Barbara Ellen Pegues
b. 9 August 1923, d. 16 January 2006
- Father: Albert Shipp Pegues b. circa 19 February 1874, d. 27 August 1960
- Mother: Flora Meta Piehler b. 12 March 1891, d. November 1983
- Barbara Ellen Pegues was born on 9 August 1923 in New York City, New York.
- She was known as Ellen.
- Albert Shipp Pegues and Flora Meta Piehler appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, at 274 Park Hill Avenue. Other members of the household included Barbara Ellen Pegues, Robert Shipp Pegues.
- The following appeared on 8 January 1943 in The Herald Statesman: Miss Barbara Ellen Pegues, of 274 Park Hill Avenue [Yonkers], organist and choir director of Lincoln Park Community Church and winner in 1941 of the Chaminade Scholarship to the Juilliard Institute of Musical Art, is the fiancee of Aviation Cadet Donald Clark Godfrey, Army Air Forces, of 159 Glenwood Avenue.
The betrothal was made known by the future bride's parents, Professor Albert S. Pegues of New York University and Mrs. Pegues. Cadet Godfrey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark Godfrey.
Miss Pegues, who studied at Juilliard for a year, is a graduate of Yonkers High School, is now preparing for organ work on the radio.
The prospective bridegroom attended Barnard School and Peddie School and was employed by the American Cyanamid Company in New York before enlisting in the National Guard in 1941. He transferred to the Air Forces, received preliminary training at Kelly Field and is now stationed at Santa Ana, Calif.
Mr. Godfrey and Miss Pegues have just returned from Los Angeles where they spent two weeks and visited Cadet Godfrey. - She married Donald Clark Godfrey on 12 June 1943 in Hillsborough County, Florida, at McDill Air Force Base, near Tampa.
- The following appeared on 16 June 1943 in The Herald Statesman: Honeymooning at Clearwater Beach, Fla. are Lieutenant and Mrs. Donald Clark Godfrey who were married Saturday at the post chapel in Tampa, Fla., the bridegroom's station with the Army Air Forces. The post chaplain officiated.
The bride, the former Miss Barbara Ellen Pegues, is the daughter of Professor Albert S. Pegues of New York University and Mrs. Pegues of 274 Park Hill Avenue [Yonkers]. She is on leave of absence as organist and choir director of Lincoln Park Cummunity Church. Leiutenant Godfrey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark Godfrey of 169 Glenwood Avenue.
The bride's white organdy gown was made with a train and she wore a long veil held in place with flowers and carried white carnations. Mrs. Ernest Gesswein, the bridegroom's sister, was matron of honor in a yellow marquisetta gown. She wore red roses in her hair and carried red roses.
Lieutenant John Davis of Peoria, Ill., was best man.
A luncheon was held at the Hotel Tampa Terrace. The couple will live near Lieutenant Godfrey's post.
The bride, winner in 1941 of the Chaminade Scholarship to the Juilliard Institute of Musical Art, is a graduate of Yonkers High School and studied at Juilliard for a year.
Lieutenant Godfrey attended Barnard School for Boys and Peddie School and formerly was employed by the American Cyanamid Company in New York City. - Barbara Ellen Pegues became a widow at the 8 October 1943 death of her husband Donald Clark Godfrey.
- The following appeared on 11 October 1943 in The Herald Statesman: Second Lieutenant Donald C. Godfrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark Godfrey of 169 Oakwood Avenue [Yonkers] and husband of the former Miss Barbara Ellen Pegues, of this city, was killed Friday when the B-26 medium bomber on which he was navigator-bombardier crashed into Tampa (Fla.) Bay after leaving Godman Field, near Louisville, Ky., on a training flight.
Lieutenant Godfrey, twenty-two, and four others of the seven-man crew were killed and two were rescued. According to information reacing the young aviator's family, one of the two men rescued--the radio operator--was injured seriously and is not expected to live.
Mrs. Godfrey, who was married to Lieutenant Godfrey June 12 at the chapel at McDill Field, near Tampa, notified her family here from Louisville, where she has been living, that the bodies of her husband and the other four crew members have not yet been recovered.
The plane was en route to McDill field when it crashed. Army Air Forces authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
Lieutenant Godfrey enlisted in Squadron A, 101st Cavalry, Nation Guard, in September, 1940, and left with the unit when it was federalized and called into active duty the following January at Fort Devens, Mass. It then became a part of the 101st (Mechanized) Cavalry.
The young officer was sent to Fort Riley, Kan., for a maintenance course and then returned to Fort Devens. In April 1942, he was transferred to the Air Corps and assigned to Kelly Field, Texas. He later went to Randolph Field, Texas, and then to Santa Ana, Calif., for further training as a bombardier. Lieutenant Godfrey received his wings and commission in April of this year after completing the bombardier course at the Deming (N. M.) Army Air Field.
His next assignment took him to Carlsbad, N. M., for additional instruction in navigation. Lieutenant Godfrey later went to McDill Field, where his marriage to the former Miss Pegues, daughter of Professor Albert S. Pegues of Nw York University, and Mrs. Pegues, of 274 Park Hill Avenue, took place. Mrs. Godfrey has been with her husband since their marriage.
Lieutenant Godfrey attended the Barnard School for Boys and the Peddie School. He formerly was employed by the American Cyanamid Corporation in New York City. - She married Robert Brewer Robertson on 16 August 1946 in New York City, New York, at the Church of the Transfiguration.
- The following appeared on 17 August 1946 in The Herald Statesman: The marriage of Mrs. Ellen Pegues Godfrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shipp Pegues of 274 Park Hill Avenue [Yonkers], to Loeutenant Robert Brewer Robertson, U. S. Army Medical Corps, son of Mrs. Mildred Trafton Robertson of Presque Isle, Maine, and the late Charles Murch Robertson, took place yesterday at the Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner) in New York City.
Teh Rev. Charles A. Weatherby heard the couple's vows at a 5 P. M. ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore an aqua crepe dress with matching headband and veil. Her corsage was of white roses and stephanotis.
Mrs. Radley Lippe of New York City was matron of honor in a pale gray crepe dress with matching hat and corsage of pink roses.
Dr. Louis Royer of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City was best man.
A reception followed at the Hotel Duane in New York City.
The couple will make their home in West New Brighton, Staten Island.
The Bride, whose father is professor emeritus of New York University, was the widow of Lieutenant Donald Clark Godfrey of the Army Air Forces, who was killed in a plane crash while in training in Florida in October, 1943.
Mrs. Robertson was graduated from Yonkers High School and attended the Juilliard School of Music, to which she was awarded a scholarship by the Chaminade Club of Yonkers.
An organist, she has been playing at Summer services at the Park Hill Reformed Church and Central Methodist Church.
Lieutenant Robertson, former resident physician at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, is stationed at Halloran Hospital on Staten Island. He entered service in early Spring.
He was graduated from the University of Maine in 1940 and from the Long Island College of Medicine in December, 1943. He interned at Lenox Hill Hospital.
The bridegroom is a member of Alpha Tau Omega, social fraternity, and Theta Kappa Psi, medical society. - The following appeared on 5 July 1952 in The Herald Statesman: [Born] To Dr. Robert Brewer and Ellen Pegues Robertson, of Rumson, N. J., twins, Nancy Gail and Robert Brewer Jr., at Monmouth Memorial Hospital, Long Branch, N. J. Mrs. Robertson is the daughter of Professor and Mrs. Albert S. Pegues of 461 Riverdale Avenue, formerly of 274 Park Hill Avenue, Yonkers.
- The following appeared on 29 August 1960 in The Herald Statesman: Dr. Albert Shipp Pegues, retired professor emeritus at New York University, died Saturday at his home, 461 Riverdale Ave. [Yonkers], after a short illness.
Born in Cheraw, S.C., Feb. 19, 1875, he was graduated from Wofford College in Spartansburg, S.C., and did graduate work at the University of Chicago and Cornell University. He was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Southwestern University where he was dean of the English Department for many years.
Also dean of the English Department aat Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, Dr. Pegues came here in 1919 and taught English literature in NYU's School of Education until his retirement in 1945.
He is survived by his wife, the former Flora Piehler, a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Robertson of Rumsson, N.J., former organist and choir director of the Lincoln Park Community Church here; a son, Robert Shipp Pegues of Yorktown Heights; and six grandchildren. - Barbara Ellen Pegues died on 16 January 2006 at age 82 in Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina, at Hilton Head Hospital.
- The following appeared on 20 January 2006 in a local newspaper: (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) Barbara Ellen Pegues Daye, 82, died on Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, in Hilton Head Hospital. Barbara Ellen was born Aug. 9, 1923, in New York City and was the daughter of the late Albert Shipp and Flora Meta Pichler Pegues.
She is survived by her daughters, Donna Godfrey of Raymond, Maine, and Jody Robertson Good of Hilton Head, S.C; her son, Todd Westley Robertson of Greenville, N.H; and her brother, Robert Pegues of White Plains, N.Y.
A service will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island, S.C. The Island Funeral Home and Crematory of Hilton Head Island is in charge of arrangements.
- Last Edited: 4 Nov 2014