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nal grandfather, was born in France. As
a child in Bordeaux he listened eagerly
to the stories that came to his ears of the
new country across the seas where everyone
had equal opportunities for success.
While still a boy, he came to America
and located in Brooklyn, New York. He
learned the tailor's trade, and became
very skillful in the handling of fine work.
While yet a young man he went into
business for himself, and commanded a
very high class of trade. He married
Ellen Douglass, whose father settled in
New London, Connecticut, and later on
removed with his family to Brooklyn.
(II) Peter Lamy, son of Andrew and
Ellen (Douglass) Lamy, was reared in
Brooklyn, New York. He received his
education in the excellent public schools
of that city. He was a young man of
pleasing presence and seemed to possess
an inborn capacity for business. He
made his start in life as a traveling salesman,
and was very successful along this
line. In his later years he was a buyer
of hops. He became a resident of Coop-
erstown, New York, about 1884, and lived
there until about 1906, when he removed
to Los Angeles, California, where he has
since been engaged in the real estate bus-
iness, being prominently identified with
the recent rapid development of that city.
He was made a Mason in Cooperstown.
His wife, Mary Weeks (Hill) Lamy,
daughter of David Hill, was born in
Brooklyn, and they were the parents of
six children : David, of Los Angeles
Ethel, who became the wife of Rev. Arthur
Page, a missionary of Swatow.
China, and has two children, Edith and
Ruth ; Mabel, now a resident of New
York City ; Edgar Douglass, whose name
appears at the head of this sketch ; Paul.
a resident of Los Angeles ; and Alice.
(III) Edgar Douglass Lamy, M. D.,
fourth child and second son of Peter and
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Mary Weeks (Hill) Lamy, was born in
Brooklyn, New York, September 21, 1883.
Reaching an age when the future pre-
sented itself before him, the boy felt no
interest in the world of business. A professional
life appealed to him as the most
useful field of effort, and one giving the
greatest opportunity for making life
worth while. He chose that most practical
of all the professions, medicine. He
prepared for college at the Cooperstown
High School, then followed the usual
course at the New York Homoeopathic
College and Flower Hospital, being grad-
uated with the degree of M. D. in 1912.
With this preparation, Dr. Lamy became
an interne in Grace Hospital, New Haven,
Connecticut, one of the finest hospitals
in New England. After a considerable
period there, acquiring the experience
only to be found in such institutions, he
established his office in Stamford, and
began his practice there. In the compar-
atively short time which has elapsed
since then, Dr. Lamy has won a firm
footing in the confidence of the people of
Stamford. He may well be called one of
the coming men of the city. As a gen-
eral practitioner he has had gratifying
success, and bids fair to make a signifi-
cant mark on the history of the medical
world of Stamford. He is a member of
the Medical Society of this city, and is
on the staff of the Stamford Hospital.
Dr. Lamy married Mabel Parker, of
New York City, and there is one child,
Edgar Douglass, Jr.
SCHULTZE, Oscar Frederick,
Business Man.
The reader of biography can see much
between the lines, for very few of the
men who have attained success tell how
they accomplished it. As one writer has
said : ''Success may be compared to a