Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)

Notes


7411. Jasper Partridge

Jasper (or Harper, Jr.) Partridge died as an infant.


7430. Frederick Haskell

Haskell Journal
Journal of the Haskell Family Association
v25, issue 80, 1990. page 31
Submitted by Diana C. and Anita Haskell
(Members #295 and #364)

We begin this story when Frederick Haskell was in his early forties when he married Caroline Aldridge and formed his partnership with Hiram Aldridege and Dr. Sherman. They started building freight cars in Michigan City, Indiana. Later Dr. Sherman sold his interests to John Barker and then railroad passenger cars and farm machinery were also produced. Mr. Aldridge left the company after the Panic of 1857. By 1860 the company had a workforce of 60 which produced a few cars each month. By 1879, the company had a payroll of 500 men and an output of 1,000 cars a year.

Haskell retired in 1883, selling his interests. Mr. Haskell’s family resided on fashionable Michigan Avenue and with the proceeds of the sale invested successfully in real estate. Frederick Haskell died May 6, 1890. The company of Haskell-Barker continued its name until it merged with the Pullman Company in 1922.

Haskell’s wife Caroline lived until April 4, 1900 and donated money to the young
University of Chicago. $20,000 for lectures in comparative religion and $100,000 for the Haskell Oriental Museum for Middle East Studies were donated in her husband’s name. The museum also goes by the name Haskell Hall or Frederick Haskell Hall.


Caroline E. Aldridge

Caroline (Aldrige) Haskell was a schoolteacher and philanthropist.