Individual Details

Ernest Faber Haden

(14 Aug 1904 - 27 Aug 1993)



Ernest applied for a passport at the American Legation in Berne, Switzerland on 3 Jan 1918. He stated he was born in Mokanshan, China on the 14 of August 1904. His father was deceased. He had never been in the United States. He wanted his passport for residence in Switzerland, where he was now living at Neuchatel. He was age 13; 4' 7" tall. Gray eyes, light hair.
Documents were a passport issued to his brother Eric George Haden on 5 Nov 1917; Certificate of registration issued to his father at Shaghai, China on 12 May 1908. Application of his mother, Mrs. Eugenie Haden, submitted on 7 Sep 1917. Applicant lived in China from 1904-1910, Germany 1910-1912, And from Switzerland 1912 to the present time.

He applied again on 18 Jan 1919, again for Residence in Switzerland. Nothing new except that he has now turned age 14.


1930 Census. Chicago, Cook Co Illinois.
Ernest "Hadden", age 25, just married that year. American Citizen born in China, father b. LA, mother b. France. Physical instructor at the University
Kathleen, wife, age 25. Born Arkansas, father b. VA, mother b. AR
Allen, brother, age 21, American Citizen born in China.


The Fort Worth Star-Telegram 29 Aug 1993, p.35
Arlington
Ernest F. Haden, a retired professor of romance languages and linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, died Friday at an Arlington hospital after a short illness. He was 89.
Funeral will be at 11 AM Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church in Arlington, where he was a member. Burial will be in Moore Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Monday at Hugh M. Moore & Sons Funeral Home.
Dr. Haden was born in China and was the son of Presbyterian missionaries. He had lived in Arlington for 11 years and had previously lived in Austin for 35 years. He earned a bachelor's degree at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, TN, now Rhodes College in Memphis, and a doctorate from the University of Chicago.
Dr. Haden taught at Arkansas College, Southwestern University and the University of Chicago. He was head of the French and Spanish departments at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He developed the department of linguistics and later became chairman of the department of romance languages and linguistics at UT, where he taught for 35 years before retiring in 1980. He was a professor emeritus at UT before moving to Arlington in 1982.
He served as president of the South Central Modern Language Association and in 1975 was awarded the Chevalier, l'Order des Palmes Academiques by the French government for his contribution to the French language.
Survivors: Wife, Kathleen Hull Haden of Arlington; two daughters, Kathleen Battaglia of Vienna, VA and Sarah Garrett of Arlington; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

Events

Birth14 Aug 1904Mohkanshen, China
Death27 Aug 1993Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas

Families

FatherRobert Allen Haden (1865 - 1917)
MotherEugenie Clara Hiltbolt (1869 - )
SiblingFrieda Elizabeth Haden (1898 - )
SiblingEric George Haden (1899 - )
SiblingDorothee Janie "Dot" Haden (1901 - )
SiblingRobert Allen Haden Jr. (1908 - )
SiblingJoseph Henderson Haden (1911 - )

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