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Hugo Gernsback was a Luxembourgish–American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best known for publications including the first science fiction magazine. In his honor, annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named the "Hugos".[1]
Hugo Gernsback was born on 16 Aug 1884 in Luxembourg.[2][3]
He emigrated to the United States of America in 1904.[2]
Hugo Gernsback married Rose Harvey on 6 Aug 1906 in Manhattan, New York.[4]
In the 1910 US census, Hugo Gernsback (age 25, born Germany) was living in Manhattan, New York, United States, with wife Rose Gernsback (25) and daughter Madelon (0). He was working as an electrician.[2]
In the 1920 US census, Hugo Gernback (age 35, born Alsace Lorraine) was living in Manhattan, New York. He was a merchant publisher.[5]
In the 1930 US census, Hgo Bernsback (age 46, born Luxembourg) and wife Dorothy Gernsback (29) were living in Manhattan, New York, with daughter Bertina Gernsback (2), nurse Erna Toedt (31) and maid Anna Riborsky (32).[6]
In 1932, his wife Dorothy Gernsback applied for US citizenship. In her application, she identified her husband as Hugo Gernsback, born 16 Aug 1884 in Luxembourg.[3]
In 1954, Gernsback was awarded an Officer of Luxembourg's Order of the Oak Crown, an honor equivalent to being knighted.
The Hugo Awards or "Hugos" are the annual achievement awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention, selected in a process that ends with vote by current Convention members. They originated and acquired the "Hugo" nickname during the 1950s and were formally defined as a convention responsibility under the name "Science Fiction Achievement Awards" early in the 1960s. The nickname soon became almost universal and its use legally protected; "Hugo Award(s)" replaced the longer name in all official uses after the 1991 cycle.
In 1960 Gernsback received a special Hugo Award as "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction".
Hugo Gernsback died in Aug 1967 in New York, United States.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "1910 United States Federal Census", Year: 1910; Census Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1024; Page: 7b; Enumeration District: 0630; FHL microfilm: 1375037, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #18874027 (accessed 11 September 2023), Hugo Gernsback (25), married, Electrician, head of household in Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, USA. Born in Germany.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "New York, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1882-1944", The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Petitions For Naturalization From the U.s. District Court For the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; Series: M1972; Roll: 795, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2499 #904270531 (accessed 11 September 2023), Name: Hugo Gernsback; Birth Date: 16 Aug 1884; Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1921; Spouse: Dorothy Gernsback; Children: Bertina, Jocelyn; Description: (Roll 0795) Petition No. 195025-Petition No. 195350.
- ↑ "New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937", Original data: Index to New York City Marriages, 1866-1937. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives; Certificate Number: 19836, Ancestry Record 9105 #1298152 (accessed 11 September 2023), Hugo Gerusback marriage to Rose Harvey on 6 Aug 1906 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- ↑ "1920 United States Federal Census", Year: 1920; Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 13, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1208; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 944, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #9715306 (accessed 11 September 2023), Hugo Gernback (35), married, Merchant Publisher, head of household in Manhattan Assembly District 13, New York, New York. Born in Alsace Lorraine.
- ↑ "1920 United States Federal Census", Year: 1920; Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 13, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1208; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 944, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #9715306 (accessed 11 September 2023), Hugo Gernback (35), married, Merchant Publisher, head of household in Manhattan Assembly District 13, New York, New York. Born in Alsace Lorraine.
- ↑ "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014", Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry Record 3693 #21933672 (accessed 11 September 2023), Hugo Gernsback death Aug 1967 (born 16 Aug 1884) residing at 10023, New York, New York, New York, USA.
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- "Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941" Note: "Luxembourg, Registres d'état civil, 1796-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7V-2DF7), Hugo Gernsbacher, 16 Aug 1884; citing Birth, Luxembourg, Archives nationales de Luxembourg (National Archives), Luxembourg; FHL microfilm . File Format: File: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7V-2DF7
