Arthur Frederick Ostrander
| Arthur Frederick Ostrander, Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 14, 1895 Schodack, New York |
| Died | February , 1978 Chesapeake, Virginia |
| Children | Cline Brooks Ostrander Arthur Frederick Ostrander, Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Abram Cline Ostrander Harriet Louise Ostrander |
Arthur Frederick Ostrander, Sr. (February 14, 1895 - February 1978), was an assistant scientist. He worked with inventor George Poe. In his childhood he worked with Poe (mid-1907 to 1908), who taught him how an artificial respiration device functions. His assistance to Poe was instrumental in the successful development of the respiration device, as he performed the fine detail work and metal fabrication that Poe could no longer do. His face came to be one of the most well known of the time, having been featured in several large circulation newspapers.
Arthur was the youngest child of Abram Cline (September 12, 1843 - October 2, 1914) and Harriet Louise Ostrander (April 15, 1856 - November 6, 1947). He was descended from The 1679 marriage of Pieter & Rebecca in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. A son,Theunis, born 1691 in Kingston, was ancestor to both Abram Cline Ostrander and Harriet Louise Ostrander. The name "Ostrander" was coined in New York after 1701. Dutch settlers who migrated to the town of New Amsterdam (present day New York City) in the 1660s. He had five siblings: Louis Sherley Ostrander, George Francis Ostrander, Cornelia Elizabeth "Nina" Ostrander Dudley, Faith Wilbur Ostrander Allen Gatling, and Helen Louise Ostrander Smith.
Arthur was born in the town of Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York, on his family's farm (named "Brookview Farmstead"), which was in the process of being subdivided after the death of his grandfather, Walter Ostrander (September 12, 1806- September 17, 1880). In the late 1890s his father moved the family south to Norfolk County, Virginia, and bought a large tract of land, using contacts gained from his wife's Virginia branch of the family. Arthur was raised to be a farmer, like his father before him. He attended public schools along with his siblings, and worked hard at excelling in the technological fields of study, and labored on the farm during term breaks.
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