Michael, Edith Selma M.D.

Michael, Edith Selma M.D.[1]

Female 1894 - 1960  (66 years)

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  • Name Michael, Edith Selma 
    Suffix M.D. 
    Born 1 Feb 1894  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • 105 E. 88Th St.
      Certificate # 5853

      Borough: Manhattan Block: 1517 Lot: 6
      Police Precinct: 19
      Address, Zip Code: 105 EAST 88 STREET, 10128
      Owner: HAKIM, KAMRAN
      Lot Area: 2567 sf
      Lot Frontage: 25.5' Lot Depth: 100.67'
      Number of Buildings: 1 Year Built: 1925
      Number of Floors: 5 Bldg Gross Area: 9950 sf
      Flr Area Ratio: 3.88 Max Allow Flr Area Ratio: 4
      Residential Units: 11 Total # of Units: 12
      Land Use: Mixed Residential and Commercial Buildings
      Zoning: R8B CITI Zoning Guide
      Comercial Overlay: N/A Zoning Map #: 08C

      Source: Dept. of City Planning, PLUTO 2005
    Gender Female 
    CAUS stomach cancer and/or pancreatic cancer 
    Birth Cert. 1 Feb 1894  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Certificate Number: 5853, New York City Births, 1891-1902
      Births Reported In Feb., 1894.
    Education Bef 1900  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • elementary school
    Census 1900  Leonia, Bergen Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • indexed as Hammerschlag
    Census 1905  Leonia, Bergen Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • NJ State Census
    Education Between 1900-1907  Leonia, Bergen Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • elementary school
    Education Bef 1912  Vienna, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education 1907-1912  Vienna, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Real Gymnasium Fliegelmann
    Education Between 1912 and 1913  Lausanne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • A.B., Baccalaureat, University Of Lausanne
    Education Between 1913 and 1914  Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Etudes Chemie, Physique et Naturelle, Sorbonne, University Of Paris
      premedical course
    Education Between 1914 and 1918  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • M.D. 1918 Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
      studied with William Stewart Halsted, the father of modern surgery
    TRAV 24 Jul 1914  Boston, Suffolk Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • from Cherbourg aboard Amerika, Name: Edith Michael
      Arrival Date: 24 Jul 1914
      Age: 29 years
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
      Gender: Female
      Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France
      Ship Name: Amerika
      Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
      Microfilm Roll Number: 224
    Residence 1915  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 111 McMechen, student
      living with Annie
      no 1915-era homes remain on this block
    Occupation 1916  Denmark, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Staff, Camp Wyonegonic, Maine
    Residence 1916  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 2307 Mondawmin Ave., student
      this block no longer exists--appears to be in vicinity of Mondawmin Mall
    Residence 1917  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 145 Jackson Place, not living with Annie
    Internship Between Jul 1917 and Aug 1917  Boston, Suffolk Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Boston Psychopathic Clinic
    Internship Between 1918 and 1919  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Johns Hopkins University
    Residence 1918  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 2304 Mondawmin Avenue
    Occupation Between Jul 1918 and Aug 1918  Washington, D.C. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Research Assistant, Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
    Occupation Between 24 Aug 1919 and 1920  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Assistant Resident Physician, Butler Hospital
    Census 1920  Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 6 Ellsworth Ave.
    License 1920  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Medical
    License 1920  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Medical
    Census Jan 1920  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Butler Hospital, Michael, Edith S
      Age: 25
      Year: 1920 Birthplace: New York
      Roll: T625_1678 Race: White
      Page: 1A State: Rhode Island
      ED: 190 County: Providence
      Image: 493
    Occupation Between Jan 1920 and Jul 1920  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • National Committee on Mental Hygiene, Survey of Maryland Public Schools
    Occupation Between Jul 1920 and Nov 1920  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Supervisor of Child Hygiene Centers, NY State Dept. of Health
    DIR 1922-1923  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buyer, Edith M Phys 320 Central Park West
    Census 1925  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 135 Lockwood Ave
      M.D.

      Name: Edith Bayer
      Gender: Female
      Color or Race: White
      Age: 31
      Birth Date: abt 1894
      Birth Place: USA
      Residence Date: 1925
      House Number: 135
      Residence Place: New Rochelle Ward 04, Westchester
      Relationship: Wife
      Assembly District: 01
      Line Number: 36
      Page Number: 18
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Samuel Bayer 50
      Edith Bayer 31
      Edward Bayer 3
      Royal Bayer 2
      Margaret Bayer 1
      Florene Gorlin 30 maid
      Julia Homm 50 lodger
    Occupation 1927  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • physician; 27 Thomas Place r do
    Occupation Between Jan 1927 and 1960  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • School Medical Supervisor, Board of Education, School Medical Supervisor, Board of Education
    Occupation 1928  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Part-time insitutional psychiatric work with adolescents
    Occupation Between Jul 1928 and Aug 1928  Dobbs Ferry, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Volunteer Assistant, Children's Village
    Census 1930  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Age: 36
      27 Thomas Place
      Year: 1930 Birthplace:
      Roll: T626_1663 Race:
      Page: 20A State: New York
      ED: 272 County: Westchester
      Image: 0981 Township: New Rochelle Relationship: Wife
    License 1930 
    • School Medical Supervisor's License
    Occupation Between 1930 and 1934  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Assistant in Psychiatry, Columbia University, Child Guidance
    Residence 1937  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 131 Huguenot Street
      seems to be incorrect for 1937
    DIR 1938  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Mrs Edith M Buyer
      Gender: F
      Residence Year: 1938
      Street Address: 26 Thomas
      Residence Place: New Rochelle, New York
      Occupation: Medical Supvr
      Publication Title: New Rochelle, New York, City Directory, 1938
    Census 1940  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 26 Thomas Place, same house as 1935
    Residence Abt 1945  Bronx, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • University Ave. north of Kingsbridge
    DIR 1950  Bronx, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Edith M Buyer
      Residence Year: 1950
      Street Address: 2845 University av NYC
      Occupation: Medical Supvr, Board of Education
      Publication Title: New Rochelle, New York, City Directory, 1950
    DIR 1955  New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Edith M Buyer
      Residence Year: 1955
      Street Address: 50 Davenport av
      Residence Place: New Rochelle, New York
      Occupation: Med Supvr
      Publication Title: New Rochelle, New York, City Directory, 1955
      near the Sound
    Occupation Bef 1957 
    • Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
    DIR 1958  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Edith M Buyer
      Residence Year: 1958
      Street Address: 80 LaSalle NY City
      Occupation: Medical Supvr
      Publication Title: New Rochelle, New York, City Directory, 1958

      80 LaSalle is Staten Island
    Member
    • American Medical Association
    Member
    • American Psychiatric Association
    Member
    • American School Health Association
    Member
    • New York State Medical Society
    Member
    • Westchester Ethical Society
    Occupation physician 
    Residence Bef 1960  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Morningside Heights
    Occupation 1918-1960 
    • Psychiatrist
    Related to my family
    Residence New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 50 Davenport St. apt 1-N
    _UID 397C0674D297412F8691BB1D10B51FA681EF 
    Died 5 Jun 1960  Suffern, Rockland Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Suffern, NY, Ramapo Valley Nursing Home, Ramapo Valley Nursing Home, Suffern, NY
    Buried Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mount Hope Cemetery
    Person ID I163  Buyer, Stier and Related Families
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2020 

    Father Michael, Bernard,   b. 22 Feb 1866, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1906, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Hamerschlag, Anna Kate,   b. 1 Feb 1868, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1948, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 22 Feb 1891  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 2 Sutton Place, By Rev. Max Cohn
    Marriage certificate 22 Feb 1891  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hamershlay Annie #3746
    Performed by New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Rabbi Max Cohn, Congregation Beth Israel Bickur Cholim, American Jewish Year Book 1899-1900
      [CONGREGATION] BETH ISRAEL BIKUB CHOLIM, 72d Street and
      Lexington Avenue. Founded 1847. Rabbi, Dr. Falk
      Vidaver, 181 E. 71st Street; Chazan, Solomon Baum.
      Officers: President, Jacob Simon, 68 E. 93d Street; Vice-
      President, Emanuel Pisko; Treasurer, Henry Morse;
      Secretary, Max Gross; Sexton, Isaac Joseph. Trustees:
      Louis Sachs, Henry Haims, Abraham Cassel, Jacob
      Katz, Hirshman Morrison. Board meeting last Thursday
      of the month. Members, 95. Services twice daily.
      Religious School: Sunday, 9 to 12 a.m.; Tuesday and
      Thursday, 4 to 6 p. m. Pupils, 125. Annual income,
      $10,000. Sermons in German once monthly. Auxiliary
      Society, Beth Israel Sisterhood .
    Witness
    • A. Bebarfald
    Witness New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • B. Blosveren,
      1880 census:
      Benjamin BLOSVEREN Self M Male W 44 POLAND Furier POL POL
      Rachel BLOSVEREN Wife M Female W 40 ENG Keeping House ENG ENG
      Rebecca BLOSVEREN Dau S Female W 19 ENG Seamstress POL ENG
      Moss BLOSVEREN Son S Male W 16 ENG Seamstress POL ENG
      Sarah BLOSVEREN Dau S Female W 14 ENG At Home POL ENG
      Barron BLOSVEREN Son S Male W 13 ENG At School POL ENG
      Annie BLOSVEREN Dau S Female W 9 ENG POL ENG
      Samuel BLOSVEREN Son S Male W 3 NY POL ENG
      Flora BLOSVEREN Dau S Female W 1 NY POL ENG
      John GOLDMAN Other S Male W 20 POL Seamstress POL POL
    _UID 4267C7B308C248F78DF616C427E554BAA37E 
    Photos
    141 Prospect St., Leonia, NJ
    141 Prospect St., Leonia, NJ
    Possibly the Michael home in Leonia. Property records lists this house as built in 1887.
    141 prospect st leonia nj 2
    141 prospect st leonia nj 2
    Possibly the Michael home in Leonia. Property records lists this house as built in 1887.
    Annie Hamerschlag Michael's photo album
    Annie Hamerschlag Michael's photo album
    Documents
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag wedding invitation
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag wedding invitation
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag marriage certificate
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag marriage certificate
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag marriage return page 1
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag marriage return page 1
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag marriage return page 2
    Michael Bernard and Anna Kate Hamerschlag marriage return page 2
    Michael and Hamerschlag Handwritten Family Information
    Michael and Hamerschlag Handwritten Family Information
    possibly by Annie Hamerschlag Michael
    Michael Hamerschlag Leonia NJ 1900 census
    Michael Hamerschlag Leonia NJ 1900 census
    Histories
    Hamerschlag and Michael Families
    Hamerschlag and Michael Families
    Michael Edith Fan Chart.jpg
    Michael Edith Fan Chart.jpg
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Buyer, Samuel,   b. 2 Jul 1874, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1937, New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1920  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Performed by 25 Nov 1920  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Rev. Dr. Gabriel Shulman, 86th Street Temple, 740 Lexington Ave., NY, now known as the Park Avenue Synagogue
      The Park Avenue Synagogue - Agudat Yesharim- is a Conservative congregation which was founded in 1882. From modest and humble beginnings, it has grown into one of the major congregations in the Conservative movement.
      In 1882, a group of German-speaking Jews founded a synagogue and named it Temple Gates of Hope. A church building at 115 East 86th Street was converted into a synagogue and soon the new synagogue was known as the Eighty-Sixth Street Temple. Some twelve years after its founding, the synagogue joined together with Congregation Agudat Yesharim. This was to be the Hebrew name of the congregation . The sermons in the congregation were still preached in German.
      Later amalgamations were to come. A nearby synagogue, the Seventy-Second Street Temple, was itself a product of the earlier merger of two congregations that had had their beginnings on the Lower East Side in the 1840's, Beth Israel and Bikkur Cholim. After their merger they moved uptown to Lexington Avenue and 72nd Street and in 1920 this congregation joined with the Eighty-Sixth Street Temple, Agudat Yesharim.
      In 1923 the Eighty-Sixth Street Temple petitioned the State of New York to have its name changed to the Park Avenue Synagogue, and three years later a new sanctuary was constructed on 87th Street, dedicated in March of 1927. This is our present sanctuary. In 1928 the last of the mergers took place when Atereth Israel, a congregation of Alsatian Jews who worshipped in their building on East 82nd Street, added their strength to the Park Avenue Synagogue.
    Marriage Notice 28 Nov 1920  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • New York Times
    Witness
    • Royal Hamerschlag
    Witness Joseph Gilbert Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 3840A2E8ABD14FCA94A7E1E1B638654B3284 
    Children 
     1. Buyer, Edward Michael,   b. 25 Dec 1921, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 2012, Sykesville, Carroll Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. Buyer, Royal Samuel,   b. 23 Nov 1922, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 2017, Rockville, Montgomery Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     3. Buyer, Margaret Ann,   b. 11 May 1924, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1976, Suffern, Rockland Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Documents
    Buyer Samuel and Edith Michael marriage certificate
    Buyer Samuel and Edith Michael marriage certificate
    Buyer Edith Ed Roy Margaret 26 Thomas Place 1940.png
    Buyer Edith Ed Roy Margaret 26 Thomas Place 1940.png
    News
    Michael Edith Buyer Samuel Marriage
    Michael Edith Buyer Samuel Marriage
    NY Times Nov 28 1920
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2007 
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Edith Michael in Leonia NJ
    Edith Michael in Leonia NJ
    Edith Michael in Leonia NJ
    Edith Michael in Leonia NJ
    Edith Michael at the Sorbonne
    Edith Michael at the Sorbonne
    Edith Michael at the Sorbonne
    Edith Michael at the Sorbonne
    Annie, Edith, Alice, Dorothea aboard S.S. Amerika, July 1914
    Annie, Edith, Alice, Dorothea aboard S.S. Amerika, July 1914
    Annie, Edith, Alice, Dorothea aboard S.S. Amerika, July 1914
    Annie, Edith, Alice, Dorothea aboard S.S. Amerika, July 1914
    4girls1915.jpg
    4girls1915.jpg
    Miriam Bebarfald (first cousin), Dorothea, Alice, and Edith Michael
    New Year's 1915
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    edith 1912.jpg
    edith 1912.jpg
    edith baby.jpg
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    edith 3 kids.jpg
    edith 3 kids.jpg
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    edith-3.jpg
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    ed edith florence.jpg
    ed edith florence.jpg
    annieanddaughters.jpg
    annieanddaughters.jpg
    lab_Paris_May_1914.jpg
    lab_Paris_May_1914.jpg
    edith_1915.jpg
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    edith_3_children.jpg
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    edith_and_maybe_florence.jpg
    edith_and_maybe_florence.jpg
    edith_uniform.jpg
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    edith_uniform_1945.jpg
    edith_uniform_1945.jpg
    front porch1.jpg
    front porch1.jpg
    oma alice edith.jpg
    oma alice edith.jpg
    buyerfamilyinramsey.jpg
    buyerfamilyinramsey.jpg
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    buyers_sepia.jpg
    buyers_sepia.jpg
    Edith Ed Roy
    Edith Ed Roy
    edith_navaltraining.jpg
    edith_navaltraining.jpg
    Aboard the SS Amerika July 1914
    Aboard the SS Amerika July 1914
    from Cherbourg, returned to U.S. via S.S. America, Boston; met by Uncle Dick (Hamerschlag)
    Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals
    Year 1914
    page 178
    Boston Arrival: July 24
    Steamer: Amerika
    In June 1914, Amerika was transferred to Hapag's Hamburg-Boston service, and was in Boston when World War I began. She was…
    butlerhospital.jpg
    butlerhospital.jpg
    Roy, Edith, and Ed, 1945
    Roy, Edith, and Ed, 1945
    Buyer Family
    Buyer Family
    butlerhospital2.jpg
    butlerhospital2.jpg
    halsted.jpg
    halsted.jpg
    johnshopkins.jpg
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    liner SS America enters Boston Harbor just after World War started.jpg
    liner SS America enters Boston Harbor just after World War started.jpg
    amerika1914 annotated.png
    amerika1914 annotated.png
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    houses1.jpg
    Annie Hamerschlag Michael's photo album
    Annie Hamerschlag Michael's photo album

    Documents
    Michael Edith Birth Certificate
    Michael Edith Birth Certificate
    Michael Annie Edith Alice Dorothea passenger list July 1914
    Michael Annie Edith Alice Dorothea passenger list July 1914
    Memoirs of Dorothea Michael, 1963
    Memoirs of Dorothea Michael, 1963
    Editor's Note: I have not changed Aunt Dot's words, but in the PDF version have added pictures, both from pictures belonging to the Buyer family and some modern pictures of places described in the story. I have also added endnotes that seek to provide information about people and places. This is a work-in-progress, and I would appreciate any…
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    alliance_francaise.JPG
    edith_diploma.jpg
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    edith_hopkins_transcript.jpg
    edith_hopkins_transcript.jpg
    heart_drawing.jpg
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    lausanne id card.jpg
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    Edith Michael Buyer death certificate
    Edith Michael Buyer death certificate
    Edith M. Buyer military headstone application
    Edith M. Buyer military headstone application
    buyer edith AMA deceased physicians file card 1.jpg
    buyer edith AMA deceased physicians file card 1.jpg
    United States Deceased Physician File (AMA) familysearch.org
    buyer edith AMA deceased physicians file card 2.jpg
    buyer edith AMA deceased physicians file card 2.jpg
    United States Deceased Physician File (AMA) familysearch.org
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    paris_id_2.jpg

    Histories
    Hamerschlag and Michael Families
    Hamerschlag and Michael Families
    emichaelthumb.jpg
    emichaelthumb.jpg
    Buyer Edith Michael article about mental health surveys.pdf
    Buyer Edith Michael article about mental health surveys.pdf
    Edith Michael Buyer's story in Changing the Face of Medicine
    Edith Michael Buyer's story in Changing the Face of Medicine
    Michael Edith Fan Chart.jpg
    Michael Edith Fan Chart.jpg

    Folios
    Annie and Dorothea (Dot) Michael's Album
    Annie and Dorothea (Dot) Michael's Album

    News
    Buyer Edith bethesda
    Buyer Edith bethesda
    NY Times 1943
    Buyer edith radio 1_Page_1.jpg
    Buyer edith radio 1_Page_1.jpg
    Oct. 19, 1930 New York Times

    Buyer edith radio 1_Page_2.jpg
    Buyer edith radio 1_Page_2.jpg
    NY times Oct 19 1930
    “Guiding the School Child” Dr. Edith Buyer on WNYC radio
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    NY Times June 6 1960
    Buyer edith radio 2.jpg
    Buyer edith radio 2.jpg
    NY Times Oct 22 1930

    “Guiding the School Child” Dr. Edith Buyer on WNYC radio
    Buyer edith_clippings.jpg
    Buyer edith_clippings.jpg
    Buyer edith_mothersday_clipping.jpg
    Buyer edith_mothersday_clipping.jpg
    NY Times May 14 1944
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    JAMA August 6 1960
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    NY Times june 7 1960
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    Buyer Edith Michael Obituary
    NY Times June 6 1960
    Edith Michael university paris.jpg
    Edith Michael university paris.jpg
    Buyer Edith Herald Statesman Yonkers 5 Mar 1956.jpg
    Buyer Edith Herald Statesman Yonkers 5 Mar 1956.jpg
    Dr. Edith Buyer administering polio vaccine at an emergency clinic in New Rochelle, NY.
    Buyer Edith NY Daily News 7 Jun 1960.jpg
    Buyer Edith NY Daily News 7 Jun 1960.jpg
    Buyer Edith Post-Star Glens Falls NY 20 Aug 1946.jpg
    Buyer Edith Post-Star Glens Falls NY 20 Aug 1946.jpg
    Buyer Edith Post-Star Glens Falls NY 30 July 1936.jpg
    Buyer Edith Post-Star Glens Falls NY 30 July 1936.jpg
    Buyer Edith Yonkers Herald 30 Dec 1927.jpg
    Buyer Edith Yonkers Herald 30 Dec 1927.jpg
    passes civil service exam for women physicians
    Buyer Michael wedding New York Herald 28 Nov 1920.jpg
    Buyer Michael wedding New York Herald 28 Nov 1920.jpg
    Sam Edith guests Post-Star Glens Falls NY 18 Aug 1934.jpg
    Sam Edith guests Post-Star Glens Falls NY 18 Aug 1934.jpg
    Michael Edith army intern Baltimore Sun 26 Jul 1918.jpg
    Michael Edith army intern Baltimore Sun 26 Jul 1918.jpg
    Michael Edith JHU graduation The_Baltimore_Sun_Wed__Jun_12__1918.jpg
    Michael Edith JHU graduation The_Baltimore_Sun_Wed__Jun_12__1918.jpg

    Albums
    Edith Michael Buyer, M.D.
    Edith Michael Buyer, M.D. (54)

  • Notes 
    • friend--Dorothy Worthington, physician,
      AJPH new members 1929 Dorothy Worthington, M.D., A.B., White Plains, N.Y. School Physician
      M.D. 1921 University of Pennsylvania Greenwich, R.I.
      10 North Minister Dr, White Plains, 1938
      DR. D. WORTHINGTON
      New York Times ; Sep 13, 1962;
      ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times
      pg. 37
      DR. D. WORTHINGTON
      SpecIal to The. New York Times_
      WHITE PLAINS, Sept. 12-
      Dr. Dorothy Worthington of
      5 Old Mamaroneck Road here,
      retired head. of the pediatric
      services of the Westchester
      County Health Department,
      died yesterday in the Westchester
      division of New York
      Hospital. She was 75 years old.
      Dr. Worthington graduated
      from Wellesley College and the
      University of Pennsylvania's
      Medical School. After leaving
      the county health department in
      1945, she practiced medicine
      privately.
      A sister survives.


      Michael, Edith
      September 04, 1903
      9y
      F
      Barbarossa
      Bremen, Germany
      A U.S. citizen

      Buyer, Edith Michael 1894-
      Who's Who of American Women. First edition, 1958-1959. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1958.

      Buyer, Edith S 1894-1960
      Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 5: September, 1958-August, 1961. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1962.

      Edith was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve in October 1943 and was trained at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda . She served at the WAVES training center at Hunter College in the Bronx. She supervised nurses who conducted the physical exams for incoming WAVES. My father also remembers that she escorted groups of WAVES to their next posts around the country, sometimes requiring long train trips.

      At the time of her induction into the Navy, Edith was medical supervisor of the New Rochelle NY public school system. She received a leave of absence in order to serve in the military. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~susanb/images/newspaper/edith_clippings.gif. Unfortunately I do not have the source of these two clippings. I had thought they were from the NY Times, but a search of the NYT archive does not retrieve them. They may have been from a New Rochelle newspaper. I have other clippings from the New Rochelle Standard Star and that seems like a good bet for these as well.

      She was promoted to lieutenant commander during the war .

      After her release from active duty, she continued to be active in the Naval Reserve. Her NY Times obit says that she was medical officer in a men's unit. My father and uncle remember that she attended weekly meetings, and generally stayed very active until her discharge from the reserve in 1956, when there was a retirement ceremony at Fort Schuyler.

      more information about physicals for WAVES at Hunter:
      from Crossed Currents: Navy Women in a Century of Change
      By Jean Ebbert, Marie-Beth Hall, Edward Latimer Beach
      Published by Brassey's, 1999
      ISBN 1574881930, 9781574881936
      http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA71&lpg=PA70&dq=waves+training+hunter+college&sig=ACfU3U1moCH7c0_DfKQMNNzIRpvITvDvpQ&id=hUoIaQqipboC&ots=fJnPQR1sEy#PPA71,M1

      p. 71: "The medical staff gave complete physical examinations to 260 recruits a day, an assembly-line routine aptly named the daisy chain."
    • :Ramapo Valley Nursing Home, Suffern NY

  • Sources 
    1. [S154] City Directories of the United States, (microfilm series), Baltimore 1915, [Q:3].

    2. [S933] .

    3. [S154] City Directories of the United States, (microfilm series), Baltimore 1916, [Q:3].

    4. [S154] City Directories of the United States, (microfilm series).

    5. [S654] Robert Buyer.

    6. [S491] Michael Family Tree, Alice Michael Gamer, (about 1954).