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I'm looking for more info on Richard M (Mark?) Sherton, 1896-1960 - would be interested in anything anybody can find re birth, death, marriage, etc. His basic info is on findagrave.com but I know there are a few records available elsewhere on passenger lists and WWII draft registration. Try searching with and without the M in the middle!

Thanks so much!

Social Security Death Index

Name: Richard Sherton
SSN: 096-12-2765
Born: 26 Sep 1896
Died: Jun 1960
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)

Can't you give us any further clues - you must have come across him somehow?

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Richard M Sherton
Arrival Date: 5 Sep 1947
Birth Year: 1896
Birth Location: Massachusetts
Birth Location Other: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 50 Years 11 Months
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bremerhaven, Germany
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Willard A Holbrook

and

Name: Richard M Sherton
Arrival Date: 2 Aug 1946
Birth Year: 1896
Birth Location: Massachusetts
Birth Location Other: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 49 Years 10 Months
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bremerhaven, Germany
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: General W P Richardson

Both records give his birthdate as 26/09/1896, born Boston, Massachussetts. His home address each time was West End Avenue, New York.

Thanks for that - very helpful! He's associated with an Eleanore who's about 25 years younger - not sure if it's his wife or daughter!

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Name: Richard Mark Sherton
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1896
Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Residence: New York, New York
Race: White

His address was as above. The person who would know his address is given as Theo Winters, West 85 Street, New York.

His employer was USA Military Intelligence, Censorship Station, NY.

Fabulous, thanks so much for your help.

Not seeing him on any US census so far, which is odd .....

(Hmm, Military Intelligence? Was that his real name??)

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
about Richard Mark Sherton Name: Richard Mark Sherton
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1896
Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Residence: New York, New York
Race: White

Address:
741 West End Ave., New York City.

Name & address os someone who will always know your address:
Theo Winters, 211 West 85th. St., New York City.

Employer:
USA Military Intelligence Censorship Station, 7th. Ave., New York

What records do you have on Eleanore? - I'll see if I can tie them up.

EDIT: Is this her?

Social Security Death Index

Name: Eleanore A. Sherton
SSN: 075-12-5937
Last Residence: 33021 Hollywood, Broward, Florida, United States of America
Born: 6 Aug 1920
Died: 10 Jul 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)

I think he was a chemist who spent time abroad - that's why we're not seeing him on census records - possibly. And he may have married abroad.

No records on Eleanore - they are buried close to each other and I took the grave photos in my local cemetery for findagrave. Sometimes I like to do a little bio if the info is easily available - which in this case it isn't, apparently!

Yes, I have the social security records but nothing to tie them together except their last names and burial place.

Hazel, if he was born in 1896 then I'd expect to see him at least on the 1900 & 1910 US census, but nothing.

PS - have added Eleanor above

Where did you get the info that he may have been a chemist?

I think this might be his birth:
from Family Search:

Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 for Richard Mark Sieradski
name: Richard Mark Sieradski
event: Birth
event date: 26 Sep 1896
event place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
father: Martin Sieradski
Mother: Helen
volume/page/certificate number: P. 174, L. 7809
film number: 1843694
digital folder number: 4006255
image number: 185


Maureen

Marie - if you do a Google search you can find a couple of references in old scientific magazines to a Richard M. Sherton inventing a refrigerant in the 1930's and there are photos.

Maureen - that is SO interesting. If it's him, I wonder why he changed his name?

I think Maureen's got it!
On this passenger list his name was originally Sieradski-Sherton but the Sherton has been crossed out:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Richard M Sieradski Name: Richard M Sieradski
Arrival Date: 26 Jan 1938
Birth Year: abt 1897
Birth Location: Massachusetts
Birth Location Other: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Aquitania
Search Ship Database: Search the Aquitania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Birth on original 26 Sep. 1896, Boston, Mass.

U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949

Name: Richard Mark Sieradski
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1897
Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse's Name: Liza Kleszczelska
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1899
Spouse's Birth Place: Lodz, Poland
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1921
Marriage Place: 14 Plac Grzybowski, Warsaw, Poland
Consular Location: Warsaw, Poland
File Number: 133/2070
Certificate in File: Yes

They were married by Rabbi so name probably changed because of anti-semitism.

(PS - if you already has the Social Security Death Records would have been handy if you'd posted them at the start!)

Wow, thank you everybody (sorry MarieCeleste, I had the SS records but they don't give place of birth or death very often, particularly on older records, that's why I needed other records. I'll remember in future). The marriage info is super interesting - so do we think Eleanore is the daughter, born in 1920? And I wonder what happened to the wife? I'll go back to the cemetery and see if there is anybody with that name around the area.