WOSFORD FENWICK NEAL

 

I.        Wosford F. Neal worked for E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.

 

a)     Sources for Job at DuPont:

ã      83rd Birthday Article: Approximately 1959 – Wosford worked at the DuPont Company in Arlington, retiring 18 years ago (or at age 65).

ã      Obituary: October 20, 1959 – Wosford was a machinist at E. I. DuPont de Nemours Co. there until his retirement about 25 years ago (or about 1934)

 

b)     Job:

ã      Machinist – 1) a person who operates a machine, esp. a machine tool.  2) a person who makes machinery – Source: The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus, pg. 549.

 

c)      Company: E. I. DuPont de Nemours Co.

ã      Website: www.dupont.com/

 

ã      Company History during Wosford Neal’s career experience:

o       1910s

-        1915 - 1918:  During World War I, DuPont supplies 1.5 billion pounds of

military explosives to Allied forces and provides U.S. industry with 840 million pounds of dynamite and blasting powder - half of the nation's total requirements for mining and heavy construction.

-         1917:  DuPont enters the dye industry, previously monopolized by

German firms. The company establishes its Jackson Laboratory and a plant for dyestuffs manufacturing at Deepwater Point, New Jersey.

 

o        1920s

-        1920:  DuPont purchases the viscose rayon process from the Comptoir des Textiles Artificiels and forms the DuPont Fibersilk Company (later the DuPont Rayon Company).

-        1923:  The DuPont Cellophane Co. Inc. is formed after DuPont acquires the rights to cellophane from a French company. Four years later, DuPont researcher Hale Charch makes cellophane moisture-proof, transforming it from a merely decorative wrap into a popular and effective food packaging material.

-         Research in films and lacquers leads to a new, quick-drying automobile paint called Duco that speeds production and gives consumers a range of new color choices.

 

o        1930s

-        1930:  DuPont researchers Arnold Collins and Wallace Carothers discover

a successful general purpose synthetic rubber, neoprene. Just two weeks later, researcher Julian Hill discovers the first synthetic fiber, a precursor to nylon.

-        1934:  The Haskell Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology is built at the Experimental Station. Completed in 1935, the lab opens with a staff of 20.

-        1935:  Researchers Gerald Berchet and Wallace Carothers discover nylon, a new "synthetic silk." After years of intense development, nylon finally is announced to the public at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

-         1937 - 1938:  Researchers discover DuPont™ Teflon® fluoropolymer resins, a tough, versatile material; DuPont™ Butacite® PVB interlayer, a new plastic used in automotive safety glass; and DuPont™ Lucite® acrylic resins.

 

o        1940s

-        1941 - 1945:  DuPont contributes to the top secret Manhattan Project by

designing, building and operating both the Hanford plutonium producing plant in Washington and the Oak Ridge pilot plant in Tennessee. The company also builds and operates for the government a neoprene plant, an ammonia-methanol plant, two Chemical Warfare Service plants and a Navy chemical plant. DuPont produces 4.5 billion pounds of military explosives, as well as nylon for parachutes, tents, ropes and other military supplies during World War II.

-         1946:  Production of "nylons" was interrupted by World War II, and when

stores began carrying the flattering legwear after the war, women lined up to get them - sometimes with near-riot ferocity.

 

ã      Source: www.dupont.com/corp/overview/history/

 

II.      Birth Certificate of Wosford Neal’s son Edmund –September 6, 1918:

ã      Name:                   Edmund Wosford Neal

ã      Sex:                      Male

ã      Place of Birth:      317 Davis Ave, Kearny, NJ

ã      Date of Birth:       September 4, 1918

ã      Father:                  Wosford Neal, age 41, born at Prince Edward Island

ã      Mother:                 Grace Sweeney, age 34, born in U.S.

ã      Source:                 Office of Registrar of Vital Statistics, Kearny, NJ

 

III.      Registration Card – World War I

 

ã      Serial Number: 58

ã      Order Number: A-694

ã      Name: Wosford Neal

ã      Address: 317 Dave Ave., Kearny, Hudson, NJ

ã      Age: 42

ã      Birth Date: Nov. 17th, 1875

ã      Race: White

ã      Alien: Non-declarant

ã      If not a citizen of the U.S., of what nation are you a citizen or subject: Nova Scotia

ã      Present Occupation: Machinist

ã      Employer’s Name: Dupont Co.

ã      Place of Business: Forest St., Kearny, Hudson, NJ

ã      Nearest Relative: Grace Neal (wife)

ã      Height: Medium

ã      Build: Medium

ã      Color of Eyes: Blue

ã      Color of Hair: Black

ã      Physical Defects: 2nd, 3rd, 4th fingers left hand missing.

ã      Date of Registration: Sept. 12, 1918

 

 

IV.   Immigration Papers – U.S. Department of Labor – Naturalization Service

 

d)     Declaration of Intention #4383

 

ã      Date:                                             August 12, 1919.

ã      Age:                                              41 years

ã      Occupation:                                 Mechanic

ã      Color:                                            White

ã      Complexion:                                dark

ã      Height:                                          5 feet 6 ¾ inches

ã      Weight:                                         158 pounds

ã      Color of hair:                                brown

ã      Color of eyes:                              blue

ã      Visible distinctive marks:           fingers left hand missing

ã      Place of Birth:                              Charlottetown, Prince Edward Islands

ã      Birth Date:                                    November 17, 1877

ã      Residence:                                  317 Davis Avenue, Kearney, NJ

ã      Emigrated from:                          Prince Edward Islands

ã      Vessel:                                         Unknown

ã      Last foreign residence:              Prince Edward Islands

ã      Renouncement Statement:        Renouced allegiance and fidelity to any

foreign prince or sovereignty particularly to George V. King of Great Britain & Ireland.

ã      U.S. Port of Arrival:                     Eastport, ME – 1879.

 


 


e)     Petition for Naturalization #24033

ã      Date:                                             December 30, 1921

ã      Where:                                          the Court of Common Pleas in Hudson

County, New Jersey

ã      Name:                                           Wosford Neal

ã      Residence:                                  317 Davis Ave, Kearny, New Jersey

ã      Occupation:                                 Machinist

ã      Date of Birth:                               November 17, 1877

ã      Place of Birth:                              Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

ã      Emigrated from:                          Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

ã      Date of Emigration:                    March 15, 1879

ã      Port of Arrival:                              Eastport, Maine

ã      Date of Arrival:                            March 21, 1879

ã      Vessel:                                         “Don’t Remember”

ã      intend to become U.S. Citizen: August, 12, 191?

ã      Wife:                                             Grace

ã      Wife’s date of birth:                     November 1, 1883

ã      Wife’s place of birth:                   Jersey City, New Jersey

ã      # of children:                                4

ã      Names of children:

o       Thomas          1 July 1910    Jersey City     317 Davis Ave Kearny

o       James                        4 Sept 1914   Jersey City     317 Davis Ave Kearny

o       Edmund          11 Sept 1918            Kearny           317 Davis Ave Kearny

o       Wilford            4 Sep 1920    Kearny            317 Davis Ave Kearny

ã      Lived in U.S. since:                    March 21, 1879

ã      Lived in New Jersey since:        September 19, 1914

 

f)        Oath of Allegiance & Order of Court Admitting Petitioner

ã      Filed September 13, 1921.

ã      Subscribed & sworn in open court on December 16, 1921.

ã      Certificate of Naturalization #1371925 issued on January 24, 1922.

 

V.     1920 US Census – NEW JERSEY (January 6, 1920):

 

a)     Soundex:

ã      Neal = N400

ã      Address: 317 Davis Ave., Kearny, Hudson, NJ

ã      Vol 68, E.D. 273, Sheet 8 Line 13

ã      White 43 born at Sea, England, Citizenship 1887 Pa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


b)     Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920—Population, Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census.

ã      State:                                New Jersey

ã      County:                             Hudson

ã      Township:                         Kearny Town

ã      Ward of City:                    2nd

ã      Supervisor’s District:      9

ã      Enumeration District:      273

ã      Sheet No:                         8A

ã      Date:                                 January 6, 1920

ã      Enumerator:                     Gustave L. Roden

ã      Street:                               Davis Ave.

ã      House No:                        317

ã      No. of Dwellings (Visit):  86

ã      No. of Family (visit):        179

ã      Head of Household:        Neal, Westford

-        Home owned or rented:             Rented

-        Sex:                                              Male

-        Color or Race:                            White

-        Age:                                             43 years old

-        Single, married:                          Married

-        Year of immigration:                   1887

-        Naturalized or alien:                   Pa

-        If naturalized, year:                      N/A

-        Attended school:                         N/A

-        Able to read:                               Yes

-        Able to write:                               Yes

-        Place of birth:                              At sea, England

-        Mother tongue:                            English

-        Father’s place of birth:               Ireland

-        Father’s mother tongue:             English

-        Mother’s place of birth:              France

-        Mother’s mother tongue:            French

-        Able to speak English:               Yes

-        Trade, profession:                      Machinist

-        Industry:                                       

-        Salary or wage:                           Wage

ã      Wife:                                 Grace

ã      Son:                                  Edmund W.

ã      Stepson:                           Davis, Thomas

ã      Stepson:                           James F.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


c)      Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930—Population, Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census.

 

ã      State:                                New Jersey

ã      County:                             Bergen

ã      Township:                         North Arlington

ã      Ward of City:                   

ã      Supervisor’s District:      3

ã      Enumeration District:      2-172

ã      Sheet No:                         10A

ã      Date:                                 April 7, 1930

ã      Enumerator:                     J. Wm DelBaun, Jr.

ã      Street:                               Sunset Ave.

ã      House No:                        224

ã      No. of Dwellings (Visit): 

ã      No. of Family (visit):       

ã      Head of Household:        Neal, Wosford

-        Home owned or rented:             Rented

-        Monthly Rent:                               $40.00

-        Radio Set                                    R

-        Is this a Farm?                            No

-        Sex:                                              Male

-        Color or Race:                            White

-        Age:                                             53 years old

-        Single, married:                          Married

-        Age at First Marriage:                19

-        Recently attended School:         No

-        Read or Write:                            Yes

-        Place of birth:                              Prince Edward Island

-        Father’s place of birth:               Ireland

-        Mother’s place of birth:              France

-        Mother tongue:                            English

-        Year of Immigration to the US:  1910

-        Naturalization:                             Na 

-        Able to speak English:               Yes

-        Occupation:                                 Machinist

-        Industry:                                        Celluloid

-        Class of Worker:                         W

-        Employed:                                   Yes

-        Veteran:                                       No

-        Salary or wage:                           Wage

ã      Wife:                                 Grace

-        Sex:                                              Female

-        Color or Race:                            White

-        Age:                                             44 years old

-        Single, married:                          Married

-        Age at First Marriage:                24

ã      Son:                                  Thomas

ã      Son:                                  James

ã      Son:                                  Edmund W.

 

 

VI.   Social Security Application – Filed on November 24, 1936:

 

ã           Birth Date:   November 17, 1874

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