Charles Austin Hanvey

1878 - 1970  (92 years)

• Name	Charles Austin Hanvey  [1]
  Birth	4 Apr 1878	Attica, Wyoming County, New York   [2, 3, 4]
  	son of Henry P Hanvey and Belle Lincoln
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	1927  [5]
  	Marked advance in the practice of the profession of his choice, whereby he has been instrumental in remedying the visual defects of great numbers of people, has rendered significant the career of Dr. Charles Austin Hanvey, of Jamestown, a well-known specialist in his field, and president of the Southwestern New York Optometrists' Society, and otherwise prominently identified with associational interests of his profession. He is also a lecturer of considerable note on the subject of optometry. Dr. Charles Austin Hanvey was born in Attica, New York, April 4, 1889. His father, Henry P. Hanvey, is a veteran locomotive engineer, still in the service of the Erie Railroad at the age of seventy-five years. He married Belle Lincoln, a member of one of the old families of New York. Patrick Henry Hanvey, grandfather of Dr. Hanvey, came from the North of Ireland early in the nineteenth century and settled in Erie County, New York. he engaged in the lumber industry, and met his death in the forest by a tree falling upon him, when in middle life. He married a Miss Wright, of one of the early families of Northwestern New York, on whose side there is a Revolutionary ancestry. Dr. Hanvey completed his academic education in the Lockport High School in 1902. He then studied at the Young men's Christian Association Training School in Chicago, Illinois, following this with a course at the Rochester School of Optometry, since he had elected that profession for his life-work. After his graduation, in 1905, he spent a few months in New York City and Buffalo, and in 1906 established himself in practice at Jamestown, where he specializes in musculae in-blanc. On October 14, 1912, having determined to perfect himself still further, he began a post-graduate course at the Philadelphia College of Optometry, which conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Optometry. Needless to state, Dr. Hanvey has risen high in the esteem and councils of his contemporaries. He also enjoys the confidence of a large and desirable group of patients, which in reality is the most acceptable appreciation of his services. As president of the Southwestern New York Optometrists' Society he has given evidence of his qualifications for leadership. He is affiliated with the New York State Society of Optometrists, the American Optometrists' Association, and the New York and Pennsylvania academy of Optometry. His activity in behalf of professional advance has brought him a reputation that has preceded him far beyond the confines of this State. He is especially well known as a lecturer on the subject of optometry, his platform work in this respect being featured by moving pictures and lantern slides, furnishing apt and compelling illustrations of his addresses. His fraternal relations embrace Mr. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, Free and accepted Mason; the Royal Arch Masons, the Royal and Select Masters, and Jamestown Consistory of the Scottish Rite; also Mt. Tabor Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
  Census	6 Apr 1940	8 West Eleventh, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York   [6]
  	Charles Hanvey, owns home worth $3000, Head, M, W, 59, M, completed 3 years college, born in New York, Optometrist, own office Mabel Hanvey, Wife, F, W, 54, M, completed 2 years high school, born in New York Catherine Maybee, Mother-in-law, F, W, 83, Wd, completed 8 years school, born in New York
  WW2 Draft	27 Apr 1942	Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York   [3]
  	Charles Austin Hanvey of 8 Eleventh St, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY, born Apr 4, 1879 in Attica, NY, registered for the draft. He was a self employed Optometrist. The person who would always know his address was his wife, Mrs Mabel Hanvey at the same address. He was White, 5' 7½", 168 pounds, had gray eyes, gray hair, and a ruddy complexion.
  Reference Number	31228
  Residence	27 Apr 1942	8 West Eleventh, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York   [3]
  Death	Aug 1970	Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York   [4]
  Person ID	I31011	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Mabel May Maybee,   b. Nov 1884, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Aug 1920  [5]
  Family ID	F10038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

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