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FRANK BRÜCKMANN HILL-A native of The Bronx and a lifelong resident of the Borough, Mr. Hill is also a prominent figure in the industrial life of his community as the directing head of the auto body works now bearing his name and located at Nos. 3470-80 Third Avenue, The. Bronx, where
some business of vehicle type has been in operation for some seventy-five years. He was born in The Bronx, March 10, 1874, a son of Philip and Kate. (Winkler) Hill, the latter a native of New York City. His father was born in Germany, September 20, 1840, but came to New York City as a young man. Having learned the trade of wagon-making in his native country, he established himself in this business, in 1870, at No. 3480 Third Avenue, where a similar shop had been in operation for some twenty years. From small beginnings the business expanded greatly, and in 1897 its founder retired in favor of his eldest son and has lived since then in The Bronx. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were the parents of nine chil- dren, of whom four survive: 1. Frank Brückmann, of whom further. 2. Philip, a physician of San An- tonio, Texas. 3. Katherine, residing at home. 4. John, a mechanical engineer, residing in New Jersey.
Frank Brückmann Hill was educated in the public schools of The Bronx, attending School No. 61 at Third Avenue and One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Street. Leaving school at the age of sixteen years he went to work for his father in the latter's car- riage and wagon shops at No. 3480 Third Avenue. He continued there, and in 1897, when his father re- tired from business, became the head of the enter- prise which is now conducted under his own name. He is active in Masonic affairs, and a member of the Schnorer Club, the Manufacturers' and Dealers' League of New York, and the Vehicle Manufacturers' Association of New York. In politics, he is a sup- porter of the Democratic party, and as such a mem- ber of the Tackamuck Democratic Club of The Bronx; while his religious affiliation is with the Protestant Episcopal church, and more particularly with St. Paul's Church.
Mr. Hill married, in The Bronx, January 16, 1901, Wilhelmina E. Christ, a native of New York City, daughter of William and Fredericke Christ, both de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have no children, and make their home at No. 2387 Walton Avenue, The Bronx.
ANTONIO D'ANDREA-To building contractors and realtors much of the credit for the phenomenal and healthy development of The Bronx, New York City, is due, whereby hundreds of blocks of attrac- tive apartments and houses have been opened up as comfortable residences for those who wished to leave the more crowded sections of the city. The pioneers built economically and artistically, and The Bronx today offers the most reasonably priced and at- tractive homes to be found in the city. One of the first and most important of these early builders was Antonio D'Andrea, whose headquarters are at No. 1719 Garfield Street. Mr. D'Andrea was born in Italy, May 28, 1868, son of a builder, Michael D'Andrea, and his wife, Vincenza D'Andrea. The father died when his son was a little boy of six, but the mother lived to the age of ninety.
Antonio D'Andrea was educated in the public schools of Amalfi, Italy, and came to the United States at the age of twenty-two. In 1898 he settled in The Bronx, where he began putting up apart- ment and two-family houses on Webster Avenue. He also erected houses on White Plains Road, on
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One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Street, and on Crotona Avenue, as well as the apartment house known as the "Anthony," at No. 439 West One Hundred and Twenty-third Street; an apartment house at Jackson Avenue and One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street, and two apartment houses on One Hundred and Fiftieth Street. Since he used good materials and was an experienced builder, he gave to purchasers excellent values, and his reputation in the community is high. Mr. D'Andrea is a member of the Democratic Club and the Royal Arcanum, and a communicant of the Roman Catholic church. He built St. Anthony's Church on Commonwealth Ave- nue and St. Lawrence, and is a member of the Un- ionport Road Church.
In July, 1896, in New York City, Antonio D'An- drea married Victoria Reis, and they are the parents of the following children: Mary, Michael, Elizabeth, Anna, Maurice, Edith, Frank, Helen, Joseph, Wil- liam, and Charles.
HUGH ALOYSIUS COONEY-For more than thirteen years Hugh Aloysius Cooney has been suc- cessfully engaged in the embalming and funeral directing business in The Bronx. His office and funeral parlors are located at No. 480 East One Hun- dred and Eighty-third Street.
Hugh Aloysius Cooney was born on Grand Street, New York City, November 8, 1884, son of James P. Cooney, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug- ust 15, 1859, and died August 7, 1925, and of Cath- erine (Keenen) Cooney, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April, 1856, and died February 3, 1921. The father came to this country as a boy and settled in New York City, where he followed his trade as carpenter and builder throughout his active life.
While Hugh Aloysius Cooney was still a young child his parents removed from Grand Street to the corner of Ninety-sixth Street and Columbus Avenue, and the boy first attended Public School No. 93, on the corner of Ninety-third Street and Amsterdam Avenue. In 1894, when he was ten years of age his parents again changed their place of residence, this time removed to The Bronx, where he attended Pub- lic School No. 64. When he was fourteen years of age he left school and went to work, taking what- ever job he could find, in various lines, and attending evening school. Finally he decided to learn the plumber's trade and apprenticed himself to Henry Farrell, with whom he served for four years. At the end of that time he decided to engage in the un- dertaking business and established an office and funeral parlors at One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Street and Bathgate Avenue, The Bronx, where he remained until 1917, when he moved to his present address, No. 480 East One Hundred and Eighty-third Street, where his home also is located. This is just opposite the Roman Catholic Church of Our Saviour, which he has served as sexton for the past fourteen years and in the work of which he is very active, and for this reason the change of location saves him much valuable time. He is known as a skillful mor- tician and his tact and courtesy in handling the numerous details which must be attended to at a time when his patrons are passing through times of deep sorrow, have won him the commendation and the
gratitude of many, and have won for him a reputa- tion which steadily brings him new patronage.
Mr. Cooney is a member of Unity Council, Knights of Columbus, and of the Archbishop Hayes Associa- tion; of Bronx Lodge, No. 871, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks; and of Division No. 6, An- cient Order of Hibernians. He is also a member of the Arthur H. Murphy Association of The Bronx.
Hugh Aloysius Cooney was married, in The Bronx, in the Roman Catholic Church of Our Saviour, by Rev. Francis P. Duffy, September 3, 1917, to Julia Nugent, daughter of James F., who was born in The Bronx in 1856, and died in 1925, and of Ellen (Reilly) Nugent, who is a native of The Bronx. Mr. and Mrs. Cooney are the parents of one son, James Nu- gent Cooney, born August 6, 1918.
JONAS ANDERS JENSEN-Prominent among the automobile dealers of The Bronx is Jonas An- ders Jensen, whose specially built sales building is located at No. 2390 Grand Concourse. Mr. Jensen has had a most adventurous and varied carcer, in- cluding life on the high seas, shipwreck, immigra- tion to a new world, and the connection with a manufacturing company which supplied carburetors for speed boats and racing automobiles to all of the eastern Atlantic States. Now he is conducting a very prosperous retail automobile business in The Bronx and is residing in a beautiful home in Mount Vernon.
Jonas Anders Jensen was born in Kolding, Yute- land section, Denmark, June 1, 1883, son of Jens Jensen, who for many years commanded his own ship and who during his later years was engaged in farming, and of Catherine (Green) Jensen. He at- tended the public schools of his native district, re- ceiving his diploma upon the completion of his high school courses, and then began work on a sailing ship, upon which he served an apprenticeship of five years before the mast, which training entitled him to first rank as an experienced sailor in the Danish Navy. After the completion of his appren- ticeship he served for one year in the Danish Navy, and then purchased for himself a sailing vessel which he operated as a merchantman until disaster over- took him in the form of a hurricane on the Baltic Sea, September, 1907, which totally destroyed his ship and left him at the mercy of wind and wave. After eighteen hours in the water he was rescued by fishermen, but as his ship was a total loss and he had no way of replacing it, he determined to emigrate to America. In the fall of 1907 he returned to his native town, Kolding, to see his parents and to bid them farewell before embarking on a Scandinavian- American Line steamer bound for New York City. Upon his arrival in New York City he immediately set out to procure a job in the automobile business and found his first employment in a Brooklyn gar- age. After remaining there for a short time he made a change and entered the employ of the concern known as F. W. Wright, Incorporated, located at Fifty-first Street and Broadway, in New York City. He was naturally a mechanic, and after a year spent in this connection he began specializing in car- buretors. After a time he made a contract with the Schebler Carburetor Company at the corner of
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Broadway and Fifty-second Street, and became known as the leading expert in conducting laboratory tests and speed work and of carburetors, supplied to the trade throughout the eastern Atlantic States carburetors for speed boats and racing cars. He conducted tests for the Navy Yards, and during the period of the participation of the United States in the World War furnished all carburetors for the 110- foot speed boats used as submarine chasers and for other government boats. In the fall of 1918 he de- cided to establish a retail automobile agency in The Bronx. Beginning with only a modest amount of capital he opened his showrooms at One Hundred and Seventieth Street and Grand Concourse. The busi- ness grew rapidly and soon required larger and more convenient quarters. In 1920 he moved into the new building built especially for him by August Schwarzler, at No. 2390 Grand Concourse, where he is still located (1926). He also has a branch at One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Street and Broadway; a service department at No. 2432 Grand Concourse; and a body and paint shop at No. 2514 Hoffman Street. Success has come to him easily and rapidly and each year brings substantial increase in the vol- ume of business which he transacts. Mr. Jensen is actively interested in the advancement of the general welfare of The Bronx, where he is rated as a leader in the automobile business. He is a member of The Bronx Board of Trade, and one of the enthusiastic "boosters" for The Bronx of the future. In financial circles, he is rated high, being a director of the Super- ior Finance Corporation, at No. 51 East Forty-second Street, and there is every prospect of an increas- ingly bright future before him. Mr. Jensen is a substantial stockholder of the Fordham National Bank, being one of the original stockholders. He is well known in Masonic circles, being a member of Frederick Lodge, No. 857, Free and Accepted Mas- ons, of The Bronx; Standard Chapter, No. 252, Royal Arch Masons; Columbia Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters; Morton Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar; and of the Consistory in which he holds the thirty-second degree.
Jonas Anders Jensen was married, in The Bronx, by Rev. Walter Westerfield, to Ingeborg Gundersen, daughter of Rudolph Gundersen, who is general manager of the great New York Engineering Com- pany's plant at Yonkers, and of Emelie (Hansen) Gundersen, the last-mentioned of whom was born in Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen are the parents of one child, Warren Rudolph, born October 17, 1926. The residence of the family is at No. 47 Sand Street, Mount Vernon, New York.
BERTRAM SAMUEL BICKELHAUPT, M. D. -A physician of attainments in his profession, a gen- eral practitioner in The Bronx where he has estab- lished his offices from the beginning of his medical career, Dr. Bertram Samuel Bickelhaupt, is esteemed both in his profession and in all his community as- sociations as one who has zealously shared in all movements that appertain to community welfare. He is a son of William Henry Bickelhaupt, a paper box manufacturer, and Marie (Ziegler) Bickelhaupt, of Solothurn, Switzerland.
Dr. Bertram Samuel Bickelhaupt was born No- vember 12, 1884, in the Melrose section of what was then known as Union Street, New York; and he attended old Melrose Grammar School No. 62, and graduated at the Morris High School in 1902. Pre- paring for his profession at the Medical School of Columbia University, he graduated there in 1906, with the degree Doctor of Medicine, and his interne- ship was served at Fordham Hospital. Entering upon general practice in The Bronx, Dr. Bickelhaupt has so continued to the present (1927), and since 1917, he has held the office of examining physician for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He was formerly examining physician for The Bronx Union Young Men's Christian Association.
During the World War, Dr. Bickelhaupt was a member of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps, and he was a valued lecturer on first aid and health in the public halls. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Lily Lodge, No. 342, Free and Accepted Masons; The Bronx County Medical Society; Fordham Alumni Association; Columbia College Fraternity, Chi Zeta Chi; and he was an officer, historian and editor of the fraternity paper, the "Record." Dr. Bickelhaupt possesses marked ability in radio mat- ters, and keeping pace with the times in radio search, he possessed a transmitting license under Station Call 2 CBA. The title of the residence he now oc- cupies has the history of having been in a grant from the Indians, and it was once a part of the Jonas Bronk land. In his religious affiliation, Dr. Bickel- haupt is a communicant of the Church of the Con- forter.
Dr. Bertram Samuel Bickelhaupt married, Feb- ruary 16, 1916, in New York City, Maude Fredericka Lowe, who was born December 25, 1888, was grad- uated at the Wadleigh High School and Teachers' College, and is active in The Bronx Woman's Club and in church organizations.
PETER JEROME MURPHY-With all the grit and stick-to-it-iveness of his race, Peter Jerome Murphy, brought to this country from Ireland by his parents when he was an infant, has carved a career for himself in the municipal departments of New York City. And once he had found the line of endeavor for which he was best suited, Mr. Mur- phy has "stayed with it," until today he holds a position of importance in the greatest municipality in the world, New York City.
Peter Jerome Murphy was born on April 1, 1878, in Ballytrudden, County of Tyrone, Ireland. He is the son of Francis and Ann (Mullen) Murphy, the father a native of Tyrone, and the mother, of Ar- maugh. As has been stated, they migrated to the United States while their son was an infant, and settled in the old Nineteenth Ward at Forty-ninth Street and First Avenue, New York City. As the youngster came of the school age he was admitted to the public school in that district, and upon com- pletion of all the primary courses there, he next at- tended the parochial school of St. Patrick's Cathedral, on East Fiftieth Street, studying under the Chris- tian Brothers. He received his first real contact with the world of commerce in the employ of War-
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ren Lang, wallpaper manufacturer. Mr. Murphy was then but sixteen years of age, but he remained there approximately three years, and then trans- ferred his services to the Long Island Railroad, re- maining in the railroad's employ for some two years, resigning his position there to accept appointment as an employee of the Street Cleaning Department of New York City. This was in 1897, and he was ap- pointed by the well-known Colonel Wareing. Mr. Murphy made good from the very start, and he has continued there ever since, a service to his borough and his city extending over the goodly period of twenty-nine years at the present writing (1926). He was made superintendent in 1924. Mr. Murphy has always taken a keen and active interest in com- munity affairs and outdoor athletic sports. He is a member in good standing of the Arthur H. Murphy Association of The Bronx, and the Stuyvesant Yacht Club, now located at City Island, New York.
Peter Jerome Murphy was married, August 6, 1905, in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, in the old Tremont section of The Bronx, by the Rev. Father Peter Farrell, to Anna Sullivan, daughter of Timothy and Mary (McCarthy) Sullivan, both of whom were natives of Ireland and are now de- ceased. Timothy Sullivan, Mrs. Sullivan's father, was born in 1842, and died in September, 1924. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were the parents of one child, a son, Timothy Murphy, who was born on May 21, 1908, and who passed away on May 26, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy reside at No. 21 Centre Street, City Island, The Bronx, where they attend the Roman Catholic church.
HENRY AUGUST HOVET-One of the best known and most popular realtors in The Bronx is Henry August Hovet, manager of the Hermann Stursberg Realty Company, No. 235 Brook Avenue, New York City. Mr. Hovet was born in Brooklyn, New York, October 11, 1860, son of Charles and Henrietta Hovet. His father, a traveler and gro- cer, died about 1893.
Henry A. Hovet was. educated in the public schools of Chicago, New York City, and Newark, New Jer- sey, attending the latter in the evenings, while work- ing in a Maiden Lane jewelry house. For twenty- nine years Mr. Hovet has been representing the Stursberg interests, which are large and important. This family, one of the oldest in The Bronx, is very wealthy and has a great deal of property, as well as extensive wool manufacturing interests. Mr. Hovet has charge of The Bronx properties, including one hundred single houses and twenty large apartment houses. Loyalty and a high sense of honor are his distinctive traits, and he has the entire confidence of the company he serves and the tenants whom he meets. He is a member of The Bronx Chamber of Commerce, and for thirty years was a member of the Orient and Halcyon clubs, organized by Charles P. Bogart, Sr.
Mr. Hovet married, in New York City, in April, 1887, Augusta C. Bartholomae, daughter of Charles and Augusta Bartholomae, both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Hovet were born two children: Grace Helen, wife of John P. Leo, a real estate broker; and Harry Charles, who is also married.
GUSTAV FELBECK, Jr .- It is largely due to the fact that Gustav Felbeck, Jr., has been associated with the firm of H. W. Bell Company throughout his business career that he has made a pronounced success of his plans, and is known throughout the interests of the industry that he represents, and is an expert in the production and distribution of the output of his firm. His part in the business life of The Bronx is that of an efficient official with a con- cern that largely through his own efforts holds its peerless place in the manufacture of its specialties. He is a son of Gustav Felbeck who came to the United States from Germany in 1890, when he was about thirty-six years old and of Ida Felbeck.
Gustav Felbeck, Jr., was born May 5, 1892, in New York City, and he came to The Bronx when he was six years of age. Here he attended a private school, and afterwards Public School No. 10, which he entered when he was eleven years old, and then was graduated at the High School of Commerce.
Upon his graduation from the business school, Mr. Felbeck entered the employ of H. W. Bell Com- pany, a firm that stands with the foremost of' con- cerns that manufacture gypsum blocks and cocoa fibre plaster board, and dumb-waiter blocks, and deals largely in terra cotta fireproofing, firebrick, flue lining, and sewer pipe. Mr. Felbeck has continued with this concern, whose headquarters are at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and One Hundred and Fortieth Street, from 1909 to the present. He was made secretary in 1914, and secretary and treas- urer in 1916, which offices he still holds.
Mr. Felbeck is a member of the New York Ath- letic Club; Bronx Lodge, No. 871, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Lions, Schnorer, Gypsy Trail and Country, University Bowling clubs; and of the Southern New York Fish and Game Associa- tion.
Gustav Felbeck, Jr., married, April 11, 1914, in The Bronx, Blanche Grimshaw, daughter of Aaron and Jane Grimshaw; and they are the parents of Blanche Felbeck, born April 4, 1921.
EDWIN I. ALEXANDER-The opening up of new residential sections in The Bronx, New York, and the improvement of great stretches of unim- proved land with apartment houses equipped with the most modern facilities and yet obtainable at reasonable rentals, has been the work of men of foresight and vision like Edwin I. Alexander, presi- dent of several realty companies holding property in all sections of The Bronx. Mr. Alexander was born in Chicago, March 10, 1874, son of Bernard and Esther Alexander. His father died in 1906, his mother in 1916, and his maternal grandfather, N. Levy, was the first of his forebears to settle in this country.
Edwin I. Alexander was brought from Chicago to New York when an infant, and he grew up in New York, attending the public school at Fifty-first Street and First Avenue. At the age of thirteen he began work, first as an employee, then as a part- ner in the tobacco firm of Ganz Brothers & Rosen- enthal. When that business was closed out, Mr. Alexander continued a leaf tobacco business alone, remaining in that line of industry for twenty years.
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For the past twenty years he has devoted himself to real estate and is president of the Edwin Estates Company, Inc .; the Scholum Estates, Inc .; the Tam- bry Realty Company, Inc .; the Edfred Realty Com- pany, Inc .; the Ramf Realty Company, Inc .; and the Reanna Realty Corporation. Two of the first modern apartments in The Bronx, on One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street, between Willis and Brook avenues, were erected by Mr. Alexander. For the past dec- ade he has specialized in buying, improving, and sell- ing property.
He is a member of the Democratic Club and the Arthur H. Murphy Association, of Bronx Lodge, No. 871, Benevolent and Protective Order of.Elks, and Adelphi Lodge, No. 23, Free and Accepted Masons. He is likewise affiliated with The Bronx Board of Trade and The Real Estate Board of The Bronx. One of the prime organizers of Tremont Temple, he was its first president and is still an active member.
In The Bronx, Edwin I. Alexander married Anna Schoen, daughter of prominent residents of that section, L. C. and Hannah Schoen. Children: Hat- tie, now Mrs. L. Mayer; Edna, now Mrs. W. Blue; Florette; Nannette, and Edwin, Jr.
MORRIS S. FINE has made a well-known bus- iness landmark of his Third Avenue haberdashery, as well as a city-wide repute for himself as a merchant whose methods and enterprise have kept pace with the growth of The Bronx, and throughout the long period that he has engaged in his specialties, he has continued to demonstrate his ability and re- sourcefulness as a leading representative in his line of business. His hosts of friends know and respect him both for his efficiency and his courtesy, that have combined to establish his popularity.
Morris S. Fine, a son of Selig Fine, who died in 1888, in Worcester, Massachusetts, and of Jennie Fine, who died in that city in 1909, was born Oc- tober 17, 1868, in Russian Poland, where he attended the public schools. Coming to the United States when he was sixteen years old, he attended night school on East Broadway, and worked for some years in the cigar business. He then became employed with a haberdashery concern, and for forty years has continued with increasing popularity in the same line of business on Third Avenue, seventeen years in his present location, and twenty-five' of the forty years in business on his own account. In his political views, Mr. Fine is a Republican, and he is a member of The Bronx Republican Club; he is also a member of Shakespeare Lodge, No. 750, Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order B'rith Abraham, Yorkwell Brookstein Lodge, No. 500, and of the Lions Club. His religious affiliation is with the Jewish Sinai Temple.
Morris S. Fine married, January 10, 1897, in New York City, Sadie Schenker, daughter of Samuel and Josephine Schenker.
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