Grand
Parents

Simon Lathrop Newcomb + Jane Harris

Michael Nourse + Mary Rittenhouse

Parents

John Burton Newcomb	10 JUL 1809 -- 20 NOV 1882
Emily Prince	1813 -- 1851

Charles Augusta Hassler	2 FEB 1810 -- 27 NOV 1846
Anna Josepha Nourse	20 OCT 1814 -- 17 JUN 1885

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Marriage

4 OCT 1863

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Simon Newcomb

Birth	12 MAR 1835	Canada, Nova Scotia, Cumberland Co, Wallace ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Org.	1869	National Academy of Sciences, Member 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related Member's 🏤 Organization Index
Org.	1877-1878	American Association for the Advancement of Science, President 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related President's 🏤 Organization Index
Org.	1884⁴	Johns Hopkins University, Professor
Org.	1885-1900	American Journal of Mathematics, Editor 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related Editor's 🏤 Organization Index
Org.	1894	US Navy Department, Nautical Almanac, Superintendent 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related Nautical Almanac, Superintendent's 🏤 Organization Index
Org.	1897-1898	American Mathematical Society, President 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related President's 🏤 Organization Index
Org.	1899-1905	American Astronomical Society, President 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related President's 🏤 Organization Index
Occup		Astronomer
Death	11 JUL 1909	DC, Washington ⚑ More on this location Links DC GenWeb / TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Grave		VA, Arlington Co, Arlington National Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 74.3 years

died and buried in Washington, DC Arlington - 1853: came to US; taught school 1854-56 - 1858 grad. Cambridge Scientific School, MA (mathematics) - 1861 appointed Prof Mathematica and Astronomy by US Navy References on line:

Mary Caroline Hassler

Birth	10 JUN 1840	DC, Washington ⚑ More on this location Links DC GenWeb / TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Death	6 FEB 1921	DC, Washington,of ⚑ More on this location Links DC GenWeb / TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Grave		VA, Arlington Co, Arlington National Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 80.7 years

Parents: Charles Augustus and Anna Josepha (Nourse) HASSLER

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt		Spouses
1+	Anita Rosalie	4 NOV 1864	5 OCT 1940	DC, Washington	William J McGee
2✟	William Bartlett	1867	23 SEP 1867	NY, Schenectady Co,of
3+	Emily Kate	30 JUN 1869		DC	Francis Ausbury Wilson
4+	Anna Josepha	27 SEP 1871	1968	DC	Edward Baldwin Whitney

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American Philosophical Society, Member
American Physical Society, Member

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