the neighborhood Manhattan forgot...
George Blake
(1823 - 19 December 1891)
Helen Alvord Lansing
(11 May, 1827 - 23 August 1894)
The Grinnells of Audubon Park
George Bird Grinnell
(20 September 1849 - 11 April 1938)
Frank Lansing Grinnell
(1852 - 11 September 1875)
Morton Grinnell (Dr.)
(3 January 1855- 10 December 1905)
2) Jennie Stanford Catherwood
(m. 5 Oct 1896)
Helen Jesup Grinnell
(2 September 1856 - Dec. 22, 1932)
William Drummond Page
d. 25 September 1893)
William Milne Grinnell
(2 February 1858 - July 1920)
Laura Griswold Grinnell
12 November 1859 - 20 July 1940
Newell Martin
(17 September 1854 - 1941)
For more information on the Grinnell family in the United State, visit:
Names in bold type lived in Minniesland / Audubon Park
Grinnell Martin (18 February 1887 - 16 January 1972
Laura Lansing Grinnell Page
1884 - December 14, 1945
Sylvia Grinnell Page
(31 December 1890 - ??
Frank Lansing Grinnell Page
(25 February 1886 - March 1959)
Myra Tutt Fraser (21 August 1899 - 25 January 1969
1. Count Renzo Brusati (m.1 Feb 1917;d. 29 Dec 1918)
2. Theodore Lilley (1 Dec 1888 - 10 June 1967)
Elizabeth Page (1920 - 1932)
Elizabeth Page (m. Richard D. Ziegler)
2. DeWitt T. Cromartie (1922 - 1991)
Christian DeWitt Cromartie
Rutherford Page Lilley (?? - ??)
Theodore Lilley, Jr. (?? - ??)
Montgomery Anderson (?? - ??)
Henry W. Seeley, Jr. (?? - ??)
Laura Grinnell Martin
(17 May 1926 - February 1999)
Richard Sperry Koehne
(6 July 1923 - 28 July 1999)
Richard Sperry Koehne (10 Aug 1947 - 4 Dec 1967
Jane Fraser Martin
(28 Jan 1924 - 19 Dec 2007)
Myra Tutt Martin(23 July 1921 - ??)
Laura Grinnell Koehne (24 Jul 1950 - )
Alexander Harvey Whitman
(23 May 1944 -
Sarah Martin Koehne (4 Nov 1955 -)
Mark Scharfenaker
(20 May 1952 -)
Molly Bird Scharfenaker (6 Sept 1983 - )
Ellis Sperry Scharfenaker (26 July 1986 - )
Alexander Whitman (26 August 1973 - )
Nell Whitman (8 Nov 1971 - )
William Harris Mathers
(27 August 1914 - ??)
William Martin Mathers (5 Oct 1943 - ??)
Michael Harris Mathers (3 Feb 1945 - ??)
John Grinnell Mathers (9 Feb 1946 - ??)
Myra Tutt Mathers (6 July 1950 - ??)
Ursula Fraser Mathers (22 Jan 1958 - ??)
Anne Corning Mathers (27 May 1965 - ??)
John Littlefield Handy
(14 Aug 1920 - ??)
Amy Littlefield Handy (18 Dec 1947 - ??)
Jane Vansant Handy (22 May 1950 - ??)
Myra Fraser Handy (15 Oct 1954 - ??)
Marion Grinnell Handy (13 Mar 1956 - ??)
Michael Mitchell Richardson
(8 Jan 1940 - 27 Apr 2006)
1. David Russell Brautigam (31 Jul 1947 - ??)
2. Steve Dickens (?? - ??)
August Bracewell Brautigam (20 Jun 1985 - ??)
Noah Penfield Brautigam (8 May 1989 - ??)
Thomas McLean Griffin (25 Sep 1957 - ??)
Nathaniel Fraser Koehne (8 Oct 1948 - ??)
1. Josephine Carhart Smith (22 Feb 1950 - ??)
2. Madora Wallace Thomson (24 April 1956 - ??)
Anne Knoll Koehne (13 May 1976 - ??)
Katherine Luong Thomson Koehne (May 2001 - ??)
1. Jean Ann MacDonald (?? - ??)
Petra Tollen Spence (25 Mar 1945 - ??)
Tillman Richter Mathers (1967 - ?? )
Brenda Marelli (?? - ?? )
1. Mary Tongue Payne (3 Mar 1948 - Feb 1989)
2. Josephine Roseanna Ilardo (31 May 1944- ??)
3. Margaret Heath Suydam (7 Oct 1948- ??)
Nicole Mathers (14 Oct 1975 - ?? )
Ursula Joell Mathers (24 June 1977 - ?? )
Lara Mathers (6 Sept 1981 - ?? )
1. John Francis King Welch (??-??)
3. Robert McAnulty (??- ??)
Chadwick Charles Nehrt (6 Aug 1955 - ??)
Ross Mathers Nehrt (18 Feb 1988 - ?? )
Spenser Saltzman Nehrt (9 Jan 1991 - ?? )
Damon LIttlefield Griffin (11 Dec 1986 - ??)
Thomas Coggin Griffin (2 Aug 1989 - ??)
Leif Littlefield Richardson (28 Nov 1970 - ?? )
Chaska Amy Richardson (2 April 1974 - ?? )
Juniper Bird Richardson (6 Sep 1975- ?? )
Sunrise Caldwell Richardson (12 Jan 1972- ?? )
Jennifer Skinder (8 Apr 1969 )
Asa Jack Richardson Skinder (26 Nov 2000)
Matteo David Spagnolo (??- ?? )
Julian Grinnell Spagnolo (27 Oct 2005 - ?? )
Damiano Paolino Spagnolo (27 Oct 2005 - ?? )
Ivan Besack (19 Oct 1968 - ?? )
Elsa Sophia Besack (9 May 2006- ?? )
Anya Isis Besack (4 Mar 2008 - ?? )
If you are a descendent of the Grinnells of
Audubon Park, would you please contact me?
I am currently expanding this Website into a book about Audubon Park and the families who lived there (especially the Grinnell family).
Any and all information is helpful.
Many thanks!
Carmen Tilia Richardson Skinder (6 January 2004)
Benjamin Snow Richardson Skinder (6 January 2004)
Michael Donald Hannibal Krog (10 Nov 2007)
Coral Manuli'i Krog (10 Apr 2009)
1) Natalie Baldwin 27 Dec 1864 - 10 July, 1895; (m. May 13,1886 )