Frank Waldo Burdett

Male 1858 - 1919  (61 years)


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  • Name Frank Waldo Burdett 
    Birth 29 Oct 1858  Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 06 Nov 1919  Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Harvard graduates' magazine, Volume 28, March 1920 p.504:
      Frank Waldo Burdett, a temporary member of '83, died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage, on Nov. 0. He was stricken while reading a paper in Ihc Harvard Church of Brookline, at the exercises attending the seventyfifth anniversary of its founding, and where he had been a deacon for many years. The son of Horatio Stearns and Mary Melvina (Martin) Burdett, he was born at Boston, Oct. 29, 1859, and prepared for College at the private school of G. W. C. Noble, '58. Leaving Harvard at the end of Freshman year, he entered business, first with the clothing firm of Burdett, Young & Ingalls, of Boston, and next as a partner of W. A. & P. \V. Burdett, wholesale paper warehousemen. In 1887 he entered the publishing house of Silver, Rogers & Co., of Boston, the firm name changing to Silver, Burdett & Co. with which he was identified for thirty years. The business had grown into one of the largest school book and college text-book publishing houses in the country, with branch offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas and in London, England. He was a lifelong resident of Brookline, a member of the Harvard Musical Association and the Commonwealth Golf Club. He was married, Oct. 19, 1887, to Carrie Starr Dana, who died July 12, 1895, leaving three children: Dana Stearns, now in the office of the Boston & Albany R.R.; Carolyn Starr, Vassar, "15; and Alice Martin, who survive their father. Although Burdett was with us only for a year, he always felt the Class ties very strongly, and was a welcome figure at all '83 gatherings, where his cordial, frank and sympathetic nature made him a favorite. ? Thirty-one men assembled at the Harvard Club, on Jan. 17, for our Class Lunch, and on entering the room, found each table decorated with a beautiful bunch of orchids from the Beverly greenhouses of A. C. Burrage. There was no formal speaking, but those present listened delightedly to an hour's talk by C. P. Perin, who gave a vivid and detailed account of his work in India, on behalf of the British Government, by furnishing the supplies of iron and steel that were largely responsible for the winning of the Mesopotamian campaign.
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    Father Horatio Stearns Burditt,   b. 06 Sep 1827, Leominster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1903, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary M. Martin,   b. 1 Feb 1830, Nashua, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1902, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 09 Nov 1850  Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carolyn Starr Dana,   b. 28 Dec 1866, Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1895, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 19 Oct 1887 
    Children 
     1. Dana Stearns Burdett,   b. 07 Jun 1889, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Carolyn Starr Burdett,   b. 11 Dec 1892, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Alice Martin Burdett,   b. 22 Mar 1895, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F12743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Documents
    Passport Application of Horatio S Burditt - 1873
    Passport Application of Horatio S Burditt - 1873