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Philip William Gengembre Hubert, Jr. >[1, 2, 3] 1852 - 1925

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  Birth	9 Jan 1852	Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Between 1877 and 1894	New York, New York, NY   [3]
  	music critic
  	He was music critic first with the New York Evening Post (1877-1890), then with the New York Herald (1890-1894). "After his Thoreau-esque attempt in Bellport (with his family), he returned to the editorial staff of the New York Herald (1906-1911)." (RJ)
  Occupation	Aft 1885  [3]
  	author
  	Author of Liberty and a Living (1885), Nursery Lesson Book (1886), Inventors (1893), The Stage as a Career (1900) and a history of the Merchants’ National Bank of New York. Also wrote plays: “Insanity for Two,” “Lightning Courtship,” “Tickled to Death,” and “A Railway Tragedy--Perhaps.” (The plays are not mentioned in any obituary.)
  Census	1900	Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	In his household were his wife Anna H., and children Phottip (Phillip), Lily M., and William H.; also two servants. His occupation was "Captain."
  Education	in schools in Boston and Paris.  [3]
  Reference Number	RJ 3.5  [3]
  Residence	Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	during Summers
  	He "decided on a summer home in Bellport when he and a friend (an architect named Rich) wanted to find a summer place for their families and asked the Long Island Railroad ticket-seller for tickets to Bayport; they received tickets to Bellport by mistake, but liked Bellport so much that they stayed." (RJ)
  Died	3 Jan 1925	Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	Cause: of arterio sclerosis
  Person ID	I3657	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Philip William Gengembre Hubert, >,   b. 20 Aug 1830, St. Owens, Paris, France ,   d. 15 Nov 1911, Los Angeles, CA
  Mother	Cornelia Doisy de Villargennes, >,   b. 2 Jul 1828, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland ,   d. 27 May 1883, New York, New York, NY
  Married	22 Feb 1851	Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
  Family ID	F3333	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anna Haight Holmes, >,   b. 25 Jul 1855, {Stamford, Fairfield, CT} ,   d. 12 Feb 1943
  Married	1 Jun 1878	Stamford (St. John's Church), Fairfield, CT   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Philip Arthur Hubert, ^,   b. 8 Jan 1881, Stamford, Fairfield, CT ,   d. 14 Mar 1969   2. Lily M. Hubert,   b. Abt 1883, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William H. Hubert,   b. 1893, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1244	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Philip G. Hubert, Jr. .. probably with his grandchild, Helen.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] WorldConnect, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1618395&id =I4788. [S68] Personal Knowledge: Dorothy Hubert Jones. [S482] Jones, Richard: Jones-Hubert Genealogy. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T623 1165; Page: 13B.