Joseph FLACK^{[1, 2, 3]}

1894 - 1955  (60 years)

• Name	Joseph FLACK
  Birth	5 Dec 1894	Grenoble, Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	May 1955	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
  Death	8 May 1955	Died at sea aboard the liner "United Sates"
  Person ID	I178	Tree618J
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Roland FLACK,   b. 11 Sep 1857, Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Nov 1931, Doylestown , Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Sallie R WALTER,   b. Mar 1864, Warrington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Dec 1929, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1885	Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	Date from 1931 Flack Family Reunion Sign-in Register. Jim Flack - 15 Nov 2007.
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aloisia 'Louise' Maria Ann SCHMID,   b. 1904, Vienna, Austria d. 1986 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	25 Aug 1932	Vienna, Austria
  Notes	"Announcement has been made here of the marriage of Joseph Flack, son of the late Hon Roland and Mrs Flack of Grenoble, to Miss Louise Maria Ann Schmid of Vienna, Austria, in that city on August 25. The bridgegroom, who had been stationed in Poland as first secretary of the American Embassy, began new duties in the diplomatic service in Madrid, Spain on September 25, it was reported." Source: Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, Tuesday 4th Oct 1932
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Photos

  Tree618J - Flack, Joseph: 1894-1955 US Ambassador Joseph Flack b.5 Dec 1894, Grenoble, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1955. Died at sea aboard the liner "United Sates" while returning home from Poland. Pictured with wife Louise Marla Ann Flack (nee Schmid).

  
  

  Documents

  Tree618J - BIOGRAPHY. Joseph Flack Sen; Joseph Flack Jr; and Roland Flack - an article from - 'History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania by William H Davis' Article reproduced from the website www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html

  
  

  Headstones

  Tree618J - Headstone. Flack, Joseph: 1894-1955. Joseph Flack, Husband of Aloisia 'Louise' Maria Ann Schmid. Parents Roland Flack and Sallie Walter. I believe he is buried in ARLINGTON Cemetery but this is the family 'marker' in Neshaminy cemetery.

  
  

• Notes

  NOTES: Mentioned in the Biography of Roland Flack - an article in " History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania by William H Davis" - Transcribed June 2002 as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project @ rootsweb.com See extract in documentation on flackgenealogy.com website Jim Flack - 1 Dec 2007. NOTES: Attended 1931 Flack Reunion. BIOGRAPHY: US Ambassador to Bolivia 15 July 1946 - 17 May 1949 Source: http://www.nndb.com/gov/451/000120091/ ~ US Ambassador to Costa Rica. 13 Aug 1949 - 21 Sep 1950 Source: http://www.nndb.com/gov/503/000120143/ ~ US Ambassador to Poland. 30 Nov 1950 - 22 April 1955 Source: http://www.nndb.com/gov/564/000120204/ BIOGRAPHY: Flack, Joseph (1894-1955) - Born in Grenoble, Bucks County, Pa., December 5, 1894. Married to Aloisia Schmid. U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1946-49; Costa Rica, 1949-50; Poland, 1950-55; shot at, and nearly hit, at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, during the 1946 revolution. Died, from a coronary thrombosis, aboard the ocean liner United States, in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 8, 1955. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzsimmons-fladeland.html#04Z02CUAU DEATH: Joseph Flack of Pennsylvania was Ambassador to Poland from 1950 to 1955. He was born in 1894 and was a career Foreign Service Officer. He also served as Ambassador to Bolivia and Costa Rica. Ambassador Flack died in 1955 aboard the liner 'United States' while on his way home from Warsaw for reassignment. Source: http://poland.usembassy.gov/poland/previous_ambs.html BURIAL: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA "Joseph Flack: 1894-1955." Source: K @findagrave - 16 Jun 2011. CENSUS: 1910 US Federal Census - Pennsylvania, Bucks, Warwick, ED 58, Page 1A. *[15 Apr 1910]* Living with parents Joseph Flack (son) age 15 born Pennsylvania. CENSUS: 1920 US Federal Census - Pennsylvania, Bucks, Warwick, ED 63, Page 3B. *[14 Jan 1920]* Living with parents. Joseph Flack (son) age 25 born Pennsylvania. Government Service. MILITARY: U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Name: Joseph Flack. Age: 48 Birth Date: 5 Dec 1894 Birth Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania. Residence: 110 East Eashland Street, Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania Person who Knows you: Mrs A P Vaux - same address. Employer: Secretary of State, Washington DC. Roll: WW2_2240181 OTHER: One of 'many' Ships passenger lists available on Ancestry.com for Joseph Flack. Earlier ones show his address as Grenoble, PA. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Joseph Flack Estimated birth year: abt 1895 Age: 57 Gender: Male Birth Location: Pennsylvania Nativity: Pennsylvania Address: Department of State, Washington DC. Travelling with: Aloisia Flack - age 48. Ship Name: S.S. United States Port of Departure: Southampton, England - 21 Nov 1952 Port of Arrival: New York, New York - 26 Nov 1952 Line: 10 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_8244 Page Number: 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Information from Tania Shurko, (Personal Research). [S6] 1910 US Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Bucks, Warwick, ED 58, Page 1A. *[15 Apr 1910]*. Joseph Flack (son) age 15 born Pennsylvania. [S7] 1920 US Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Bucks, Warwick, ED 63, Page 3B. *[14 Jan 1920]*. Joseph Flack (son) age 25 born Pennsylvania. Government Service.