Robert Buell Tiffany1

M, #567, * 25 Dec 1912, + 10 Jun 1985
FatherBuell Tiffany2 * 26 Sep 1884, + 10 Aug 1942
MotherHilda Jenkins * 11 Aug 1890, + 19 Dec 1977
     Robert Buell Tiffany was born on 25 Dec 1912 in New York, New York.3 He married Barbara Ann Ellis.4 (They were engaged the end of May in Woodbridge.)4 He died on 10 Jun 1985 in West Long Branch, New Jersey.3,5 There was a obituary in the Asbury Park Press on 12 Jun 1985.5, and was buried in the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery Cemetery (There is a plaque in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown with their dates. Maybe their ashes were buried there after Barbara died) at Arneytown at Burlington County.6

Other information: He graduated in 1949 from Rutgers. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He had graduated from Woodbridge High School in 1930.7,8 He lived at the time of his graduation at 267 Mawbey Street in Woodbridge, New Jersey. In 1939 he lived in Niagara Falls, and at the time of his death at 14 Delaware Ave, West Long Branch, NJ.9,10,11
He was a private in the 361st Inf, 91st Div. in WWII. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.12,11

He is listed in the following census:
1920 Fed. census (1 Jan): Household of John B. Tiffany, (#24), Third Avenue, East Rockaway Village, Hemsptead Town, Nassau County, New York.13
1930 Fed. census (1 Apr): Household of Buell Tiffany, West Hill Road (#46), Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.14
1940 Fed. census (1 Apr): Household of John B. Tiffany, Colonia Boulevard (#56), Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.15
1950 Fed. census (1 Apr): Household of Robert Buell Tiffany, 445 Morris Ave, Apt. B6, Springfield, Union County, New Jersey. Household consists of Robert Buell and his wife Barbara Ann. She lived previously in Middlesex County, NJ, and had finished two years of college. He was an accountant for the Veteran Administration.16

Citations

  1. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers. Held by Afina Broekman.
  2. [S532] NYT, Obituary John B. Seidler, 11 Aug 1942, pg. 19.
  3. [S180] SSDI, Robert Tiffany. Index and/or images online at http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/. Rootsweb search turns up both SSDI and California Death records. From both the SSDI applications can be ordered from the Social Security Administration.
  4. [S702] Ind. Leader, (1940 - 1965), Engagement Barbara Ann Ellis and Robert B. Tiffany, 2 Jun 1941, pg. 3, col. 5.
  5. [S813] Afina Broekman and F_LeCompte, Robert Tiffany in "R.B. Tiffany," listserve message 16 Apr 2003.
  6. [S575] Find-A-Grave, Robert B. Tiffany and Barbara, his wife <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130101882/robert-b-tiffany>. Index and/or images online at http://www.findagrave.com/
  7. [S701] RTF NJ Beacon, (1936 - 1961), Social News, 16 Jun 1949, pg. 1, col. 7.
  8. [S703] Ind. Leader, (1919 - 1938), Social News, 13 Jun 1930, pg. 5, col. 4-5.
  9. [S701] RTF NJ Beacon, (1936 - 1961), Jun 16, 1949, pg. 1, col. 7.
  10. [S703] Ind. Leader, (1919 - 1938), Colonia News, 28 July 1939, p. 5, col. 2.
  11. [S1166] Nick Bennett, Mar 2023.
  12. [S701] RTF NJ Beacon, (1936 - 1961), Mar 8, 1945, pg. 1, col. 4.
  13. [S108] Fed. Census: 1920. New York, Nassau County, Hempstead Town, East Rockaway Village, ED 30, sheet 1B, line 91-99. (NARA: T625, Roll 1127, Page 256). Household of John B. Tiffany.
  14. [S108] Fed. Census: 1930, New Jersey, Middlesex County, Woodbridge, ED 12-136, sheet 2B, line 70-74 (NARA: T626, Roll 1369). Household of John B. Tiffany, West Hill Road.
  15. [S108] Fed. Census: 1940, New Jersey, Middlesex County, Woodbridge, ED 12-19, sheet 3A, line 22-26 (NARA: T627, Roll 2364, ED 12-19, sheet 3A). Household of John B. Tiffany, 56 Colonia Boulevard.
  16. [S108] Fed. Census: 1950 Fed. Census. New Jersey, Union County, Springfield, ED 20-219, sheet 24, line 6-7.