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Theodore S. Hope Jr. (1903–1998) was a corporate lawyer in New York City for over 50 years.〔New York Times, November 8, 1998〕 ==Ancestry== Theodore Hope, Sr., was a New York University Delta Upsilon graduate with a Bachelor of Science in 1892, and was a New York City attorney in the late 19th century and early 20th century.〔New York Times, March 27, 1892〕 His wife, Winifred (Ayres) Hope, was one of the founding members and Vice-President of the "College Club" of Ridgewood, New Jersey, where they resided in 1913.〔Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, past and present" By Citizens Semi-Centennial Association〕 Winifred Ayres was the second of four daughters born to father Marshall Ayres, Jr. of Griggsville, Illinois, whose grandparents were Marshall Ayres and Hannah (Lombard) Ayers, natives of Truro, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and whose ancestors came to North America on the ''Mayflower''. Winifred's grandfather Marshall was one of the pioneer residents of Griggsville in 1821. Her father, Marshall Jr., after being raised in Griggsville, went to Boston to attend Harvard University in 1860, graduating with honors in 1863.〔Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth, Volume 5 By Josiah Seymour Currey〕 After graduation, Marshall Jr. went to New York as a financier in the oil industry. He partnered with Josiah Lombard to create the Lombard, Ayres & Company. The Lombard, Ayers & Co. became extremely successful, and both partners very rich. In a Chicago wedding, Marshall Jr. married Louise Sanderson, daughter of Levi Sanderson, who was one of the founders of Galesburg, Illinois.〔 Louise and Marshall Jr. had four children, but she died on August 2, 1886. Marshall Jr. then married Frances N. Nobel of Provincetown, Massachusetts, and retired in 1900 to Newbury, New Hampshire. Marshall Jr. died August 15, 1905.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theodore Hope (lawyer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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