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About Robert Browne Minturn, Jr.
Robert B. Minturn, Jr. was an American shipping magnate of the mid- to late 19th century.
Robert was the son of Robert Bowne Minturn Sr. and Anna Mary Wendell, in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University in 1856, and joined his father’s shipping firm, Grinnell, Minturn & Co., which is best known as being the owners of the clipper ship Flying Cloud. He is the author of New York to Delhi: by way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China (New York, 1858), an account of his voyage in connection with his work.
He married Sarah Susannah Shaw (born Massachusetts, 1839, died 1926), the sister of Robert Gould Shaw. They had a number of children:
The Minturn sisters.
Robert Shaw Minturn (born New York, August 1863)
Sarah May Minturn (born Staten Island, N.Y., 3 September 1865); she married Henry Dwight Sedgwick III
Edith Minturn (born New York, ca. 1868)
Gertrude Minturn (born New York, June 1872)
Mildred Minturn (born New York, November 1875)
Hugh Minturn (born New York, September 1882)
As Vice President of the railroad that founded the town of Minturn, Colorado, he gave his name to that town.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bowne_Minturn,_Jr."
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- Residence: 1850 - New York City, ward 15, New York, New York, United States
- Residence: 1875 - Castleton, Richmond, New York, United States
- Residence: 1880 - West New Brighton, Richmond, New York, United States
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Robert Browne Minturn, Jr.'s Timeline
1836 |
February 21, 1836
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New York, New York, NY, United States
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1863 |
August 21, 1863
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New York, USA
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1865 |
September 3, 1865
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Staten Island, NY, United States
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1867 |
June 20, 1867
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New York, Richmond, New York, United States
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1871 |
1871
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1872 |
June 25, 1872
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New York, Richmond, New York, United States
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1875 |
November 19, 1875
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New York, Richmond, New York, United States
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1882 |
September 20, 1882
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Elberon, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
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1889 |
December 15, 1889
Age 53
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New York, New York, NY, United States
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December 18, 1889
Age 53
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Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhatten, New York County, NY
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