On August 16, 1930 he arrived at New York City on the S.S. Levithan from Southampton England. On November 24, 1930 he arrived in New York City on the S.S. Levithan from Southampton England. On August 17, 1931 he and his mother Harriett arrived in New York City on the S.S. Levithan from Southampton England.∼*Originally buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. He was moved in September 1939.
Obituary taken from the Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1939
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil Company Official Dies
New York, March 8.-[Special.]-
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil company official who ran away from school to become an apprentice boy on a fishing smack and rose to command the largest privately owned fleet in the world, died suddenly today in his Ritz Towers apartment.
He was 59 years old.
Hague was general manager of the marine department of Standard Oil [N.J.] and vice president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Other:
He married opera star Mary Lewis (born Mary Sybil Kidd) on September 3, 1931 in Portland, Maine but the couple was separated at the time of his death in 1939.
On October 9, 1936 Mr. Hague was one of 72 passengers on board the famed German airship Hindenburg that departed Lakehurst, New Jersey on a ten and half hour tour to Manhattan. This excursion was dubbed the “Millionaires Flight” by the press due the net worth of this group of travelers. Mr. Hague was also an avid collector of maritime paintings, ship models and scrimshaw pieces which were donated to The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia in 1940. Hague also had two ships named for him the first one was a larger oil tanker built in Italy and christened by his wife in 1932. The second ship was a 'Liberty' type cargo built in California in 1944.
Obituary taken from the Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1939
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil Company Official Dies
New York, March 8.-[Special.]-
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil company official who ran away from school to become an apprentice boy on a fishing smack and rose to command the largest privately owned fleet in the world, died suddenly today in his Ritz Towers apartment.
He was 59 years old.
Hague was general manager of the marine department of Standard Oil [N.J.] and vice president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Other:
He married opera star Mary Lewis (born Mary Sybil Kidd) on September 3, 1931 in Portland, Maine but the couple was separated at the time of his death in 1939.
On October 9, 1936 Mr. Hague was one of 72 passengers on board the famed German airship Hindenburg that departed Lakehurst, New Jersey on a ten and half hour tour to Manhattan. This excursion was dubbed the “Millionaires Flight” by the press due the net worth of this group of travelers. Mr. Hague was also an avid collector of maritime paintings, ship models and scrimshaw pieces which were donated to The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia in 1940. Hague also had two ships named for him the first one was a larger oil tanker built in Italy and christened by his wife in 1932. The second ship was a 'Liberty' type cargo built in California in 1944.
On August 16, 1930 he arrived at New York City on the S.S. Levithan from Southampton England. On November 24, 1930 he arrived in New York City on the S.S. Levithan from Southampton England. On August 17, 1931 he and his mother Harriett arrived in New York City on the S.S. Levithan from Southampton England.∼*Originally buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. He was moved in September 1939.
Obituary taken from the Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1939
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil Company Official Dies
New York, March 8.-[Special.]-
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil company official who ran away from school to become an apprentice boy on a fishing smack and rose to command the largest privately owned fleet in the world, died suddenly today in his Ritz Towers apartment.
He was 59 years old.
Hague was general manager of the marine department of Standard Oil [N.J.] and vice president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Other:
He married opera star Mary Lewis (born Mary Sybil Kidd) on September 3, 1931 in Portland, Maine but the couple was separated at the time of his death in 1939.
On October 9, 1936 Mr. Hague was one of 72 passengers on board the famed German airship Hindenburg that departed Lakehurst, New Jersey on a ten and half hour tour to Manhattan. This excursion was dubbed the “Millionaires Flight” by the press due the net worth of this group of travelers. Mr. Hague was also an avid collector of maritime paintings, ship models and scrimshaw pieces which were donated to The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia in 1940. Hague also had two ships named for him the first one was a larger oil tanker built in Italy and christened by his wife in 1932. The second ship was a 'Liberty' type cargo built in California in 1944.
Obituary taken from the Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1939
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil Company Official Dies
New York, March 8.-[Special.]-
Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil company official who ran away from school to become an apprentice boy on a fishing smack and rose to command the largest privately owned fleet in the world, died suddenly today in his Ritz Towers apartment.
He was 59 years old.
Hague was general manager of the marine department of Standard Oil [N.J.] and vice president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Other:
He married opera star Mary Lewis (born Mary Sybil Kidd) on September 3, 1931 in Portland, Maine but the couple was separated at the time of his death in 1939.
On October 9, 1936 Mr. Hague was one of 72 passengers on board the famed German airship Hindenburg that departed Lakehurst, New Jersey on a ten and half hour tour to Manhattan. This excursion was dubbed the “Millionaires Flight” by the press due the net worth of this group of travelers. Mr. Hague was also an avid collector of maritime paintings, ship models and scrimshaw pieces which were donated to The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia in 1940. Hague also had two ships named for him the first one was a larger oil tanker built in Italy and christened by his wife in 1932. The second ship was a 'Liberty' type cargo built in California in 1944.
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