 1895 - 1982 (87 years)
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| Name |
Albert Thomas Hart |
| Birth |
3 Oct 1895 |
Peoria, Ill.  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 Nov 1982 |
Pompano Beach, FL |
| Burial |
Park View Cmty. - Peoria, Ill |
| Person ID |
I60243 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Nov 2007 |
| Family |
Norma Elizabeth Douglass, b. 29 Jul 1895, Illinois d. 27 Jan 1989, Pompano Beach, FL (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Apr 1915 |
| Children |
| | 1. Albert Douglass Hart, Sr, b. 2 Jun 1916, Peoria, Ill d. 29 Jul 2003, Boca Raton, FL (Age 87 years) |
| | 2. Norwood Albert Hart, b. 29 Jul 1920, Peoria, Ill d. 27 Feb 2006, Boca Raton, FL (Age 85 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2945 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Albert Thomas Hart
1895-1982
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Albert T. Hart and Norma Douglass
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Albert T, Hart
1916 - member of the Peoria tigers semi-pro basketball team. |
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Fruit + Vegetable Buyer. Played Professional basketball. Loved to watch Baseball (Chicago Cubs). Compiled HART + DOUGLASS Family genealogy 1972.
Attended Lincoln and White Public School in Peoria, then Peoria High School. Following graduation he was employed by the Wabash and Penn. Railroads. He is listed as working for the railroad in the 1920 Illinois census.
Listed in 1920 Census with his father in law - William Henry Douglass:
| 1920 Census, City of Peoria, Illinois, 501 Illinois Ave | | Name | Relation | age | born in | father born in | mother born in | occupation | type of company | | William Douglas | Head | 66 | Canada | New York | New York | Special Agent | Insurance Co. | | Blanch A. Douglas | wife | 52 | Arkansas | Pennsylvania | Ohio | none | | | Imogene W. Douglas | daughter | 21 | Illinois | Canada | Arkansas | Clerk, office | Insurance | | Arthur W. Reich | son in law | 30 | Illinois | Germany | Germany | Tinsmith | Railroad | | Naomi M. Reich | daughter | 26 | Illinois | Canada | Arkansas | none | | | Albert T. Hart | son in law | 24 | Illinois | Illinois | Illinois | clerk | Railroad | | Norma W. Hart | daughter | 24 | Illinois | Canada | Arkansas | none | | | Hugh D. Hart | grandson | 3 1/2 | Illinois | Illinois | Illinois | none | | | Emeline Morris | mother in law | 76 | Ohio | Virginia | Ohio | none | |
Transferred to St. Louis in 1920, then returned to Peoria in 1923 in the Fruit and Vegetable Brokerage business. Peoria manager of C.H Robinson Co. of Minneapolis. He transferred to the C.H. Robinson offices in Detroit in 1929.
| Census: 1930 Peoria, Ill 607 Thrush Avenue | | Albert T. Hart | head | 34 | Ill | Ill | Pa | Broker - produce house | | Norma E. Hart | wife | 34 | Ill | Canada | Arkansas | none | | Albert D. Hart | son | 13 | Ill | Ill | Ill | | | Norwood A. Hart | son | 9 | Ill | Ill | Ill | |
In 1930, he was transferred by Kroger to Detroit and bought a home on Walled Lake. He only stayed in Detroit for the summer, but they kept the home as a summer cottage until 1944.
They were members of the Universalist Church in Peoria, but joined Trinity Methodist in Chicago, because that's where Albert D. decided to join the Boy Scouts in 1930.
Moved to Chicago in 1930 to establish Wesco Foods Co., a subsidiary of Kroger Co. Operated Novy-Hart - produce buyers on the South Water Market in Chicago from 1935-38, then became the director of Fruit and Vegetable Operations for I.G.A. (Independent Grocers Association)
Took a leave of absence in 1940 to join the Quartermaster Corps. - Perishable Substance Division during WWII. After the war he resumed activity with I.G.A and established the Alliance Produce Co. - serving IGA retail stores in Ill. and Ind.
Hearth of the Harts - 1951 Shorewood Hills, Michigan
Albert T. and Norma D. Hart
Retired in 1956 and moved to Florida where he operated as H & H Brokers on the Pompano State Market until he retired again in 1971.
Lived on the beach in Pompano Beach Florida (The Kensington), until he, Norma and Imogene moved into the John Knox Village in 1980.
| Albert Hart |
Albert Thomas Hart, 87, of Pompano Beach, Fla., formerly of Peoria, died yesterday at John Knox Medical Center, Pompano.
Born Oct 3, 1895, in Peoria, he was the son of Norwood and Lenna Reuter Hart. He married Norma Douglass in 1915.
He was a fruit and vegatable broker 50 years in Peoria, Chicago and Pompano. He was grand secretary treasurer and president of Beta Phi Sigma National Fraternity He was a member of Temple Lodge 46, AF&AM, Peoria. Abbas Grotto Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Chicago, and the Gold Coast Shrine Club of Florida.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Norward and Albert, both of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Shriner' Hospitals for Crippled Chidren |
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