John Winthrop Claghorn, Jr.

1923 - 2008  (84 years)

• Name	John Winthrop Claghorn  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	28 Dec 1923	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Apr 2008	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I289953	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	24 May 2021

  
  

  Father	John Winthrop Claghorn, Jr.,   b. Sep 1897, Pennsylvania d. 9 Nov 1986 (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Anne Walker Strawbridge,   b. 3 Oct 1899, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 5 Apr 1989, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1920  [1]
  Family ID	F115984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margery Elizabeth Richardson,   b. 13 Dec 1924, Passaic, Morris, New Jersey d. 30 Dec 2006 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1946  [4]
  Children	1. Margery C. Claghorn   2. John W. Claghorn, III   3. David T. Claghorn   4. Susan Claghorn
  Family ID	F116002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2021

  
  

• Notes

  The Times (Trenton, NJ) April 27, 2008 PRINCETON John Winthrop Claghorn Jr. 84, a Princeton resident since 1953, died April 19 at Constitution Hill. Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from Chestnut Hill Academy in 1942. Following his graduation he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. In 1946, he married Margery Richardson Claghorn whom he had known since childhood in the Poconos where their families both had summer homes. Mr. Claghorn spent his career at Time, Inc. A member of the Pretty Brook Tennis Club and Pocono Lake Preserve, he was an avid tennis player, paddle tennis player and fly fisherman. He is survived by his four children, Margery C. Robertson, John W. Claghorn III and his wife Margaret J. Claghorn, David T. Claghorn and his wife Elizabeth W. Claghorn and Susan C. Ferguson and her husband Stuart W. Ferguson; eight grandchildren and two sisters, Elizabeth L. McIlvain and Susan C. Aitken. He was preceded in death by his wife Margery, sister Anne C. Longstreth and brother Frederic S. Claghorn.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43826] 1930 census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia county, Year: 1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0619 (Reliability: 3). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index, Name: John W. Claghorn Social Security Number: 160-24-2113 Birth Date: 28 Dec 1923 Issue Year: Before 1951 Issue State: Pennsylvania Last Residence: 08540, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey Death Date: 19 Apr 2008 (Reliability: 3). [S23286] Draft registration WWII (Reliability: 3). Name: John Winthrop Claghorn Race: White Age: 22 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 28 Dec 1923 Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Residence Place: USA Registration Date: 1945 Registration Place: Ohio, USA Weight: 182 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Height: 6 2 Household Members: 1 [S68446] Obituary, The Times (Trenton, NJ), John Wintrop Claghorn Jr., (April 27, 2008).