Kellogg Gannett Birdseye

1916 - 2002  (85 years)

• Name	Kellogg Gannett Birdseye  [1]
  Birth	6 Sep 1916	..., District of Columbia   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jun 2002	New Jersey   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I67155	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Clarence Frank Birdseye,   b. 9 Dec 1886, Brooklyn, Kings, New York d. 7 Oct 1956, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Gannett,   b. 28 Feb 1888, ..., District of Columbia d. Feb 1977, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1915	Washington, District of Columbia   [1, 4]
  	Washington Post September 15, 1915 Formerly Miss Gannett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Gannett, who w as married to Mr. Clarence Birdseye, of New York, August 21.
  Family ID	F31398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Kellogg Gannett Birdseye   2. Living
  Family ID	F31405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary Kellogg Gannett Birdseye, son of founder of Birds Eye Foods LAWRENCE _ Kellogg Gannett Birdseye, 85, of Lawrenceville, died Tuesday. He was the son of Clarence Birdseye, founder of Birds Eye Frozen Foods and inventor of the process of quick freezing'' and the quick freeze machine,'' and Eleanor Gannett Birdseye, whose family was among the founders of the National Geographic Society. Born in Washington, D.C., he grew up in Gloucester, Mass., where his father established his first freezing plant. He moved to Lawrenceville in 1973. A 1938 graduate of Amherst College, he received a master's degree in public administration from Rider College, Lawrence, in 1980. He retired from the state Department of Community Affairs. Mr. Birdseye was an Army captain stationed in India during World War II. After the war, he was national president of the Quartermaster Association, coordinating purchasing supplies and equipment of the Quartermaster Corps. He was a member of the New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials for 27 years and its board for 18 years. He was a councilman and planning board member in Closter and chairman of the Northern Valley Planning Association for 10 years. Mr. Birdseye served 20 years as a member and chairman of several municipal advisory committees in Lawrence. He also was a longtime member of the New Jersey League of Municipalities. Brother of the late Henry Stinson Birdseye, he is survived by his wife of 56 years, Gypsy Burton Birdseye; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Kellogg Gannett Birdseye Jr. and Ellen Birdseye of Mahwah and Paul Clarence Birdseye of Lawrenceville; a grandson, Jake of Lawrenceville; and a sister, Ruth Birdseye of Albuquerque, N.M. _____ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Name: Kellogg G Birdseye Birth Year: 1916 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Dist of Columbia State: Massachusetts County or City: Essex Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: Massachusetts Enlistment City: Boston Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USAGrade: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 4 years of college Civil Occupation: Student Codes 0x, 2x, 4x and 6x as pertain to students will be converted, for machine records purposes, to the code number 992. Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 64 Weight: 131

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S32466] 1920 census, New York, Westchester county. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S27918] Marriage announcement, Clarence Birdseye and Miss Gannett, (Washington Post, September 15, 1915).