Eleventh Generation (Continued)
Alan Dean Kattelle (Laurie Etta Winnifred Hyson10, Jeffrey9, John Philip Heyson8, John William Gorkum7, Johann Philip6, Johann Friedrich5, Johannes Heuson4, Hans-Velten3, Velten2, Christianus Hußon1).
Born on 23 Mar 1919 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.61 Alan Dean was baptized in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 23 May 1920. Alan Dean died in Hudson, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A., on 8 Dec 2010; he was 91.61
The 1940 United States census states that Alan Katelle resided at Monhegan Plantation [Monhegan Island], Lincoln County, Maine. He lived in the household of Leslie and Pearl Davis. Alan Katelle was a writer. (T627-1483, Maine, Lincoln Co., ED 8-17, Monhegan Plantation, p. 1B)
Alan Kattelle attended Columbia University in New Ortk, New York from which he graduated in 1948. He was working as a machinist in Hudson, Massachusetts when the United States became involved in Second World War; he later enlisted in the U. S. Army and served as an interpreter with the Allied occupation forces in France and Germany.
Alan Kattelle had a successful career as an engineer and business executive. Before his retirement from the Kennecott Copper Co. in 1979, he purchased heavy equipment for mines, including the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, the world’s largest man-made excavation. For 30 years, he and his family resided in Darien, Connecticut.
In addition to being an accomplished sculptor and author, Alan Kattelle became one of the world’s foremost authorities on amateur cinematography. He established himself as an expert over 25 years of collecting, writing, and lecturing. His articles have appeared in numerous collectors’ society journals, as well as the Journal of Film and Video, Film History, and the newsletter of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, from which he received the Silver Light Award in 2005 given in recognition of his long standing contributions and leadership in the field of amateur film. He was a charter member and past president of the Photographic Historical Society of New England, co-founder and past president of the Movie Machine Society and served on the advisory board of Northeast Historic Film. At one time he had one of the largest private collections of amateur film equipment and literature in the world which he has since donated to Northeast Historic Film, Bucksport, Maine. He also authored and published the definitive book on the subject: Home Movies, A History of the American Industry 1897-1979.
Mr. Kattelle was a 3rd generation resident of Lake Boon, Hudson, Massachusetts, and the lake’s resident historian. He served on The Lake Boon Commission, and was a member of both the Hudson and Stow Historical Societies. In 1998 he co-wrote an “Images of America Series” book entitled Lake Boon.
On 8 Feb 1941 Alan Dean married
Natalie Yevete Orne, daughter of
Maynard A. Orne &
Myra E. Stanley, in Hudson, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Born on 21 Jan 1921 in Rockland, Knox Co., Maine, U.S.A.16,65,61 Natalie Yevete died in Hudson, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A., on 2 Nov 2000; she was 79.16,61
The 1940 United States census states that Natalie Orne resided at Monhegan Plantation [Monhegan Island], Lincoln County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents Maynard and Myra Orne. The census states that Natalie Orne was a new worker. (T627-1483, Maine, Lincoln Co., ED 8-17, Monhegan Plantation, p. 1B)
They had the following children: