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Index for Notable Figures
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Adams​, CPT. Alonzo – Master Mariner
Allen, Minnie – Vaudeville Actress & Singer
Alvarez, Arturo Gil – Cuban Writer/Journalist
Dr. Ambatchew, Abebe – Chief of Divisions at UNDP headquarters & UN Coordinator
Anthony, Fannie M. Smith - Jamaican Stewardess
Archer, Theodore F. – Jamaica NY Businessman/Civic Leader
Arkwright, Joseph – Leading Entrepreneur & Co-inventor
Armbruster, Maria Reis – Richmond Hill Hotel Keeper
Armstrong, John Jackson - Former Judge of Queens County
Arniotis, Dimitrios George “Jimmy” - Vietnam War Veteran
Arrighi, Roswell Smith - Protestant Minister & School Superintendent
Dr. Au Young, Sum Nung – Writer
Aubinger, George – Queens Businessman
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B
Backus, Isaac Wyckoff – Queens Coal Dealer
Bailey, John Edward Trist - Founder of Bayswater & Estate Developer
Baird, Charles Gamble - Career Soldier WWI Telegrapher
Baird, Teresa Menyhart - Respected Wife of Charles Baird
Baker, LaVern - Award Winning Rhythm & Blues Singer
Bakhmeteff, Helene Speranksky – Russian émigré
Ball, Sarah E – Early Respected Woodhaven Resident
Bangert, Lawrence Eugene Jr. – Son of Civic Leader & Businessman
Bangert, Valentine – Builder & Civic Leader
Banister, Eleanor – Portrait Painter
Benci, Bela Gustav – Musician/Drummer
Bel-Jon, Nikos – Metal Muralist Artist
Bernard, Clinton “Will” Percival - Survivor of the RMS Lusitania Disaster
Bishop, Charles B. – Stage Actor
Birch, Mabel Augusta Davis – Music Educator
Birdsall, John Thomas Thorne – Ice Dealer
Bourquin, Jeanne M. - Trained Hello Girl
Boursin, Henrietta Elizabeth Camden Clark – Witnessed the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Boursin, Henry J. – Former Gold Prospector & Mining Engineer
Brauneiss, Alois – Musician – Glass Harmonica
Bronk Jr., La Vergne - Descendant of Jonas Bronk of the Bronx
Buff, Arthur Alvin - 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition American Soldier
Butler, Henry Clay - Civil War and WWI Veteran
C
Camp, Reverend Charles William - Masonic Reverend Lodge Officer
Cannon, Henry - Magician/Author
Carter, William “Billy” - Banjo Player
Cataldi, Zautziki Lucia - WWII Bride
Cataldi, Nancy Lucia - Richmond Hill Preservationist & Photographer
Cisco, Samuel - Advocate Against School Segregation
Claghorn, Kate Holladay - Sociologist/Author
Coleman, George Montgomery - Naval Reserve Sailor
Conklin, Peter - Clown Circus Performer
Cook, Charles Ferguson - Civil Engineer & Archeologist
Cooper, Thomas Powell - Merchant Mariner
Coward, Johnathan J. - Civil War Veteran
Coward, Mary Elizabeth Taggart Johnson - Veteran Johnathan’s Spouse
Crosby, Frances A. - Mother of Cartoonist Percy Crosby
Criss, Francis Hyman - American Painter
Curry, Dana Dawson - Singer/Actress
Czito, Coleman - Machinist & Nikola Tesla’s Personal Assistant
D
Dani, Ramiz - Founder of Dani’s House of Pizza
Daggett, Phoebe Ione Chase - Community Leader & Matriarch
Davis, Augustine - Inventor
Dennler, Mary L. Layton - Civil War Nurse
Dennler, Zachariah Philip - Physician
Doe, Mama - Inspired the Mama Doe Foundation
Dodson, Edith Georgina Annette - Hello Girl, WWI Veteran
Dunton, Frederick W. - Businessman, Founder of Dunton, Queens
E
Eklund, Frule – Cemetery Worker for Maple Grove Cemetery
Ellis, Melville - Broadway Prodigy
Everett, Captain Charles P. - Deep Sea Diver
F
Failor, Issac Newton - Mathematician & RHHS’s First Principal
Fort, John Henry - Businessman & Civil War Veteran
Foster, Harrison La Tourette “Harry” - Journalist & Civil War Veteran
Fowx, Estelle “Ellen” Hewitt - Wet Plate Photographer
G
Gabrin, Dr. Frank - First ER Physician to Pass Away from COVID
Granger, George W. - Civil War Veteran
Grebe, Alfred H. - Radio Pioneer
H
Hambidge, James Edward “Jay” - Artist/Writer
Heath, Henry Roswell - Union Army Volunteer
Heath, Jane Maria Bush “Jennie” Williams - Descendant of the Founder of Rhode Island
Howson, Giralomo Frank Alfred - Composer & Conductor
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Izzo, Giuseppe - Electricuted Railroad Worker
J
Japp, Elizabeth Milne Hodge - Mother & Wife
Jean-Baptiste, Kyle - Broadway Actor & Singer
Dr. Jenning, Ella Albertina – Physician & Social Reformer
Jobson, David Wemyss - Dental Surgeon for Queen Victoria & Author
Jones, George “Count Johnannes” - Shakespearean Actor
Johnson, George Washington - African American Superstar Singer​
K
Klimov, Gregory Petrovich - Writer & Political Commentator
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L
Loughlin, Delia “Bluebird of Mulberry Bend” - Missionary
Lhévinne, Josef - Gold Medal Russian Pianist
Lhévinne, Rosina - Gold Medal Russian Pianist
Lund, Issac Oscar - Carpenter at the Panama Canal
Luszczewski, Piotr Lucjan - Flight Attendant during 9/11
Lyod, Sam - America's Puzzle King & Chess Master
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M
MacDonald, Ella Jennings - Physician/Author
Magin, Bonnie - Actress at the Iroquois Theatre fire
Mann II, Albon Platt - Estate Developer
Manly, Charles Matthews - Engineer & Aviation Pioneer
Manninici, Alfio “Freddie” - Immigrant
Marquis, Don - Poet
Marsh, Francis Lincoln - Railroad Employee
Matson, William Agur - Clergyman
Matthews, Victoria Earle Smith - Journalist/Author
Mayrbaurl, Max - Arion Club Steward
McCarroll, James - Poet/Journalist
McGowan, Harry Roland - Silent Film Actor
Meduri, Demetrio “Danny” - Opera Singer & Tenor
Merkt Sr., Adolph - Craftsman & Theatre Light Manufacturer
Merritt, Theresa - Broadway Singer & Actress
Mitchell, Clara C. Locker - Formally Enslaved
Mitran, Monica - Fashion Designer
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O
Otis, Charles Joseph - Bugler & WWI Veteran
O'Connor, Neva Aymar - Vaudeville Broadway Star
P
Paxton, George - Silent Film Actor
Pedersen, Bertha Christine - Early Richmond Hill Resident
Pedersen, Niels - Carpenter
Pollard, Julia - Dog of Marie Antoinette Nathalie Pollard
Portong, Ludolf Ferdinand - Victim of the 1920 Wall Street Bombing
Post, Kate Matson - Author of the First Book of Richmond Hill History
Profit, Clarence Albert - Jazz Pianist/Composer
Pryor, Josephine Baughman - Literary Agent
Purdy, Ada Spice - Descendant from Dutch Settlers/Headless Horsemen
R
Rapper, Irving - Hollywood Film Director - Now Voyager
Richardson, Thomas Haynes - Remembered through a statue on the grave
Ringeisen, Augusta Viltaro - Mother
Ringeisen, Jacob P. - Brick Layer
Rushing, Jimmy - Jazz & Blues Singer
S
Sbarbaro Sr., Anthony “Tony” - Jazz Drummer
Schiverea, Ferdinand S. - Author & Priest
Schott, Captain Charles Rudolph - Firefighter at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Serger, Frederick Bedřich - Modernist Painter
Serger, Helen Spitzer - Art Dealer & Collector
Shackelford, Theodore Henry - African American Poet & Violinist
Sprague, Edward H. - First Burial at Maple Grove in 1876
Stearns, Albert - Civil War Veteran/Inventor
Stearns, John Newton - Editor/Author of Prohibitionist
Stebbins, George Coles - Singer & Composer of hymns
Steel, Sarah Elizabeth Allison - Singer
St. Leon, Alfred - Circus Performer & Equestrian
Stowe, Susan Mitchell Munroe - Writer & Cultural Figure
Stier, Paul - Real Estate Developer & Sheriff
Surber, Wilfred Andrew - Athlete & WWI Veteran
Sutcliffe, Rev. Harry J. - Linguist & Blind Clergyman
Sutphin, Harry - Son of John Sutphin & Author
Sutphin, John H. - President of Jamaica Saving Bank & Jamaica Town Clerk
Swinyard, George L. H. - Theatre Usher
T
Taral, Frederick J. "Fred" - Jockey
Tavarez, Shannon Skye - Broadway Child Actress & Singer
Teagle, Joseph - African American Civil War Sailor
Tunnel, Millie & Family - Formally Enslaved Family
V
Vafides, Thomas A. - WWII Veteran
Van Gelder, Gerardus Martinus - Composer
Van Gelder, Marie - Opera Singer
Van Praag, Maurice - Violinist/French Horn Soloist
Vanderveer, Catalina Duryea - Devoted Mother
Vanderveer, Dominicus - Victim of Highway Robbery
Vickers, Nathaniel William - Centaurian Golfer
Voshell, Samuel Howard - WWI Veteran & Tennis Player
Voskerichian, Virginia G. - Victim of Son of Sam
Vourderis, Marinos - Creator of Marinos Italian Ices
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Wah, Edouard King Fong - Haitian Painter
Ware, James Edward - Architect of Maple Grove Cemetery
Watson, Frederick Augustus - WWI Veteran & Manager of the Forest Hill Inns
Weber, Frederick Johann - Photographer
Weiden, Ernest - Richmond Hill Hotel Businessman
Weiden, Rosa Lippert - Richmond Hill Hotel Manager
Weir, Annie Healy - Died from the Spanish Flu/Influenza Epidemic
Wilkins, Ann - First Missionary in Africa
Wilson, Beatrice Mordaunt - Performer
Wilson, Kuniko Nakajima - Japanese Figure Skater
Winn, Thomas – Pirate & Buccaneer
Woodson, John Henry - First Active African American FDNY