Some early male American lawn tennis players

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Everts Wrenn - Born March 16, 1869 in Chicago, Illinois and died July 28, 1933 in Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
Married to Harriet Goodrich Manvel Born January 15, 1869 in Chicago, Illinois
and died October 15, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois.

Graduated from Harvard University - 1893

1893 - 1917 - Engaged in insurance business; was general agent of the State Mutual Assurance Company according to New York Times obituary. Began with State Mutual in 1901.

Memberships
Bohemian Club of San Francisco; Racquet Club of New York; Saddle and Cycle Club of Chicago; Chicago Club.

Sports
Tennis: ranking doubles tennis star, early part of century; played football at Harvard; refereed Mid-West Conference football games.

Photograph:-

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+s054169))

Father George Lawson Wrenn Born August 9, 1836 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio
ands died October 2, 1908 in York Harbor, Maine.
Married to Eliza Wyckoff Everts
Born February 25, 1841 in New York, New York. and died October 9, 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Portraits on ancestry web site.

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George Peabody Gardner -

http://www.stmarksschool.org/news/detail/index.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=914&ModuleID=303

George Peabody Gardner - Born January 28, 1889 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died September 17, 1976 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Married to Rose Phinney Grosvenor 28 th Janauary 1913 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

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1913 - Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
Occupation: Judiciary -Colorado Bldg. Washington DC

The name is interesting -  there was another tennis player - Alexander Van Rensselaer He reached the finals of three Men's Doubles competitions (1881, 1883, 1884) at the U.S. National Championships together with Arthur E. Newbold and W.V.R. Berry. Believe  Walter and Alexander were cousins.

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In 1880 Walter was at College and living  Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, this census says he was born New York but the 1900 and 1910 say he was born in France. (So not clear on that yet)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6C4-4PK

1900 - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMFM-8K9

1910 - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKLH-PJC

Many passport applications -  he was born in Paris 29 th July 1859/1860, occupation:- lawyer. Believe he died in Paris in 1927.

Walter - Son of Nathaniel Berry - Born 4 Jul 1811 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, and died 4 Apr 1865 in Paris,  France,
Married to Catherine Van Rensselaer.  Born 24 Jul 1827 in Albany, New York and died  1 Nov 1909 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia.

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Jahial Parmly Paret  - Birth Date: 3 Oct 1870  New York and died 24 Nov 1952  Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Parmly and Father Paret

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VP7N-2ZW

1900 Census with father -  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSV1-BJR

Parents:- Henry Paret (1828 - 1876) and Anna Elizabeth Parmly Paret (1838 - 1913)
Wife Rachelle Osborne Paret - Birth:  Mar. 8, 1882 Wisconsin and died  June 1st, 1957
Los Angeles County California.

FiND A GRAVE

Although he usually went by the name of J. Parmly Paret, he was the namesake of his grandfather, Dr. Jahial Parmly, a New York City dentist, who invented a furness for making porcelain teeth in the 1840s. His father, Henry Paret, was the head of the woolen clothing manufacturer that became known as "Henry Paret & Co".

Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)  Glendale Los Angeles County California.
Plot: Meditation Section, Lot 412, Space 4, Lawn Crypt

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Presume that if Quincy Shaw Adams was beaten by Henry Warner Slocum, Jr. (May 28, 1862 – January 22, 1949) in 1889, then the second Quincy Adams Shaw must be the one who played him 

There were at least 3 generations of this name starting with Quincy Adams Shaw - February 8, 1825 Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts – June 12, 1908 Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. Married Pauline Agassiz born 6 February 1841 – 10 February 1917.
Had a son Quincy Adams Shaw born July 30, 1869 – died May 8, 1960. Married Sarah Pemberton born 7 Sep 1870 in Pennsylvania and died 18 Jan 1945.

This couple had a son  - Quincy Adams Shaw (Harvard) - Born 22 Apr 1897 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts and died 28 Oct 1987 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Married to Augustine Van Wickle 25 th June 1919  Bristol, Rhode Island

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LTC William Augustus Larned - Born Dec. 30, 1872 Summit Union County New Jersey and died Dec ember 16, 1926 Manhattan New York County New York.

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According to the 1920 Census - Edward P Larned was born 1884 Nova Scotia

This was the obituary of Edward's daughter, it mentions his brother William and that they were champions at doubles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/01/classified/paid-notice-deaths-gibson-leslie-fuller-larned.html

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Not sure about the born in Nova Scotia on the 1920 census  - looks more like New Jersey

Edward Penniman Larned  - Father: William Z Larned  - Mother: Katherine Penniman
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1882 New Jersey.


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Samuel Percy Hardy - Birth 23 NOV 1876 in Oakland, Alameda Co. California and died
25 January 1953 in Roger Smith Hotel, Stamford, CT
Marriage to Sylvia Fowler Harris at St Mark's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, California 11 th May 1907.

Parents:- William Barnett Hardy - Born 21 March 1827 in Oswego, NY
and died about 1920. Married 12 Nov 1852 to Ermina Minerva Bacon who was born 16 November 1834 in Illinois.

New York Times Obituary for Dr Samuel P Hardy

http://ohsmemorial.com/OHS/articles/1896-hardy.htm

Sumner C Hardy born July 1875

Summer Hardy Birth Date: 13 Jul 1875  California
Died: 24 Jun 1949  Santa Clara
Mother's Maiden Name: Bacon  and Father Hardy

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