Individual Details

George Stewart POMEROY

(6 Jul 1888 - Jul 1964)

Events

Birth6 Jul 1888Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Residence10 Jun 1900with his family - Lower Heidelberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania
EducationBet 1902 and 1906at St. Paul's School - Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Miscellaneous1909along with Meade Minnigerode wrote a song called The Whiffenpoof Song - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Residence29 Apr 1910with his family - Lower Heidelberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Degree1910B.A. from Yale University - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous1912was a member of the glee club "The Whiffenpoofs" and appointed one of the coaches - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
MarriageAbt 1914Maude CALWELL
Occupation5 Jun 1917merchandise manager - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Description5 Jun 1917tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Occupation28 Jan 1920merchant running a department store - Mount Penn, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Residence28 Jan 1920at 8 Mt. Penn Ct. - Mount Penn, Berks County, Pennsylvania
MiscellaneousJan 1924bought a large industrial building erected by the Altoona Factories company - Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous18 Sep 1925was named an executor of his father's will with his mother & Robert G Bushong - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous1927had the song The Whiffenpoof Song that he wrote with another recorded by Rude Vallee
Occupation3 Apr 1930president of a department store (Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart's) - Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Residence3 Apr 1930at 11 Wyomissing Hill Blvd - Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Residence1 Apr 1935Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Residence17 Apr 1940at 1225 Dauphin Ave & was president of Pomeroy Dept Store - Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Description26 Apr 1942white, 5 ft 7 in, 135#, with hazel eyes, brown hair and a light complexion - Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Occupation27 Apr 1942worker at Pomeroy's Inc. - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Residence28 Apr 1942with his wife at 1225 Dauphin Ave. - Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous25 Jan 1964was mentioned in a newspaper article about the Yale Glee Club and the Whiffenpoof song - Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
DeathJul 1964Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
ProbateAbt 17 May 1965Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseMaude CALWELL (1886 - 1943)
ChildCatherine M POMEROY (1917 - 1974)
ChildGeorge S POMEROY III (1918 - 1984)
ChildJames Calwell POMEROY (1921 - 1998)
ChildMary Elizabeth "Polly" POMEROY (1922 - 1975)
ChildLiving
ChildNancy POMEROY (1925 - 2013)
ChildElizabeth Jane "Bette" POMEROY (1928 - 1993)
ChildPOMEROY (1926 - 1926)
FatherGeorge Strickland POMEROY (1853 - 1925)
MotherValerie Catharine KOENIG (1861 - 1942)
SiblingElizabeth Hollister POMEROY (1887 - 1976)
SiblingDorothy POMEROY (1889 - 1890)
SiblingEllen Case POMEROY (1891 - 1935)
SiblingJames Hutchinson POMEROY ( - 1892)