FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin
1st of 4 children of Willard Joseph “Joe” Chamberlin & Frieda Lois Jones
Born: Dec 2, 1917, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
Died: Mar 11, 1974 (age 56), Veteran’s Hospital in Washington, D.C.; lung cancer
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Department of the Army Public Information office (4 years), Public Relations Director of United Service Organizations, Inc. (WWII); Glamor Magazine (associate editor), Verona-Cedar Times in New Jersey, (public relations director) United Nations (interpreter), Library of Congress, Chicago Sun (worked for Edward R. Morrow), English teacher, Stars & Stripes (journalist and editor)
Affiliations: Theta Sigma Phi, the national professional society for women in journalism, Gamma Phi Beta sorority; Overseas Neighbors (publicity chairman; American Association for the United Nations (publicity chairman)
Author: A Minority of Members: Women in the US Congress, published 1973
Married (1): Sep 30, 1940, Henry J. “Hank” Garnjobst, Jr., Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois
Annulled: 1941
No children
Married (2): aft 1941 during WWII, Robert Edward “Bob” Corso, in Europe
Divorced: abt 1959/1960, New Jersey
No children
(m1) Henry J. “Hank” Garnjobst, Jr.
2nd of 4 children of Dr. Henry J. Garnjobst, Sr. & Lulu Neal
Born: Dec 10, 1917, Halsey, Linn Co., Oregon
Died: Dec 29, 2007 (age 90), La Jolla, San Diego Co., California
Buried: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, San Diego Co., California
Occupation: Journalist for the Gazette-Times in Corvallis, Oregon
Affiliation: Oregon State College, class of 1942, Phi Delta Theta
Married (1): Sep 30, 1940, Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin, Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois
Annulled: 1941
No children
Married (2): Nov 12, 1943, Edna Irene Lewis, Washington, District of Columbia
(m2) Robert Edward “Bob” Corso
2nd of 3 children of John Corso & Maria D. Klene
Born: Feb 21, 1920, East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey
Died: Dec 3, 1994 (age 74), Verona, Essex Co., New Jersey; heart trouble
Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery in Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey
Military: WWII U.S. Army, 3rd Army, Infantry Captain
Occupation: Physician/podiatric surgeon
Married (1): during WWII, Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin, in Europe
Divorced: abt 1959/1960, New Jersey
No children
Married (2): Oct 15, 1960, Barbara Ann (Breyley) Parsons, Verona, Essex Co., New Jersey
No children
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Timeline and Records
Four children of Willard Joseph “Joe” Chamberlin & Frieda Lois Jones:
1. Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin
1917 – 1974
2. Willard Joseph Chamberlin
1920 – 1988
3. Marcella Joan “Jo” Chamberlin
1923 – 2014
4. Roy Morgan Chamberlin
1926 – 1999
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Dec 12, 1917: Birth of Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin, 1st of 4 children of Willard Joseph “Joe” Chamberlin Sr. & Frieda Lois Jones, in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
Dec 12, 1917: Oregon State Birth Index:
Name: Mary Hope Chamberlin
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Portland, Oregon, USA
Father: Willard Joseph Chamberlin
Mother: Freda L Chamberlin
Certificate Number: 2-933
Jan 15, 1920: Federal Census for Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon:
Chamberland, Joseph: head, rents, age 29, married, born Texas, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania, etymologist Oregon College (Willard Joseph Chamberlin)
Chamberland, Frida: wife, age 26, married, born Oregon, father born Oregon, mother born Oregon (Frieda Chamberlin)
Chamberland, Mary H: daughter, age 2, born Oregon, father born Texas, mother born Oregon (Mary Hope Chamberlin)
Apr 7, 1930: Federal Census for North Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon:
Chamberlin, Willard J: head, age 39, married at 26, born Texas, father born New York, mother born West Virginia, forest etymologist at State College, Veteran WWI
Chamberlin, Frieda L: wife, age 36, married at 28, born Oregon, father born Oregon, mother born Oregon
Chamberlin, Mary H: daughter, age 12, born Oregon, father born Texas, mother born Oregon
Chamberlin, Willard J: son, age 9, born Oregon, father born Texas, mother born Oregon
Chamberlin, Marcella J: daughter, age 7, born Oregon, father born Texas, mother born Oregon
Chamberlin, Roy M: son, age 3, born Oregon, father born Texas, mother born Oregon
1936: Hope Chamberlin, Sophomore year (class secretary) at Oregon State College, Beaver Yearbook, Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon:
1937: Hope Chamberlin, Junior year at Oregon State College, Beaver Yearbook, Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon:
1938: Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin, as a senior at Oregon State College, Beaver Yearbook, Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon
1939: City Directory for Evanston, North Shore Co., Illinois:
Name: M Hope Chamberlin
Residence Year: 1939
Street Address: 1906 Sherman av
Residence Place: Evanston; North Shore, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Student
Publication Title: Evanston, Illinois, City Directory, 1939
Aug 1939: Hope Chamberlin receives a Masters’s Degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern in Evanston, North Shore Co., Illinois
1939: Henry J. “Hank” Gornjobst, Beaver Yearbook, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon:
Apr 5, 1940: Federal Census for Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon:
Name: M Hope Chamberlin
Respondent: Yes
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Oregon
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Street: S W Mongomery
House Number: 1208
Inferred Residence in 1935: Corvallis, Benton, Oregon
Residence in 1935: Corvallis, Benton, Oregon
Occupation: Reporter
Industry: Newspaper
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 30
Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 40
Income: 860
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members: Age, Relationship
M Hope Chamberlin: Age 22, Head
Josephine Blakely: Age 22, Partner
circa 1940: Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin:
Sep 30, 1940: Marriage of Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin & Henry J. “Hank” Garnjobst. Jr., in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, the 1st marriage for both. Their marriage was annulled in 1941.
Sep 30, 1940: Marriage Record, Cook Co., Illinois:
Name: Hope Chamberlin
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1940 (note: there is a 2nd marriage record that reflects Oct 1, 1940)
Spouse: Henry Garnjobst Jr
Marriage Location: Cook County, IL
Marriage license: {8B08CE6C-F6CE-4AED-B9C4-2E77759C734E}
File Number: 1657044
Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages)
Archive repository location: Chicago, IL
Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk
Oct 8, 1940: The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon (pg 5): “an interesting wedding ceremony?”
Oct 16, 1940: WWII Draft Card:
Name: Henry Garnjobst
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Halsey, Oregon, USA
Residence Place: Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Oregon, USA
Employer: Northwestern University Student
Weight: 160
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Henry Garnjobst
Jul 1, 1941: WWII Draft Card:
Name: Robert Edward Corso
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1920
Birth Place: E. Orange, NJ
Residence Place: East Orange, Essex, NJ
Registration Date: 1 Jul 1941
Registration Place: East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Employer: None
Weight: 180#
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6’0′
Next of Kin: John Corso
Nov 5, 1941: WWII Army Enlistment Record:
aft 1941 during WWII: Marriage of Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin & Robert Edward “Bob” Corso, in Europe; her 2nd marriage, his 1st
“Bob and I—the blouse is the hand-painted silk you had made for me for Valentine’s Day” is handwritten on the back of the photo. The blouse was painted by her sister, Marcella “Jo” Chamberlin.
Nov 12, 1943: Marriage of Henry J. “Hank” Garnjobst, Jr & Edna Irene Lewis, Chevy Chase Baptist Church in Washington, District of Columbia
Name: Henry Garnjobst
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1918
Marriage Date: 12 Nov 1943
Marriage Place: District of Columbia, USA
Spouse: Edna Irene Lewis
Film Number: 002319412
Nov 12, 1943: Newspaper.com Marriage Index:
Name: Mr. Henry Garnjobst Jr.
Gender: Male
Residence Date: Abt 1943
Residence Place: Alexandria, Virginia
Occupation: Advertising Manager
Employer: American Lumber & Treating company
Occupation 2: Personnel Director
School: Oregon State College
Marriage Date: 12 Nov 1943
Marriage Place: Washington, D.C.
Father: Henry Garnjobst
Spouse: Irene Lewis
Mar 1952: The Oregon Stater, class of 1938 news clip:
1953: City Directory for Verona, Essex Co., New Jersey (pg 181):
Name: Hope C Corso
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1953
Street Address: 98 Linden av V
Residence Place: Montclair; Caldwell; Essex Fells; Verona; Cedar Grove; Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Spouse: Robert E Corso
Publication Title: Montclair, New Jersey, City Directory, 1953
1957: City Directory for Verona, Essex Co., New Jersey (pg 171):
Name: Hope Corso
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1959
Street Address: 45 Chestrd V
Residence Place: Montclair; Caldwell; Essex Fells; Verona; Cedar Grove; Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Spouse: Robert E Corso
Publication Title: Montclair, New Jersey, City Directory, 1959
1958: Hope (Chamberlin) Corso, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, La Campana yearbook photo:
1959: City Directory for Verona, Essex Co., New Jersey (pg 177):
Name: Hope Corso
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1959
Street Address: 45 Chestrd V
Residence Place: Montclair; Caldwell; Essex Fells; Verona; Cedar Grove; Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Spouse: Robert E Corso
Publication Title: Montclair, New Jersey, City Directory, 1959
abt 1959/60: Divorce of Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin & Robert Edward “Bob” Corso, New Jersey
Oct 15, 1960: Marriage of Robert Edward “Bob” Corso & Barbara Ann (Breyley) Parsons, Verona, Essex Co., New Jersey, the 2nd marriage for both
Dec 10, 1971: Death of Willard Joseph “Joe” Chamberlin (age 82), the father of Hope Chamberlin, in Lakeside, San Diego Co., California; of emphysema and arthritis.
Jan 1, 1974: Publication of A Minority of Members, Women in the U.S. Congress, by Hope Chamberlin
Biographical narratives of the experiences of the 85 women who had at this time been members of the US Congress. The book won the 1974 Christopher Award for adult nonfiction. The Christopher Award (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, films, and television specials that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” It is given by The Christophers, a Christian organization founded in 1945 by the Maryknoll priest, James Keller.
Mar 11, 1974: Death of Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin (age 56), 1st of 4 children of Willard Joseph “Joe” Chamberlin Sr. & Frieda Lois Jones, in Washington, District of Columbia; of lung cancer.
Mar 11, 1974: Social Security Application and Claims Index:
Name: Hope Chamberlin Corso
[Mary H Chamberlin]
[Hope Corso]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Portland Mul, Oregon
Death Date: 11 Mar 1974
Claim Date: 27 Apr 1974
Father: Willard J Chamberlin
Mother: Freida L Jones
Notes: Name listed as HOPE CHAMBERLIN CORSO; 19 Apr 1974: Name listed as MARY H CHAMBERLIN; 30 Dec 1987: Name listed as HOPE CORSO
Mar 11, 1974: Social Security Death Index:
Name: Hope Corso
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1917
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Oregon
Death Date: Mar 1974
Mar 12, 1974: Corvallis Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon (pg 6):
Mar 12, 14, & 20, 1974, Excerpts from the Congressional Record, Washington, D.C.:
“Hope Chamberlin was a reporter-photographer for the Portland Oregonian, an information and editorial specialist with the U.S. government in Germany and Austria after World War II, and director of information for the National Broadcasting Co’s. ‘Constitutional Classroom’ television program before coming to Washington as a freelance writer.
She was recently commissioned by the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation to research and write a new work on women who have blazed trails or made significant contributions to the major professions, and she had mapped out an extensive schedule of travel and interviews when she fell ill and died within a week after the illness was diagnosed as cancer.
Every present and former woman Member of Congress who was interviewed by Hope Chamberlin will, I am sure, share my sense of loss in the death of this vital and useful and delightful person.
Mr. Speaker, under unanimous consent I submit for inclusion of the Record as part of my remarks an excellent review of the book which will now stand as Hope Chamberlin’s last major literary contribution.
Miss Chamberlin sincerely believed that Americans know almost nothing of the 75 women who have served in the House and the 11 who served in the Senate. She wrote A Minority of Members to set the record straight by shattering the myths which have depicted women in Congress as ineffective legislators interested in only social issues.
If Hope Chamberlin were still alive, she would encourage women to run for public office because she sincerely believes that women have integrity and should be in the House and Senate. I am certain that her voice will live on through A Minority of Members to inspire women to enter public life.”
Source: Congressional Record, Washington, D.C
Mar 22, 1974: Burial of Mary Hope “Hope” Chamberlin. Hope is interred in an unmarked burial site in Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (Stewart, Lot 671 East)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia is a historic 22-acre cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1848 and completed in 1853, and is a prime example of a rural cemetery. Many famous politicians, business people, military people, diplomats, and philanthropists are buried at Oak Hill, and the cemetery has a number of Victorian-style memorials and monuments.
Oak Hill’s chapel was built in 1849 by noted architect James Renwick, who also designed the Smithsonian Institution’s Castle on Washington Mall and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York. His one-story rectangular chapel measures 23 by 41 feet and sits on the cemetery’s highest ridge. It is built of blue gneiss, in Gothic Revival style, with exterior trim in the same red Seneca sandstone used for the Castle.
By 1851, landscape designer Captain George F. de la Roche finished laying out the winding paths and terraces descending into Rock Creek valley. When initial construction was completed in 1853, Corcoran had spent over $55,000 on the cemetery’s landscaping and architecture.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Hill_Cemetery_(Washington,_D.C.)
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