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Arthur Eugene Waldron, ^[1, 2, 3] 1906 - 1994

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  Birth	26 Aug 1906	NY   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Education	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	at the Brookhaven Elementary School
  Misc	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	a member of the Brookhaven Fire Department
  Misc	a member of the Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)  [7]
  	In 1936, he was the "noble grand" of the Brookhaven lodge.
  Occupation	Aft 1930  [4, 8]
  	partner of an automobile garage
  	Arthur Waldron was a partner with his brothers Edward and Charles in the Brookhaven Garage, eventually located on the triangle formed by the South Country Rd. & Montauk Hwy. merge. Edward and Arthur established the business in 1923 when age 18 and 17 respectively. Seven years later, in 1930, Charles joined the firm at age 20. In 1934, Arthur joined the Brookhaven Town police department, and his day-to-day involvement in the firm diminished thereafter. The Waldron Brookhaven Garage served the community for fifty years, until the brothers retired the business in 1973.
  Misc	1933  [9]
  	a member of the Hunters' Garden association
  Name	Katherine Lyons  [10]
  Occupation	1934–1968	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  	Town police officer
  	In Jan 1941, he was promoted to a Sergeant by the Brookhaven Town board. Arthur was elected to various offices in the Brookhaven Town Police Association, including president in December 1937. He was also elected to various offices in the Police Association of Suffolk County. [The Suffolk County, NY, Police Department officially came into being on January 1, 1960 with 619 sworn members, largely composed of the then existing members of the individual police departments of the five western towns. Residents of the five eastern towns elected to stay with their individual departments, which is the arrangement as it exists today (2009).]
  Died	7 Aug 1994	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I12381	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	18 May 2014

  
  

  Father	George Arthur Waldron, ^,   b. 1 May 1881, Brooklyn, Kings, NY ,   d. 12 May 1946
  Mother	Catherine M. Faggot, ^,   b. 15 Mar 1885, NY ,   d. 13 Nov 1965, Central Islip, Islip, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Abt 1904	Brooklyn, Kings, NY
  Residence	1920	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  	on South Country Rd.
  Residence	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  	on Montauk Highway
  Census	1940	Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  	Address: South Country road
  Family ID	F4521	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Catherine Elizabeth Lyons, ^,   b. 20 Nov 1904,   d. 1993
  Married	Y  [2, 3]
  Census	1940	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [17]
  	Address: South Country Rd.
  	In their house was a daughter, Anna. He was a Brookhaven Town policeman.
  Children	1. Living
  Headstones		#021.023.Lyons00: Lyons family plot .. containing descendents of Robert H. Lyons Sr. Status: Located Plot: 023. Thomas Lyons
  Family ID	F4525	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Brookhaven Elementary School About 1921 .. Ron Kinsella has assisted in identifying individuals. Please feel free to communicate identity of others.
  		Brookhaven, NY, Fire Department 1932 .. in the background is the original Brookhaven Fire House, which stood on the northwest corner of Bridge Street and Seeley St. It was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning, 15 December 1945, along with all the fire department equipment.
  		Helen Tiernan Body in Woods .. International News Photo EXAMINE BODY OF LITTLE GIRL HACKED AND BURNED TO DEATH. Patchogue, NY. Police are shown examining the body of a 6-year old girl, murdered by a merciless slayer who cut her throat and burned her. The body was found in underbrush near here only 100 feet from her half-alive but similarly hacked little brother's body. The boy, about 5 years old, deliriously mumbled words which led police to fear his missing mother may also be a victim of the murderer. The children have not yet been identified by police. The uniformed police officer at the back is Arthur Waldron, Brookhaven Town policeman and Brookhaven Hamlet resident.
  		Arthur Waldron .. this image, cropped from a picture taken at the scene of the Helen Tiernan murder in 1937, has been identified as of Arthur Waldron as a Brookhaven Town police officer.
  		Arthur Waldron as Police Officer .. one of the more famous cases where Arthur Waldron was an investigating police officer was that of the Mrs. William H. Parsons kidnapping from her estate in Stony Brook, NY. Here he is pointing to the location where a ransom note for $25,000 was found. The case was never solved, and the FBI concluded that she had been murdered. See "Documents" for additional information on this case.

  
  

  Documents		Waldron's Brookhaven Garage .. the brothers Arthur, Charles and August Waldron operated a garage in Brookhaven Hamlet, which was also a Studebaker dealership. This document is the Brookhaven/South Haven Historic site data sheet on the site.
  		Helen Tiernan Murder .. it was a lovely spring day. The weather was fair and in the upper fifties on Sunday, May 16, 1937 as sixteen year-old May Savage of Brookhaven Hamlet was walking through the woods near her home. But her pleasant afternoon was shattered when she discovered the body of a young girl whose throat had been cut and whose body burned. Thus began an episode that brought to Brookhaven Hamlet notoriety that was front page headlines in newspapers across the country.
  		Parsons Kidnapping .. one of the more famous cases that Arthur Waldron was an investigating police officer was that of the kidnapping of Mrs. William H. Parsons of Stony Brook, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY. This document summarizes the case, and is related to the photograph above.
  		Waldron Brothers Garage: Mechanics of 50 Years Hanging Up the Wrench .. in 1973, after operating a garage in Brookhaven hamlet, Ed, Charles and Arthur Waldron retired.

  
  

  Headstones

  #021.023.Lyons07: Arthur E. Waldron gravestone .. Arthur Waldron was the husband of Catherine E. Lyons Status: Located Plot: 023. Thomas Lyons

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll T625_1268; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 633.. [S381] Ancestry Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=49980641. [S196] Oaklawn Cemetery. [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll 1650; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 422.0.. [S698] Photograph, Brookhaven Elementary School, abt 1921.. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 22 Nov 1935, p. 7, and elsewhere.. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 21 Aug 1936, p. 1, and elsewhere.. [S1062] Sunday News, 14 October 1973, p. SQ 2. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 19 May 1933, p. 2. Hunters' Garden Folks Eat Eels, An Ancient Rite Yesterday was the spring meeting of the Hunters' association and in Brewster's Lots, near Eastport, 74 members of this, the oldest and one of the most unique associations on Long Island, held its spring eel chowder feast. The early history of this association is legend, since its written history only begins in 1833, but there is abundant evidence that Eastern Long Island hunters had been meeting in Brewster's Lots, and previous to that, on the plains north of Westhampton for many years when, in 1833, Wells Tuttle of Eastport became its president. Mr. Tuttle served from 1833 to 1883, in which year the members presented him with a silver medal with palms commemorating his 50 years of service. Frank Tuttle, son of Wells Tuttle, was elected president in 1883 and served for many years in that capacity. Familiarly known as Uncle Frank, his reign was marked by the genial spirit of good fellowship which still prevails today. Justice John Morton of Brookhaven presided over yesterday's meeting and after giving the historical background of the association called on the Rev Archibald Blue, pastor of the Remsenburg Presbyterian church. Mr. Blue gave an interesting outline of the co-operative farm industry of Denmark, and the results England has attained through job insurance. Judge Morton also called on Jacob Reiger of Hampton Bays, E. Austin Culver of East Hampton, L. M. Raynor of Riverhead, Mr. Stearns of Riverhead, Gilbert Loper of Center Moriches and George Davis of Manorville for speeches. The article concluded with a listing of those present. From Brookhaven—J. H. Morton, Arthur Waldron. [S377] Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18. [S699] Spooner Central: Ken Spooner, http://spoonercentral.com/2007/1106c.html. [S702] Mid-Island Mail, 22 Jan 1941, p. 12. "Arthur E. Waldron of Brookhaven, a member of the Brookhaven Town police since 1932 [actually appointed in Dec 1936, unless that was a reappointment], was promoted by the Town board recently on recommendation of Police Chief Edward N. Bridge. Under the appointment, which is effective February 1 [1941], Officer Waldron will be in charge of the Center Moriches sub-station, where he has spent most of the time since he has been a member of the force. Informally, he has had charge of the sub-station since May 19, 1939. "With the appointment, his salary will be increased from $2,400 to $2,500 and although funds were not appropriated for the increase, there will be money available in the police budget to cover it, Chief Bridge told the board. "The appointment will fill the sergeancy vacancy left by Sergeant George Oakley of Center Moriches." [S702] Mid-Island Mail, Dec 16, 1936, p. 1. Excerpted: "Wallace Jay of Ronkonkoma was among the seven new men added to the Brookhaven Town police force at the meeting of the Brookhaven Town Board last Wednesday. The other new town officers, who will assume their positions on January 1, are Edward N. Bridge of Patchogue, Charles Trywusch of Mastic, Richard MGrisken of East Setauket, Francis Fitzpatrick of Port Jefferson and Albert Backus of Rocky Point. "Mr. Bridge was appointed to the office of supervisory head of the Town force. His salary will be $2,600 annually, while that of the other men will be $2,000 annually and all are required to furnish their own car, gasoline and equipment. [There then followed an extensive recounting of the political wrangling of these appointments, and other personnel, to the police department, which made clear that all were political appointments determined by the Republican majority. At least by this stage in the process, 'merit' was not discussed.] "Waldron, the next to be nominated, received an unanimous vote." [More wrangling. In 1936, the department consisted of fifteen members.] [S492] Wikipedia.org, History of the Suffolk County Police Department: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_County_Police_Department_(New_York). [S127] Advance, Long Island, 21 January 2010, p. 21.. From the Archives of the Long Island Advance, 75 Years ago (January 1935). "For the purpose of coordinating their work and bringing about a greater degree of efficiency throughout the town, the members of the Brookhaven Town Police force met and formed a temporary organization with John Harding of Patchogue elected temporary chairman. Other members include Alvin R.L. Smith as temporary secretary, and Elmer Roberts of Blue Point, Stacey Wilson of Stony Brook, Jacob Baczensky of Coram, George Oakley of Center Moriches and Arthur Waldron of Brookhaven." [S127] Advance, Long Island, 18 Jan 1935, p. 1.. [S962] 1940 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T627_2784; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 52-59..