Stephen Guernsey Cook Ensko
Stephen Guernsey Cook Ensko (May 9, 1896 – December 18, 1969) also known as Stephen G.C. Ensko, was an expert on American antique silver. His book is the standard reference work for antique silver.[1]
Biography change
Ensko was born in 1896 in New York City to Robert Ensko (1855-1934) and Mary Elizabeth Blakeley (1857-?). He married Dorothea (1892-1977) on June 4, 1918 in Manhattan. They had three children: Dorothea Charlotte Ensko (1920- ) who married Vernon Charles Wyle (1913-1986);[2] Stephen W. Ensko (1922-c1945), who was a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army who was killed in action in World War II; and Alice Elizabeth Ensko (1924-1999), who married George M. Kellar II on December 24, 1944, and later married Alfred Woodward (1913-2007), the Illinois judge.[3][4]
Ensko registered for the draft on June 5, 1918 but he did not serve. At the time he was working as an antique dealer at 598 Madison Avenue. He lived in Freeport, New York on Long Island.[5] In 1930 Ensko was living at 40-20 205th Street, Bayside, in Queens, and had a servant living in the household.[6] Robert Ensko, Inc. silver was being advertised in The Antiquarian Magazine in March and April 1930.[7] At the death of his father in 1934, Ensko took over Robert Ensko, Inc. which had its showroom at 682 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. He continued to commission the creation of reproductions of antique silver, to be sold under the Ensko name.
References change
- ↑ "Stephen G.C. Ensko". New York Times. December 19, 1969.
Stephen G.C. Ensko, a rare silver and silver antique dealer, died Tuesday at his home after a short illness. He was 73 years old. Mr. Ensko succeeded his father in 1934 and took over the family business, Robert Ensko, Inc., at 682 Lexington Avenue. He was the author of two books on early American and British silversmiths, and dealt largely with museums and private collectors. He is survived by his widow, Dorothea; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothea Wyle and Mrs. Alice Woodward; two brothers, Robert and Lamont, and a sister, Mrs. Elathine Christie.
- ↑ "Dorothea Ensko Wed to Officer in Navy. Wheaton College Alumna Bride of Lieutenant Commander Vernon C. Wyle". New York Times. June 4, 1944.
The marriage of Miss Dorothea Charlotte Ensko, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Stephen Ensko of 14 Sutton Place South, to Lieutenant Commander Vernon Charles Wyle, United States Naval Reserve, son of Charles F. Wyle of Chicago and the late Mrs. Wyle ...
- ↑ "Alice Ensko Bride of G. M. Keller, Jr. Has 3 Attendants at Marriage to Lieutenant in Air Arm Who Served in Pacific". New York Times. December 24, 1944.
- ↑ "Keller-Ensko Ceremony Solemnized in New York". Washington Post. December 24, 1944.
In the chapel of St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, yesterday at 4 p.m. the wedding of Miss Alice Elizabeth Ensko, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C.G. Ensko, New York, and Lieutenant (jg.) George Montieth Keller, Jr., of Washington, took place. The Rev. Dr. George Paull T. Sargent officiated.
- ↑ World War I draft registration
- ↑ 1930 US Census for Queens, New York City
- ↑ Antiquarian Magazine; March and April of 1930