Houghton Surname Project

Bertram I. Stump¹

M, #58681

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.

Carrie Louella Starnater¹

F, #58682, b. 3 August 1867, d. 3 July 1898

Family: Colin Ball Vale Jr

Marriage*: Carrie Louella Starnater married Colin Ball Vale Jr, son of Colin Ball Vale and Sarah Mildred Houghton, on Aug 21, 1890 at Edgar Co., IL, USA.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 3, 1867

Parkersburg, Richland Co., IL, USA^1,2

Marriage

Aug 21, 1890

Edgar Co., IL, USA¹

Death

Jul 3, 1898

Metcalfe, Edgar Co., IL, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.
[S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan. 5, 2003.

John Houghton^1,2

M, #58684

Family: Eliza Hawkins

Marriage*: John Houghton married Eliza Hawkins on Dec 27, 1821 at NY, USA.²

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

MA, USA, 1900 census of son John gives MA

Origin

1821

Lansingburgh, NY, USA²

Marriage

Dec 27, 1821

NY, USA²

Research

Lansingburgh, Rensselar Co., NY, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Alan Johnston, Jan. 29, 2002.
[S1101] Eastern New York VRs 1777-1834, p. 126.

Eliza Hawkins¹

F, #58685, d. 11 January 1865

Family: John Houghton

Marriage*: Eliza Hawkins married John Houghton on Dec 27, 1821 at NY, USA.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

NY, USA, 1900 census of son John gives NY

Origin

1821

Lansingburgh, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Dec 27, 1821

NY, USA¹

Death

Jan 11, 1865

Pedigree

Citations

[S1101] Eastern New York VRs 1777-1834, p. 126.
[S415] E-mail from Alan Johnston, Jan. 29, 2002.

Anna Miller¹

F, #58686, b. circa 1827, d. 1 August 1899

Family: John Richardson Houghton

Marriage*: Anna Miller married John Richardson Houghton, son of John Houghton and Eliza Hawkins, on between 1844 and 1845.^1,3

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1827

PA, USA, age 23 in 1850 census; age 33 in 1860 census; age 40 in 1870 census; age 52 in 1880 census^2,3

Marriage

between 1844 and 1845

^1,3

1850 Census

1850

Spring Garden, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA, age 25, a cutter³

1860 Census

1860

20th Ward, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA, age 35, a clerk, personal property $1000²

1870 Census

1870

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA, age 45⁴

Death

Aug 1, 1899

Burial

Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Philadephia, PA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Alan Johnston, Jan. 29, 2002.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , 20th Ward, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, , p. 68, line 7, dwl 448-466.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Spring Garden Ward 3 Precinct 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_818; Page: 521; line 6, dwl 994-1095.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Philadelphia Ward 20 Dist 62 (2nd Enum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; roll: M593_1435; Page: 707B; Image: 656; Family History Library Film: 552934; line 7.

John Nightingale¹

M, #58687

Family: Ellen Houghton

Marriage*: John Nightingale married Ellen Houghton at Lancashire, England.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

England

Marriage

Lancashire, England¹

Immigration

Lee Co., IA, USA, in the early 1840's¹

Religion

Mormons

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Tim at e-mail address, Jan. 29, 2002.

Ellen Houghton¹

F, #58688

Family: John Nightingale

Marriage*: Ellen Houghton married John Nightingale at Lancashire, England.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

England¹

Marriage

Lancashire, England¹

Immigration

Lee Co., IA, USA, in the early 1840's¹

Religion

Mormons

ParentsD

Henry Houghton¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Tim at e-mail address, Jan. 29, 2002.

Andrew James Houghton¹

M, #58690

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Death

St. Clair, MI, USA, Book 1, p. 118²

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Death Reocrds, Houghton Surname, Jan. 28, 2002.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Death Records, Houghton Surname, Jan. 28, 2002.

Mundy Morrison Hepburn¹

M, #58691, b. 10 May 1955

Family: Shelly L. Fabian

Marriage*: Mundy Morrison Hepburn married Shelly L. Fabian on Jun 3, 1984.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

May 10, 1955

Marriage

Jun 3, 1984

Residence

2014

Old Saybrook, CT, USA

Notable

Mundy Hepburn is an American artist who designs and builds glass sculptures filled with luminous electrified inert gases.

Biography

Wikipedia: Mundy Hepburn is an American artist who designs and builds glass sculptures filled with luminous electrified inert gases -- the same technology used in neon signs. Hepburn developed many of the glass and lighting techniques he uses in his sculptures himself. His works include a large permanent installation of 200 lighted sculptures in a parking garage in New Haven, Connecticut, known as the Neon Garage.

Hepburn lives in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He is the nephew of actress Katharine Hepburn.

New York Times:
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In a New Haven Garage, Neon Art Glows
By ANDI RIERDEN
Published: October 8, 1989

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''THIS garage is the inside of my brain,'' said Mundy Hepburn, gliding his arm through the air. Standing in the bed of a Chevy pickup, his frame backlighted by one of his neon sculptures, ''The Wave,'' he described with reverence the ''mystical beauty'' of neon.

''It's so totally subliminal, so totally primordial,'' he said. ''Just think of it as the caveman before the fire.'' Outside the cavernous parking garage on Crown Street in downtown New Haven, Yale students and pin-striped executives stop to ponder the sculptures dangling above the BMW's and Dodge Colts and straddling the whitewashed brick walls.

Curious people stand across the street at Louie's Lunch. Some move closer to study Mr. Hepburn's blazing amorphous creations with names like ''Plasma Pod,'' ''Nuclear Chicken'' and ''Cow Guts.''

''It's really an art gallery by accident,'' said John Schmid, co-owner of the Neon Garage, who stumbled on Mr. Hepburn and his art work two years ago. Along with his partners, Betsy Keedle and Joe Coppola, Mr. Schmid operates the Professional Parking Company of Hartford, which leases 20 garages statewide.

In 1987, Mr. Schmid called on Mr. Hepburn, a sign maker and a nephew of Katharine Hepburn, to make a pink Cadillac sign for a garage. When he arrived at Mr. Hepburn's basement studio in Old Saybrook, Mr. Schmid found more than just neon advertising signs.

''My wife and I couldn't believe our eyes,'' he recalled. ''Here was all this unbelievable neon art that had never been exhibited. I thought that was a real shame and convinced Mundy to put some of his work in the Crown Street garage.''

Hanging the sculptures and fine-tuning their wiring took 14 months, ''including a lot of nights and weekends,'' said Mr. Schmid, whose company leased the garage two years ago. 170 Neon Sculptures

The exhibition includes 170 neon sculptures, and Mr. Schmid hopes to add at least 100 more.

The reactions to the Neon Garage, which also rents 120 parking spaces, has been enthusiastic, Mr. Schmid said. ''People are astounded,'' he said. ''It appeals to them because it's very unexpected. There's just no reason for it. The only art I know about is the art of parking cars. All I wanted to do was put some neon in there for fun because I thought it was so neat. And now everyone's encouraging us to have gallery openings and who knows what.''

Another fan is Gary M. Young, executive director of the State Commission on the Arts. Mr. Young, who lives in Hamden, was going to work in Hartford one morning when he passed the Neon Garage. ''I drove by and couldn't believe all this wonderful art,'' he said. ''What a strange but nifty place to exhibit, this great space with all the carbon monoxide and horns.''

Mr. Young asked Mr. Hepburn for an exhibition in the commission's Hartford office at 227 Lawrence Street. The show, which opened Sept. 14, includes 10 neon sculptures and will run weekdays until the end of this month. 'Playful Exploration'

''One of the nice things about Mundy's work is that he responds to the material through his personal perceptions and awareness,'' Mr. Young said. ''His work is a very playful exploration of glass and color. He's been able to push neon beyond the typical industrial colors, making it very different and fresh.'' Mr. Young also bought one of the sculptures for his condo.

A self-taught glassblower and sign maker, Mr. Hepburn, who is 34 years old, was raised in the Borough of Fenwick in Old Saybrook, an area he described as ''beautiful, but quite isolated.''

''There were few children around,'' he said. ''So it pretty much predisposed me to interact with things more than people.'' Early Creativity

Handed a tool set when he was 4, Mundy began to build toys for two younger brothers and once built a circular saw out of a small motor; some nails, which he made into bearings, and a tin-can lid that he carved into a saw.

His father, Dick, a playwright, and his mother, Estelle, a former children's librarian and stage designer, approached were cautious yet encouraging.

''My parents always told us that if we followed the rules, we'd get nowhere fast,'' Mr. Hepburn said. ''It was essential that we always try to pursue things in a unique way. That really helped us to develop creatively.''

When he was 8, his mother took him to the Guilford Crafts Fair on the green, where she set up a booth and sold silk-screened dresses and hand-decorated children's clothes. He walked over to an artist melting glass. He said: ''I thought: 'Wow, look at that! The glass gets gooey when you melt it.' It was the weirdest thing I'd ever seen. And I've always been a sucker for weird things.''

Mr. Hepburn added that he tried to steal one of the artist's glass animals. When the artist's wife caught him, the boy ran away but was drawn back. Expecting to be scolded, he was instead asked to go to the back of the booth.

''She handed me a tiny box, and I ran back to my mother and opened it,'' Mr. Hepburn recalled. ''Inside was a glass swan. My little brains nearly melted. I went home the same day and started to cook lightbulbs on our kitchen stove.'' Means of Self-Help

Mr. Hepburn taught himself how to make glass animals and earrings to sell at craft shows. He dropped out of high school and encountered personal problems, including a drug problem. He began to broaden his glass experiments, as a form of occupational therapy.

''I began working with glass to prevent myself from committing suicide. I was that desperate,'' he said. ''About that time, my father said to me: 'Mundy, you come from a family of race horses. Don't try to plod, or else you'll self-destruct. Whatever you do, do it all the way.' The problem was I was so high on drugs that I could barely even plod.''

On a visit to Tucson, Ariz., he began leafing through the telephone book until he came across an ad for neon signs. He telephoned the owner of the shop and went there the same afternoon. 35 Tries on an 'O'

''For the next four hours I sat in this little room that felt like an inferno while this little fat guy with glasses dripping with sweat filled my head with how to do neon,'' he said.

At 22, he opened a neon-sign shop in Old Saybrook without ever having bent a piece of glass. His first job was to repair a store's ''open'' sign. It took him 35 tries before he perfected the ''O.'' Next he repaired six Miller Beer signs for Star Distributors Inc. in West Haven for $160.

On the side, he continued to swell fragile tubes and twist them. Mr. Hepburn would then weld a thin conducting wire into one end and pump inert gas into the other before sealing the sculpture.

Mr. Hepburn sold one of his first neon sculptures to Rudi Stern, the neon-light art dealer in Manhattan. Mr. Stern, who wrote ''The New Let There Be Neon'' (Abrams, $35), called Mr. Hepburn's neon art ''some of the finest in the world.''

Neon signs are created by passing an electric current through a glass tube containing the inert neon, producing a red glow. Mr. Hepburn has expanded on the principle by using argon, xenon or helium to vary colors and effects. Other variables include the glass; pressure; mercury, if any, and fluorescent powders, or phosphors.

The sculptures cost $200 to $1,000 for a bouquet of neon flowers to $4,000 for larger free-form subjects. 'Abused Social Medium'

''People keep calling me an artist, when all along I just thought of myself as a technologist quietly exploring the potential of neon,'' Mr. Hepburn said. More than anything else, though, he said he would like to change the public's opinion of neon, which he called ''an abused social medium.''

''It's like the use of marble for door jams in bathrooms,'' he said. ''Marble is also used in the ''Pieta.'' Same thing as neon, yet it hasn't gotten out of the bathroom yet.''

Mr. Hepburn envisions a school for neon artists, but for now he appears content holding court in the sea of sculptures at the Neon Garage, where he answers the phone and helps tenants find their cars. ''Someday,'' he said, ''there's going to be neon garages all over the world.''

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Kuy Morrison Hepburn¹

M, #58692, b. 15 June 1959

Family: Karen Sprague

Marriage*: Kuy Morrison Hepburn married Karen Sprague on Apr 26, 1992.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jun 15, 1959

Marriage

Apr 26, 1992

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Aile Morrison Hepburn¹

?, #58693, b. 15 June 1961

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 15, 1961

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

David Powell Hepburn¹

M, #58694, b. 24 August 1951

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Aug 24, 1951

Living

2007

Glastonbury, CT, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Susanna Hepburn¹

F, #58695, b. 22 June 1954

Family: Robert M. Kravitz

Marriage*: Susanna Hepburn married Robert M. Kravitz.²

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 22, 1954

CT, USA¹

Marriage

Residence

Canton, CT, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Death Reocrds, Houghton Surname, Jan. 28, 2002.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Margaret Hepburn Perry¹

F, #58696, b. 19 June 1942

Family: Klaus Thomas Obermeyer Sr

Marriage*: Margaret Hepburn Perry married Klaus Thomas Obermeyer Sr on Jun 25, 1965.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jun 19, 1942

Marriage

Jun 25, 1965

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Robert Gibbs Perry¹

M, #58697, b. 11 February 1950

Family: Melanie Scorelle

Marriage*: Robert Gibbs Perry married Melanie Scorelle on Jun 13, 1970.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 11, 1950

Marriage

Jun 13, 1970

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Scott Houghton Perry¹

M, #58698, b. 12 April 1952

Family: Kathleen Robinson

Marriage*: Scott Houghton Perry married Kathleen Robinson on Apr 17, 1976.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Apr 12, 1952

Marriage

Apr 17, 1976

^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
[S415] E-mail from Katherine Houghton Perry, Feb. 1, 2008.

Lansford Wilder Perry¹

M, #58699, b. 29 December 1955

Family 1: Elaine Ziles

Marriage*: Lansford Wilder Perry married Elaine Ziles.¹

Family 2: Peggy Thorpe

Marriage*: Lansford Wilder Perry married Peggy Thorpe.²

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Dec 29, 1955

Marriage

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
[S415] E-mail from Katherine Houghton Perry, Feb. 1, 2008.

Shelly L. Fabian¹

F, #58700

Family: Mundy Morrison Hepburn

Marriage*: Shelly L. Fabian married Mundy Morrison Hepburn, son of Richard Houghton Hepburn and Estelle Morrison, on Jun 3, 1984.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Marriage

Jun 3, 1984

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Gillian Hepburn¹

F, #58701

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Fabian Hepburn¹

M, #58702, b. 3 February 1985

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 3, 1985

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Spencer Thomas Hepburn¹

M, #58703, b. 3 July 1986

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jul 3, 1986

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

James Andrew Hepburn¹

M, #58704, b. 6 August 1988

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 6, 1988

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Matthew Hepburn¹

M, #58705, b. 19 June 1992

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 19, 1992

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Karen Sprague¹

F, #58706

Family: Kuy Morrison Hepburn

Marriage*: Karen Sprague married Kuy Morrison Hepburn, son of Richard Houghton Hepburn and Estelle Morrison, on Apr 26, 1992.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Marriage

Apr 26, 1992

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Jasmine Sprague Hepburn¹

F, #58707, b. 14 April 1993

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 14, 1993

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Robert M. Kravitz¹

M, #58708

Family: Susanna Hepburn

Marriage*: Robert M. Kravitz married Susanna Hepburn, daughter of Dr. Robert Houghton Hepburn and Susanna Floyd.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage

Living

2007

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Jarrett M. Kravitz¹

M, #58709, b. 4 January 1978

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jan 4, 1978

Living

2007

Canton, CT, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Naomi L. Kravitz¹

F, #58710, b. 25 August 1981

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 25, 1981

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.