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Fred Hoyt family research collection

Call Number

ARC.043

Date

1850-1974, inclusive

Creator

Hoyt, Fred

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet in one manuscript box, one drop front box, and five photograph frames.

Language of Materials

Materials in English, German, and Hebrew.

Abstract

This collection contains papers and photographs, circa 1850 to 1974, collected during genealogical research by Fred Hoyt. Materials in the collection relate to Hoyt's ancestors, including his parents, Alma Jacobson Hoyt and Lewis S. Hoyt, his maternal grandparents, Ernestine Aschner Jacobson and Isaac W. Jacobson, maternal great-grandparents, Abraham and Jeannette Wachsmann Aschner, as well as aunts and great-uncles.

Biographical note

Abraham and Jeanette Wachsmann (b. 1827) Aschner were German natives who immigrated to New York around 1870. The Aschners lived at 135 Liberty Street in Manhattan and later moved to 67 Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights. Abraham Aschner opened a cigar shop in the 1880s, and at the peak of his success owned six cigar emporiums in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Aschners had six children: Herman, Isidor, Amos, Frederick B., Nathan, and Ernestine. Ernestine Aschner married prominent Brooklyn attorney Isaac W. Jacobson in 1894, and the couple had four daughters: Madeline Jacobson-Cox, also an attorney; Juliette Jacobson-Aschner, a teacher; Jeanette Jacobson Gould; a teacher; and Alma Jacobson Hoyt. Around 1909, the Jacobson family relocated to Montgomery, in Orange County, N.Y., where Alma Jacobson married Lewis S. Hoyt in 1933. Their son was Fred Hoyt.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains papers and photographs, circa 1850 to 1974, collected during genealogical research by Fred Hoyt. Materials in the collection relate to Hoyt's ancestors, including his parents, Alma Jacobson Hoyt and Lewis S. Hoyt, his maternal grandparents, Ernestine Aschner Jacobson and Isaac W. Jacobson, maternal great-grandparents, Abraham and Jeannette Wachsmann Aschner, as well as aunts and great-uncles.

The collection contains correspondence, genealogy notes, school papers, commencement programs, a deed, calling cards, religious writings, obituaries, wills, birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates, and citizenship papers pertaining to the Aschner and Jacobson families of Brooklyn Heights and Montgomery, N.Y. Materials that document earlier generations of the family are primarily photocopies of official papers, such as death certificates, while the Isaac and Ernestine Jacobson family is richly represented by personal items and ephemera. Documents in the collection belonging to or created by Fred Hoyt chronicle his research into his family's history in Brooklyn. Earlier letters from the Aschner family are written in German, and religious documents are written in Hebrew.

Photographs in the collection include framed portraits, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, tintypes, and both black-and-white and color prints of the Wachsmann, Aschner, Jacobson, and Hoyt families. The bulk of images in the collection are cabinet cards from the late 19th century, with fewer items dating from the mid-20th century. Cartes-de-visite originate from Germany and depict German relatives of the Wachsmanns and Aschners, while all cabinet cards were taken in Manhattan and Brooklyn and show immediate and extended members of the Aschner and Jacobson families. A large number of portraits show of Alma Jacobson, her sisters, and her parents. The collection also contains interior shots of Abraham Aschner's cigar store on Fulton Street, both interior and exterior views of Aschner and Jacobson family homes in Brooklyn, and Alma Jacobson's 1922 drivers license issued in New York City.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Fred Hoyt family research collection, ARC.043, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Fred Hoyt, 1990.

Separated Materials

Original accessions contained additional items, including jewelry, pendants, pins, dishes, silverware, and tools, which were transferred to the Museum collection. Please see PastPerfect records M1989.41 and M1989.50 for additional information.

Other Finding Aids

Item-level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library.

Collection processed by

Weatherly Stephan

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Processing Information

Minimally processed to the collection level.

This collection is composed of five accessions: 1990.017, 1992.028, V1989.029, V1990.068, and V1992.040.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Container

Box: Tintypes 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Box: A0130 (Material Type: Text)
Box: Photographs 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Box: Framed Photographs (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201