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chinery, New York City, 1902-03, assistant secretary American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, New York City, 1904-07; with Alberger Condenser Company, New York City, 1908-09; New York representative
Martin Gillet and Company, tea importers, 1909-43; member Joseph All-
ston Gillet & Brother 1909-19, Macy Brothers & Gillet, Inc., 1919-21, and
Louis A. Gillet Company 1922-43.
Married June 8, 1904, in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now Beacon), NY.,
Helen VanCortland LeRoy, daughter of James and Louisa Morris (Stewart) Kent. No children.
Buried in St Luke's Cemetery, Beacon. Survived by wife.
Joseph Palmer Wadhams, Ph.B. 1899.
Born April 22, 1878, in Goshen, Conn
Died January 17, 1944, in New Haven, Conn.
Father, Francis Morris Wadhams, salesman Holley Manufacturing
Company, makers of cutlery, Lakeville, Conn ; son of Noah Samuel and
Lucy Mary (Ray) Wadhams of Goshen, Danbury, and Salisbury, Conn.
Mother, Frances Miner (Palmer) Wadhams; daughter of Joseph and Ann
Jeanette (Miner) Palmer of Goshen and New Haven. Yale relatives include Solomon Wadhams (B A 1762) and Noah Wadhams (MA Hon.
1764) (great-great-great-uncles), and Clifford F Thompson, '19s, and
Gordon B Wadhams, '26 (nephews).
Hillhouse High School, New Haven. Civil engineering course.1
Civil engineer in Goshen and Tornngton, Conn., 1899 and 1900-05; in
office of A William Sperry, civil engmeer and surveyor, New Haven,
1900, resident engineer Tornngton and Winchester Street Railway Company, and engineer for Town of Tornngton and Borough of Litchfield
1900-05, assistant engineer of electric traction New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Company, engaged in electrification of New York
division, Harlem River branch, and Providence Tunnel 1905-12 and
1915-16, with McHenry and Murray, engineers, New Haven, engaged on
survey and plans for proposed electrification of Boston Terminal 1913-14,
street commissioner and city engineer Norwalk, Conn., 1917; secretary to
executive committee Norwalk Hospital 1918-19; assistant engineer Connecticut Public Utilities Commission 1919-26, transportation engmeer
1926-40, and associate utilities engineer 1940-44; president Connecticut
section American Society of Civil Engineers 1929 and secretary-treasurer
1932-41, first vice-president Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers 1925,
president 1926, and honorary member 1942; vice-president New Haven
Congregational Club 1935; member New England Water Ways Association, National Society of Public Utilities Engineers, Masonic order, and
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 238 |
| Transcript | 238 Yale University Obituary Record chinery, New York City, 1902-03, assistant secretary American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York City, 1904-07; with Alberger Condenser Company, New York City, 1908-09; New York representative Martin Gillet and Company, tea importers, 1909-43; member Joseph All- ston Gillet & Brother 1909-19, Macy Brothers & Gillet, Inc., 1919-21, and Louis A. Gillet Company 1922-43. Married June 8, 1904, in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now Beacon), NY., Helen VanCortland LeRoy, daughter of James and Louisa Morris (Stewart) Kent. No children. Buried in St Luke's Cemetery, Beacon. Survived by wife. Joseph Palmer Wadhams, Ph.B. 1899. Born April 22, 1878, in Goshen, Conn Died January 17, 1944, in New Haven, Conn. Father, Francis Morris Wadhams, salesman Holley Manufacturing Company, makers of cutlery, Lakeville, Conn ; son of Noah Samuel and Lucy Mary (Ray) Wadhams of Goshen, Danbury, and Salisbury, Conn. Mother, Frances Miner (Palmer) Wadhams; daughter of Joseph and Ann Jeanette (Miner) Palmer of Goshen and New Haven. Yale relatives include Solomon Wadhams (B A 1762) and Noah Wadhams (MA Hon. 1764) (great-great-great-uncles), and Clifford F Thompson, '19s, and Gordon B Wadhams, '26 (nephews). Hillhouse High School, New Haven. Civil engineering course.1 Civil engineer in Goshen and Tornngton, Conn., 1899 and 1900-05; in office of A William Sperry, civil engmeer and surveyor, New Haven, 1900, resident engineer Tornngton and Winchester Street Railway Company, and engineer for Town of Tornngton and Borough of Litchfield 1900-05, assistant engineer of electric traction New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, engaged in electrification of New York division, Harlem River branch, and Providence Tunnel 1905-12 and 1915-16, with McHenry and Murray, engineers, New Haven, engaged on survey and plans for proposed electrification of Boston Terminal 1913-14, street commissioner and city engineer Norwalk, Conn., 1917; secretary to executive committee Norwalk Hospital 1918-19; assistant engineer Connecticut Public Utilities Commission 1919-26, transportation engmeer 1926-40, and associate utilities engineer 1940-44; president Connecticut section American Society of Civil Engineers 1929 and secretary-treasurer 1932-41, first vice-president Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers 1925, president 1926, and honorary member 1942; vice-president New Haven Congregational Club 1935; member New England Water Ways Association, National Society of Public Utilities Engineers, Masonic order, and |
