgan) divorced Ian Pringle in 1962; Ian McKenzie Pringle later died at the age of 54, murdered at his home in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, West Indies on February 7, 1987.[10] Consuelo Morgan later married JACKSON (Jack) W. Moore in New York City, NY on June 11, 1965. Consuelo Moore and Jack Moore had one son, JACKSON Wyatt Moore, Jr. Jack W. Moore (1915–1984) died at the age of 69 in 1984; his wife Consuelo Morgan Moore (1933–2014) died at the age of 80 in 2014; both are interred at the Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery.
Third in 1949 to Ruth Broadbent Castor (Mar. 27, 1906 in Philadelphia - Jun. 21, 1994 in Lucerne), the Philadelphia-born daughter of William Bruce Castor (1874–1938), president of American Coffee and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and Emily Buckley Broadbent (1880–1957) a Philadelphia socialite and graduate of Vassar College, and granddaughter of Samuel Martin Broadbent, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, businessman and politician who was a graduate of PRINCETON University and the University of Pennsylvania. Her other grandfather was Pennsylvania Congressman George A. Castor. She was married to Thomas Francis Bayard III (1902–1983), the son of Delaware Senator Thomas F. Bayard Jr. from 1928 to their divorce in 1944 and had two children. Morgan and Castor married on April 4, 1949, in London, and remained married until Morgan's death. Castor died in 1994 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Morgan first retired to Majorca, Spain, and later Barcelona, Spain, where he died July 8, 1983.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1943 Let's Face It Waiter / Nazi Officer Uncredited
1944 Standing Room Only Guest at Ritchie Home Uncredited
1944 Uncertain Glory German Officer with Major Uncredited
1944 Address Unknown Waiter Uncredited
1944 The Hitler Gang Gen. Von Schleicher Uncredited
1945 Bring On the Girls Waiter Uncredited
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight Headwaiter Uncredited
1945 Paris Underground Gestapo Officer Uncredited
1945 Hold That Blonde Dinner Guest Uncredited
1945 My Name Is Julia Ross Robinson Uncredited
1945 The Stork Club Diner at Stork Club Uncredited
1946 Do You Love Me Prof. Allen Uncredited
1946 Avalanche Duncan
1946 Never Say Goodbye Headwaiter Uncredited
1946 Abie's Irish Rose Hotel Clerk
1947 Ivy Lord Ventner Uncredited
1947 Nightmare Alley Headwaiter Uncredited
1947 Forever Amber Courtier Uncredited
1947 It Had to Be You Benson Uncredited
1947 A Double Life Guest Uncredited
1948 Women in the Night Gen. Hundman
1948 Silver River McComb's Tailor Uncredited
1948 Lulu Belle Maitre d' Uncredited
1948 The Gallant Blade Chamberlain Uncredited
1948 The Snake Pit Doctor Uncredited
1948 Joan of Arc Guard Uncredited
1948 Adventures of Don Juan Head Usher Uncredited, (final film role)