Person:Robert Horsfall (3)

HORSFALL, Robert Bruce, born 21 Oct 1868 in Clinton; son of John Tomlin and Anne Battersby Horsfall; md Carra Elisabeth Hunting 27 May 1906; son Robert Bruce; died 24 Mar 1948. Artist and writer.

Robert Bruce Horsfall lived on Elm Street (now 4th Avenue North) near the river. Local acquaintances say he was little, shy, had a squeaky voice, and was very hard to know. His father was the town rag-picker, and Bruce often wore a secondhand overcoat several sizes too big. Local people financed his schooling in Cincinnati, and he won a scholarship for European study. While in Munich he painted “Evening Hour”, which was displayed at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893

PO Lyons
Horsefall, John, age 46, white male, watchman in mill, no RE, PE=$500, b. England, both parents of foreign birth, (able to read and write)
, Anna, age 34, white female, keeps home, born England, both parents foreign birth, (able to read and write)
, Leonard, age 19, white male, laborer, b. NY
, Alfred, age 15, white male, at home, b. NY
, Emile, 9, white male, at home, attended school, b. IA
, Alice, 7, white female, at home, attended school, b. IA
, Robert, 1, white male, at home, b. IA

Second Street
Horsfull, John, married, age 56, b. England, Dealer in Scrap Iron, both parents. b. England
, Anne, wife, married, age 44, b. ENG, keeping house, both parents b. England
, Leonard, son, age 24, b. NY, at home
, Emil W., son, age 18, b. IA, Painter
, Alice, dau, age 16, b. IA, at home
, Bruce, son, age 11, b. IA, at school
, Fredrick, son, age 8, b. IA, at school
, Elenor, dau, age 3, b. IA, at home
, Benj., son, age 1, b. IA

914 N 2nd Street
Horsfall, John, 64, Naturalized, English
Ann, female, 42, English
Leonard, male, 32, American
Emile, male, 26, American
Alice, female, 23, American
Bruce, male, 19, American
Fred, male, 16, American
Elenor, female, 11, American
Benjamin, 9, American

Hunting, James E., head, white male, age 58, married once, 39 years, b. IL, fa b. VT, mo b. MI, overseer, farm, owns home with mortgage
, Anna B., wife, white female, age 57, married 1, 39 years, 2 children, 1 living, b. OH, fa b. ENG, mo b. OH
Horsfall, Carra E., dau, white female, age 38, married 1, 4 years, 1 child, 1 living, b. IA, fat b. IL, mo b. OH
, Robert B., son-in-law, white male, age 40, married 1, 4 years, b. IA, both parents b. ENG, Artist, general
, Robert B. Jr., gson, white male, age 2, single, b. NJ, both parents b. IA

1457 East Eighteenth Street,
Horsfall, Robert Bruce, head, rents, white male age 49, married, able to read and write, b. Iowa, both parents born England, artist, painting
, Carra Elizabeth, wife, white female, 46, married, able to read and write, born Iowa, both parents b. Iowa
, Robert Bruce Jr., son, white male, 12, single, attends school, able to read and write, born New Jersey, both parents b. Iowa
Chenoweth, Elmer Lloyd, adopted son, white male, 16, single, attends school, b. Oregon, father b. Oregon

3833 8 Street,
Horsfall, Robert B., head, owns home, $11,000 value, owns radio, white male, age 60, married, age 37at first marriage, , b. IA, both parents b. ENG, Artist, works at home, independent
, Carra E., wife, white female, age 58, married, age 34 at first marriage, b. IA, both parents born US

3835 S street NW
Horsfall, R. Bruce, 70, married, 8 yrs school, b. IA, lived same place 5 yrs ago, employed, artist, worked 52 weeks in 1939, $1500 annual income, no other source of income; owns home worth $7,000
, Carra E. (informant), wife, 68, 5 yrs college, b. IA, same place 5 yrs ago, not employed works in home

Red Bank, NJ, March 27: "R. Bruce Horsfall, artist and naturalist, died on Wednesday in Monmouth Memorial Hospital, Long Branch, N. J. He had been taken ill while visiting his brother, Fred W. Horsfall of Newman Springs Road, here. His age was 80. He lived at Fairport, N. Y."
Donated paintings and drawings to Rutgers University Geological Museum.
Born in Clinton, Iowa, studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy, received a European scholarship and studied at the Art Academy in Munich and in Paris from 1889 to 1893.
Exhibited in Chicago in 1886 and at Chicago Exposition and Midwinter Exposition in San Francisco in 1893-94.
Scientific illustrations for the American Museum of Natural History, New York; Princeton Patagonian Report; Century and St. Nicholas magazines; Land Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, many other books.
Habitat backgrounds in the American museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum (Yale), Kent Scientific Museum (Grand Rapids, Mich.), States Museum (Springfield, ILL), the Zoological Museum (Univ. of Minnesota).
Ast. biologist of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission, 1914-16.
Member of the Ornithologists' Union, Cooper Ornithological Club, Northwest Bird and Mammal Society, American Society of Mammalogists, American Museum of Natural History.
Brother Emil W. of Red Bank, Son Robert of Los Angeles, adopted son Robert W. Myers of Newport News VA, sister Alice B. of Red Bank.

In 1900 helped his brothers and sisters to select a farm home in Red Bank, NJ. Resident of New York, NY, at time of marriage. He and his wife Carra collaborated on works of natural science, for which she wrote the text. Moved to Georgetown area of Washington, DC. about 1925, lived there until after Carra's death in 1944. While there, adopted an adult "son", Robert W. Meyers. After Carra's death, went to live with his son Bruce in Rochester, NY. Visited his two surviving brothers and one sister in Red Bank, NJ, in 1947, while son Bruce and family moved to California, in expectation that he would join them later, but died before doing so.

Horsfall, R(obert) Bruce, b. 1868, Clinton, IA, d. 1948;
Residences: Ohio, Oregon; NYC 1899; Washington DC 1925-1944;
Studied: J. M. Stich; Cincinnati Art Academy with L. C. Lutz, T. S. Noble, 1886-1889; F. Duvenick; Bavaria Royal Academy, Munich with N. Gysis; Academy Julian with Bouguereau and Ferrier, 1890-91, 1894; Academy Colarossi, Paris, 1889-93 (on scholarship).
Exhibited: World Columbian Expo, Chicago, 1893; Chicago World’s Fair, 1893 (won distinction in portraiture & monotypes); Art Institute of Chicago 1895-1909. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1895.
Sources inc: Who’s Who in American Art 1940, Iowa Artists of the First 100 Years, Ness & Orwig

The Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Jun 1891, Mon, Page 7 - Duveneck Prize and farewell party
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 25 May 1897, Tue, Page 8 - "Monotypes"
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 Jun 1897, Tue, Page 10- "'LOONCH'" - Given To Mark the Art Club's Season's End
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 6 Jun 1897, Sun, Page 8 - "Society of Western Artists"
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 27 Jun 1897, Sun, Page 20 - Permanent exhibit a success
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 18 Jul 1897, Sun, Page 22 - "Works of Local Artists"
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 29 Aug 1897, Sun, Page 32 - "Doings - In the Realm of Art"
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 10 Nov 1897, Wed, Page 10 - "Dethroned - Young Artist's Reason"
Massillon Item, Massillon, Ohio, 18 Dec 1897, Sat, Page 3 - "Insult Killed Her."
Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, New Jersey, 23 Nov 1897, Tue, Page 5 - "Shocked Her Modesty"
The World, New York, New York, 23 Nov 1897, Tue, Page 1 - "Fatal Shock To A Girl's Modesty"
The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio, 12 Jan 1898, Wed, Page 8 - "Bruce Horsfall - Decides to Seek His Fortune in New York"
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, 23 Jan 1898, Sun, Page 29 - "Pictures Shown By The Manufacturers' Association"
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, 12 Mar 1899, Sun, Page 16 - "In Local Studios"
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, 30 Dec 1899, Sat, Page 14 - "The January Century"

Horsfall, R(obert) Bruce,
Studied: J. M. Stitch; Cincinnati Art Academy with L. C. Lutz, T. S. Noble, 1886-1889
Studied: F. Duvenick; Bavaria Royal Academy, Munich with N. Gysis; Academy Julian with Bouguereau and Ferrier, 1890-91, 1894; Academy Colarossi, Paris, 1889-93 (on scholarship). Exhibited: World Columbian Expo, Chicago, 1893; Chicago World’s Fair, 1893 (won distinction in portraiture & monotypes); Art Institute of Chicago 1895-1909. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1895.

John Tomlin Horsfall, married 1852 to Anna Battersby
Robert Bruce, born 21 Oct, 1868, Ringwood, Clinton, IA

1888 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, p. 694
Horsfall, Bruce, artist Advance copying house b. 213 S 4th

1890 - Cincinnati, Ohio, p. 612
Horsfall, Bruce art student bds Jas Bodley's, Mt. Adams
, Emil art student bds Jas Bodley's, Mt. Adams
1897 - Cincinnati, Ohio,
Horsfall, Emil artist, studi 126 E 4th, h Ida St, Mt. Adams
, Bruce, artist studio 126 E 4th, h Ida St, Mt. Adams
1898 - Cincinnati, Ohio, p. 775
Horsfall, Bruce removed to New York City
, Emil removed to New York City

1909 - Princeton, New Jersey (no page number)
Horsfall, Bruce artist, 67 Wiggins
, Mrs. Carrie 67 Wiggins

1915 - Portland, Oregon, p. 612
Horsfall, R Bruce (Carra E) artist h 1457 E 18th
1926 - Portland, Oregon,
Horsfall, Bruce R clk U S Natl Band RDS

1928 - Washington, D.C.,p. 856
Horsfall, Carra E Mrs writer Nature Magazine r 3835 S nw
, R. Bruce (Carra E) artist Nature Magazine r 3835 S nw
1939 - Washington D.C., p. 619
Horsfall, R Bruce (Carra E) artist Nature Magazine h 3835 S nw

No. 32449, 1890-1892, issued 22 ug 1891, Clinton County, Iowa
Bruce Horsfall, citizen of the United States, b. 21 Oct 1868 in Clinton, Iowa, permanent resident of Clinton, Iowa, art student, is going abroad temporarily accompanied by Emil Horsfall b. 21 Sep 1860, Lyons, Iowa
Sworn 15 Aug 1891, Bruce Horsfall
Description: age 22, 4 fee 7 inches tall, high forehead, medium nose, mouth, chin, gray eyes, light hair, light face and complexion
Witness: L. Horsfall, Clinton, Iowa
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No. 17230, 1908-1910, issued Mercer County, New Jersey
Robert Bruce Horsfall, citizen of the United States, b. 21 Oct 1869, Clinton, Iowa, permanent resident of Princeton, New Jersey, artist
Sworn 18 Dec 1909, Robert Bruce Horsfall
Description: age 40, 5 feet 6.5 inches tall, forehead and mouth ordinary, nose aquiline, chin round, face oval, eyes blue, hair brown
Witness Edward J. Van Marter, who has known Horfall for 8 yrs
Mailing address for Horsfall: 67 Wiggens St, Princeton, New Jersey

Arrival 13 March 1893, from Liverpool, England on board the Berlin
line 106 - Bruce Horsfall, 24, artist, b. US, desitnation Clintion, Iowas, resident of US, in 2nd class cabin, 1 piece luggage
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Arrival 9 October 1910 aboard SS St. Paul, departed South Hampton 1 Oct 1910
Horsfall, Bruce, 40, artist, US born