A Life Remembered ~ Glode Requa
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a Dutch descendant from the 1600s and a great granddaugther.
1904 Obituary for Glode Requa
Rockland County Journal - Nyack, Rockland County, New York
Glode Requa, one of the most prominent business men of Rockland County, New York died suddenly on December 4 of heart failure, while he was chatting with some friends.
Mr. Requa was in the 68th year of his age, and was very well known through the retail lumber trade of the State, in addition to the prominent position which he occupied in his home county.
Glode Requa was the son of James H. and Margaret L. Requa, and was born at Tappan, Rockland County, on July 9, 1838. No family has been more honorably or longer identified with the history of New York State that that of which Mr. Requa was a member. The ancestry originated in France and was of Huguenot stock.
At the age of ten years, Glode Requa left his home at Tappan, and for three years he resided at Tarrytown. There and at Tappan he acquired and ordinary education in the public schools. When fourteen he went into the service of what was then the New York & Erie Railroad, and three years later he was appointed locomotive engineer, a very responsible position for one so young, he being one of the youngest engineers in the country. While employed in that capacity he handled the first steam injector used on a locomotive in America.
In 1870, he retired from railroading and entered the lumber business, succeeding Levi Sherwood at Monsey. Mr. Requa was formerly president of the Corning Lumber Company, at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey and Corning, New York, and also owned yards at Ramsey, New Jersey and Monsey. He was vice-president of the First National Bank of Spring Valley.
The funeral services were held at his residence in Monsey on the 7th.
1870 United States Census - Ramapo, Rockland County, New York
▪ 30th Day of August 1870 - Post Office: Monsey - Line 38-40
▪ Requa, Glode, 32 Years Old, Male, White, Keeps Lumber Yard, Value of Real Estate: 2000, Value of Personal Estate: 1000, Born: New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E., 25 Years Old, Female, White, Keeping House, Value of Real Estate: 700, Born: New York
▪ Requa, John E., 5 Years Old, Male, White, Born: New York
1880 United States Census
▪ Town of Ramapo, Unincorporated Village of Monsey, Rockland County, New York
▪ 11 June 1880 - Lines 36-39
▪ Glode and Sarah Sherwood Requa Family
▪ Requa, Glode, White, Male, 41 Years Old, Coal and Lumber Dealer, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E, White, Female, 35 Years Old, Wife, Keeps House, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Edith, White, Female, 7 Years Old, Daughter, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ McAuliffe, Julia, White, Female, 20 Years Old, Domestic, Servant, Born in New York, Parents born in Ireland
Subject: More Rockland County, New York Erie History
•From: Michael Sheehy
•Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:03:37 -0500
This is an excerpt of an article in today's Journal News in part concerning Glode Requa, who became an engineer on the Erie in 1855 at the remarkable age of 17, just a few years after "Day One' for the Erie. Rockland, even railroad-wise, was a competently different place.
The NJ & NY wouldn't cross the border into Pearl River for almost 20 years. The Main Line going "east" from Suffern to Jersey City was about the same amount of years away. (What became) the NY Central had yet to bring its West Shore line up through Haverstraw, Congers and other points en route to Albany.
If any of you Erie historians come across anything on Glode Requa, I'd be interested to hear,especially how long he eventually served with Erie, which likely was a far different railroad when he retired.
"One of James Requas eight children, Glode, born in 1838 in Tappan, was the first of the Rockland clan to break with the family's farming tradition. At the age of 17, Glode Requa became one of the youngest engineers working for
the New York and Erie Railroad.
Glode Requa's work on the trains brought him to Monsey, where there was once a railroad station.
He met and eventually married Sarah Elizabeth Sherwood, whose father, Levi Sherwood, owned a successful lumber and coal business in the community.
After retiring from his railroad work, Glode Requa went into business with his father-in-law.
He soon took over the business,and renamed it the Glode Requa Coal and Lumber Co. of Monsey, which provided wood for numerous homes in the county. The company continued to grow under Requa, and he also acquired a large amount of real estate in the Monsey area."
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a Dutch descendant from the 1600s and a great granddaugther.
1904 Obituary for Glode Requa
Rockland County Journal - Nyack, Rockland County, New York
Glode Requa, one of the most prominent business men of Rockland County, New York died suddenly on December 4 of heart failure, while he was chatting with some friends.
Mr. Requa was in the 68th year of his age, and was very well known through the retail lumber trade of the State, in addition to the prominent position which he occupied in his home county.
Glode Requa was the son of James H. and Margaret L. Requa, and was born at Tappan, Rockland County, on July 9, 1838. No family has been more honorably or longer identified with the history of New York State that that of which Mr. Requa was a member. The ancestry originated in France and was of Huguenot stock.
At the age of ten years, Glode Requa left his home at Tappan, and for three years he resided at Tarrytown. There and at Tappan he acquired and ordinary education in the public schools. When fourteen he went into the service of what was then the New York & Erie Railroad, and three years later he was appointed locomotive engineer, a very responsible position for one so young, he being one of the youngest engineers in the country. While employed in that capacity he handled the first steam injector used on a locomotive in America.
In 1870, he retired from railroading and entered the lumber business, succeeding Levi Sherwood at Monsey. Mr. Requa was formerly president of the Corning Lumber Company, at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey and Corning, New York, and also owned yards at Ramsey, New Jersey and Monsey. He was vice-president of the First National Bank of Spring Valley.
The funeral services were held at his residence in Monsey on the 7th.
1870 United States Census - Ramapo, Rockland County, New York
▪ 30th Day of August 1870 - Post Office: Monsey - Line 38-40
▪ Requa, Glode, 32 Years Old, Male, White, Keeps Lumber Yard, Value of Real Estate: 2000, Value of Personal Estate: 1000, Born: New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E., 25 Years Old, Female, White, Keeping House, Value of Real Estate: 700, Born: New York
▪ Requa, John E., 5 Years Old, Male, White, Born: New York
1880 United States Census
▪ Town of Ramapo, Unincorporated Village of Monsey, Rockland County, New York
▪ 11 June 1880 - Lines 36-39
▪ Glode and Sarah Sherwood Requa Family
▪ Requa, Glode, White, Male, 41 Years Old, Coal and Lumber Dealer, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E, White, Female, 35 Years Old, Wife, Keeps House, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Edith, White, Female, 7 Years Old, Daughter, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ McAuliffe, Julia, White, Female, 20 Years Old, Domestic, Servant, Born in New York, Parents born in Ireland
Subject: More Rockland County, New York Erie History
•From: Michael Sheehy
•Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:03:37 -0500
This is an excerpt of an article in today's Journal News in part concerning Glode Requa, who became an engineer on the Erie in 1855 at the remarkable age of 17, just a few years after "Day One' for the Erie. Rockland, even railroad-wise, was a competently different place.
The NJ & NY wouldn't cross the border into Pearl River for almost 20 years. The Main Line going "east" from Suffern to Jersey City was about the same amount of years away. (What became) the NY Central had yet to bring its West Shore line up through Haverstraw, Congers and other points en route to Albany.
If any of you Erie historians come across anything on Glode Requa, I'd be interested to hear,especially how long he eventually served with Erie, which likely was a far different railroad when he retired.
"One of James Requas eight children, Glode, born in 1838 in Tappan, was the first of the Rockland clan to break with the family's farming tradition. At the age of 17, Glode Requa became one of the youngest engineers working for
the New York and Erie Railroad.
Glode Requa's work on the trains brought him to Monsey, where there was once a railroad station.
He met and eventually married Sarah Elizabeth Sherwood, whose father, Levi Sherwood, owned a successful lumber and coal business in the community.
After retiring from his railroad work, Glode Requa went into business with his father-in-law.
He soon took over the business,and renamed it the Glode Requa Coal and Lumber Co. of Monsey, which provided wood for numerous homes in the county. The company continued to grow under Requa, and he also acquired a large amount of real estate in the Monsey area."
A Life Remembered ~ Glode Requa
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a Dutch descendant from the 1600s and a great granddaugther.
1904 Obituary for Glode Requa
Rockland County Journal - Nyack, Rockland County, New York
Glode Requa, one of the most prominent business men of Rockland County, New York died suddenly on December 4 of heart failure, while he was chatting with some friends.
Mr. Requa was in the 68th year of his age, and was very well known through the retail lumber trade of the State, in addition to the prominent position which he occupied in his home county.
Glode Requa was the son of James H. and Margaret L. Requa, and was born at Tappan, Rockland County, on July 9, 1838. No family has been more honorably or longer identified with the history of New York State that that of which Mr. Requa was a member. The ancestry originated in France and was of Huguenot stock.
At the age of ten years, Glode Requa left his home at Tappan, and for three years he resided at Tarrytown. There and at Tappan he acquired and ordinary education in the public schools. When fourteen he went into the service of what was then the New York & Erie Railroad, and three years later he was appointed locomotive engineer, a very responsible position for one so young, he being one of the youngest engineers in the country. While employed in that capacity he handled the first steam injector used on a locomotive in America.
In 1870, he retired from railroading and entered the lumber business, succeeding Levi Sherwood at Monsey. Mr. Requa was formerly president of the Corning Lumber Company, at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey and Corning, New York, and also owned yards at Ramsey, New Jersey and Monsey. He was vice-president of the First National Bank of Spring Valley.
The funeral services were held at his residence in Monsey on the 7th.
1870 United States Census - Ramapo, Rockland County, New York
▪ 30th Day of August 1870 - Post Office: Monsey - Line 38-40
▪ Requa, Glode, 32 Years Old, Male, White, Keeps Lumber Yard, Value of Real Estate: 2000, Value of Personal Estate: 1000, Born: New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E., 25 Years Old, Female, White, Keeping House, Value of Real Estate: 700, Born: New York
▪ Requa, John E., 5 Years Old, Male, White, Born: New York
1880 United States Census
▪ Town of Ramapo, Unincorporated Village of Monsey, Rockland County, New York
▪ 11 June 1880 - Lines 36-39
▪ Glode and Sarah Sherwood Requa Family
▪ Requa, Glode, White, Male, 41 Years Old, Coal and Lumber Dealer, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E, White, Female, 35 Years Old, Wife, Keeps House, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Edith, White, Female, 7 Years Old, Daughter, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ McAuliffe, Julia, White, Female, 20 Years Old, Domestic, Servant, Born in New York, Parents born in Ireland
Subject: More Rockland County, New York Erie History
•From: Michael Sheehy
•Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:03:37 -0500
This is an excerpt of an article in today's Journal News in part concerning Glode Requa, who became an engineer on the Erie in 1855 at the remarkable age of 17, just a few years after "Day One' for the Erie. Rockland, even railroad-wise, was a competently different place.
The NJ & NY wouldn't cross the border into Pearl River for almost 20 years. The Main Line going "east" from Suffern to Jersey City was about the same amount of years away. (What became) the NY Central had yet to bring its West Shore line up through Haverstraw, Congers and other points en route to Albany.
If any of you Erie historians come across anything on Glode Requa, I'd be interested to hear,especially how long he eventually served with Erie, which likely was a far different railroad when he retired.
"One of James Requas eight children, Glode, born in 1838 in Tappan, was the first of the Rockland clan to break with the family's farming tradition. At the age of 17, Glode Requa became one of the youngest engineers working for
the New York and Erie Railroad.
Glode Requa's work on the trains brought him to Monsey, where there was once a railroad station.
He met and eventually married Sarah Elizabeth Sherwood, whose father, Levi Sherwood, owned a successful lumber and coal business in the community.
After retiring from his railroad work, Glode Requa went into business with his father-in-law.
He soon took over the business,and renamed it the Glode Requa Coal and Lumber Co. of Monsey, which provided wood for numerous homes in the county. The company continued to grow under Requa, and he also acquired a large amount of real estate in the Monsey area."
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a Dutch descendant from the 1600s and a great granddaugther.
1904 Obituary for Glode Requa
Rockland County Journal - Nyack, Rockland County, New York
Glode Requa, one of the most prominent business men of Rockland County, New York died suddenly on December 4 of heart failure, while he was chatting with some friends.
Mr. Requa was in the 68th year of his age, and was very well known through the retail lumber trade of the State, in addition to the prominent position which he occupied in his home county.
Glode Requa was the son of James H. and Margaret L. Requa, and was born at Tappan, Rockland County, on July 9, 1838. No family has been more honorably or longer identified with the history of New York State that that of which Mr. Requa was a member. The ancestry originated in France and was of Huguenot stock.
At the age of ten years, Glode Requa left his home at Tappan, and for three years he resided at Tarrytown. There and at Tappan he acquired and ordinary education in the public schools. When fourteen he went into the service of what was then the New York & Erie Railroad, and three years later he was appointed locomotive engineer, a very responsible position for one so young, he being one of the youngest engineers in the country. While employed in that capacity he handled the first steam injector used on a locomotive in America.
In 1870, he retired from railroading and entered the lumber business, succeeding Levi Sherwood at Monsey. Mr. Requa was formerly president of the Corning Lumber Company, at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey and Corning, New York, and also owned yards at Ramsey, New Jersey and Monsey. He was vice-president of the First National Bank of Spring Valley.
The funeral services were held at his residence in Monsey on the 7th.
1870 United States Census - Ramapo, Rockland County, New York
▪ 30th Day of August 1870 - Post Office: Monsey - Line 38-40
▪ Requa, Glode, 32 Years Old, Male, White, Keeps Lumber Yard, Value of Real Estate: 2000, Value of Personal Estate: 1000, Born: New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E., 25 Years Old, Female, White, Keeping House, Value of Real Estate: 700, Born: New York
▪ Requa, John E., 5 Years Old, Male, White, Born: New York
1880 United States Census
▪ Town of Ramapo, Unincorporated Village of Monsey, Rockland County, New York
▪ 11 June 1880 - Lines 36-39
▪ Glode and Sarah Sherwood Requa Family
▪ Requa, Glode, White, Male, 41 Years Old, Coal and Lumber Dealer, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Sarah E, White, Female, 35 Years Old, Wife, Keeps House, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ Requa, Edith, White, Female, 7 Years Old, Daughter, Self and Parents Born in New York
▪ McAuliffe, Julia, White, Female, 20 Years Old, Domestic, Servant, Born in New York, Parents born in Ireland
Subject: More Rockland County, New York Erie History
•From: Michael Sheehy
•Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:03:37 -0500
This is an excerpt of an article in today's Journal News in part concerning Glode Requa, who became an engineer on the Erie in 1855 at the remarkable age of 17, just a few years after "Day One' for the Erie. Rockland, even railroad-wise, was a competently different place.
The NJ & NY wouldn't cross the border into Pearl River for almost 20 years. The Main Line going "east" from Suffern to Jersey City was about the same amount of years away. (What became) the NY Central had yet to bring its West Shore line up through Haverstraw, Congers and other points en route to Albany.
If any of you Erie historians come across anything on Glode Requa, I'd be interested to hear,especially how long he eventually served with Erie, which likely was a far different railroad when he retired.
"One of James Requas eight children, Glode, born in 1838 in Tappan, was the first of the Rockland clan to break with the family's farming tradition. At the age of 17, Glode Requa became one of the youngest engineers working for
the New York and Erie Railroad.
Glode Requa's work on the trains brought him to Monsey, where there was once a railroad station.
He met and eventually married Sarah Elizabeth Sherwood, whose father, Levi Sherwood, owned a successful lumber and coal business in the community.
After retiring from his railroad work, Glode Requa went into business with his father-in-law.
He soon took over the business,and renamed it the Glode Requa Coal and Lumber Co. of Monsey, which provided wood for numerous homes in the county. The company continued to grow under Requa, and he also acquired a large amount of real estate in the Monsey area."
