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Harry Wright Newman Author · Genealogist · Historian
Washington, D.C.
Annapolis, MD
50 years of publishing
Harry Wright Newman was an accomplished author, genealogist, and historian, very well known in Maryland for his extensive work documenting the genealogy of Maryland families. He authored his first book in 1933 and his last in 1983 — a career spanning five decades. A compiled bibliography of many of his books is available here.
Many of Mr. Newman's books can be found in selected libraries across the country, and nearly every title he authored is cited somewhere on the internet. Despite the extensive work he did to document the history of others, very little personal information about Mr. Newman existed in print — prompting some original census research on his life.
- Living alone
- Age 35, single
- Rent $34.50
- Born in Washington, D.C.
- Father born in Maryland
- Mother born in Washington, D.C.
- Occupation: Specialist — Business
- Veteran: Mexican War & World War I
- Boarder (among 14 boarders)
- Age 23, single
- Born in the District of Columbia
- Father born in Maryland
- Mother born in the District of Columbia
- Occupation: Government
- Harry A. Newman, Head — age 40, widower, Locomotive Engineer (Railroad)
- Harry A.W. Newman, son — age 15, born D.C.
- Howard E. Newman, son — age 11, born D.C.
- Alfred M. Newman, son — age 5, born D.C.
- Leonore Wright, grandmother — age 58, widow; 9 children, 4 living; born Maryland
- Harry A. Newman, Head — born June 1869, age 31, married 7 years; Locomotive Engineer
- Annie Newman, wife — born July 1871, age 29; 2 children, 2 living; born D.C.
- Harry Newman, son — born July 1894, age 5; born D.C.
- Howard Newman, son — born Dec. 1898, age 1; born D.C.
- Naomi Wright, sister-in-law — born Sept. 1885, age 14; born D.C.
- Leonore Wright, mother-in-law — born May 1852, age 48, widow; 9 children, 5 living
Harry Wright Newman is listed in the Social Security Death Index under ZIP code 20009 in Washington, D.C. According to that record, he was born July 7, 1894 and died in April 1983.
Harry Wright Newman, who was 89 and lived in Annapolis, died early Saturday morning at Anne Arundel General Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He retired in the 1950s after serving many years as a commercial attaché at a number of American embassies abroad. Fond of traveling, he made vacation tours of Europe both before and after his retirement. He was educated at George Washington University, Georgetown University, and Cambridge University in England.
An avid horseman, Mr. Newman was a cavalryman with the District of Columbia National Guard unit fighting Pancho Villa's forces on the Mexican border before WWI. He served as an infantryman during WWI. As soon as he retired, Mr. Newman began to pursue his life's passion — the genealogy of Maryland families and their history.
He was a member of the Society of the War of 1812, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Sons of the Revolution. He was also a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. The night before he died, he attended the Society's annual dinner at the Maryland Club.
His parents were Harry Anderson and Annie Wright Newman. He had two brothers: Howard E. Newman, a surgeon in Washington, D.C., and Alfred M. Newman, who worked for the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover in Washington, D.C. After the death of his mother, his father remarried — at which time Mr. Newman left home to pursue his interests.