Harold Dawson Hascall

1881 - 1954  (73 years)

• Name	Harold Dawson Hascall  [1, 2]
  Birth	16 Mar 1881	New York City, New York, New York   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jun 1954	Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [2, 4]
  Burial	29 Jun 1954	Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester, New York   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I72479	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Melvin Conklin Hascall,   b. 7 Feb 1851, Le Roy, Genesee, New York d. 11 Nov 1931, Manhattan, New York, New York (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Evaline D. Fagundas,   b. 4 May 1852, Fidevrete, ..., Pennsylvania d. 3 Dec 1932, Manhattan, New York, New York (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1876  [2, 6]
  Family ID	F33748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gertrude Stryker Jennings,   b. 19 Sep 1886, Flatbush, Kings, New York d. 15 Sep 1973 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1909	Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [2, 3, 7]
  	Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 19, 1909 Tonight has two brides and both are Flatbush girls. Miss GHertrude Stryker Jennings is one, Miss Benita M. Buckel the other. Both are to be married at 8:30 o'clock, Miss Jennings in the old Dutch Reformed Church, at the corner of Church and Flatbush avenues, a reception following at her home, 325 East Sixteenth street; Miss Buckel from the Bucjel residence, 71 Midwood street. A reception will also come immediately after this ceremony. Miss Jennings, who is the daughter of Mrs. Charles B. Jennings is to become the bride of Harold Dawson Hascall of Manhattan. Her sister, Miss Ethel Crary Jennings, will be the maid of honor, and Miss Ethel Matthews Bond, Miss Eleanor P. Mills of Montclair and Miss Alice Ogden of Manhattan, bridesmaids. The best man and ushers announced are J. Howard Johnstone of East Orange, Linus Keating of Manhattan, Bernard A. Jamison of Manhattan and John D. Clark of Carthage N. Y. ____ Brooklyn Daily Eagle August 19, 1927 Mrs. Gertrude Stryker Jennings Hascall of 1525 Dorchester rd., whose marriage to Harold Dawson Hascall at the Old Dutch Reformed Church in 1909 was a society event of that season, today obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Justice Druhan in Supreme Court. They parted in 1924, and Mrs. Hascall told the court that she learned that he had been living with another woman, whose identity was not disclosed in court. This was brought to light, the Court was told, through a news item to the effect that a child, described as Geraldine Hascall had met her death by falling from a high apartment window of a Bronx house. Mrs. Violet Schirmer, superintendent of the Bronx house, told Justice Druhan that Hascall and the other woman had lived there for six months as "Mr. and Mrs. Hascall". Justice Druhan directed him to pay $30 a week. Hascall, who was described as an advertising man, did not defend the suit.
  Divorce	19 Aug 1927	Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [2, 8]
  _STAT	Divorced
  Children	1. Robert Stryker Hascall,   b. 22 Sep 1912, Brooklyn, Kings, New York d. 12 Dec 1970, Rockville Centre, Nassau, New York (Age 58 years)   2. Geraldine Hascall,   b. 1923   d. 14 Jun 1927, ..., Bronx, New York (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F33749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Lillian ...   d. Bef 1954
  Marriage	Bef 1934  [2, 9]
  Family ID	F33750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  The 1900 census shows Harold as a resident at the St Matthews Military School at Mt Pleasant, Westchester, New York. The 1920 census shows Harold and Gertrude living at 395 E 16th in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. Per this census Harold was a magazine salesman, while Gertrude was a clerk at a public school. The 1924/25 New York City Directory shows Harold as owner of H.D. Hascall & Associates Advertising Agency in Manhattan and residing at 146 W 73rd in Manhattan. The 1934 New York City Directory shows Harold and wife Lilian living at 3166 Bainbridge Ave in Manhattan and Harold's occupation as Advertising Agent. The 1942 WWII draft shows Harold living at 104th St, NY,NY,NY 1954 death certificate has his residence at 24, Pierpont Street, in Brooklyn ____ New York, New York National Guard Service Cards, 1917-1954 Name: Harold D Hascall Birth Date: abt 1881 Enlistment Age: 36 Enlistment Date: 22 Oct 1917 Enlistment Place: New York, USA Unit: Co D 23rd Infantry N Y G

  
  

• Sources

  [S11404] Ira J. Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family, (Ellis Printing Company, Lynn Mass 1943; Reprint Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston Mass. 1976). [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S28301] Marriage certificate, Harold Dawson Hascall and Gertrude Stryker Jennings, (Brooklyn #8941). [S12154] Death certificate, Harold Hascall, (Brooklyn #12298). [S24777] Draft registration, Harold Dawson Hascall - WWI. [S42066] 1930 census, New York, New York county. [S27993] Marriage announcement, New York Times, Harold C. Hascall and Gertrude Jennings, (October 21, 1909). [S22768] Divorce announcement, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, (August 19, 1927). [S11436] City Directory, New York, 1934.