Researching Joseph Stickney
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 58 people with the Stickney surname? In that year Stickney was ranked number 3521 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Joseph means "God shall add (another son)" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Joseph Stickney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joseph Stickney and the Stickney Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 111 people with the Stickney surname in the UK? Stickney is now ranked number 3938 for popularity in the UK. |
Stickney Family History Databases
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Stickney surname in the USA? Stickney is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Joseph Stickney
Joseph Stickney
Joseph Stickney (1840–1903) was a wealthy coal broker in Pennsylvania. He was a native of Concord, New Hampshire, and made a fortune before the age of 30 investing in the coal business.
Stickney was born on May 31, 1840 in Concord, New Hampshire to Joseph Pearson Stickney (1796–1877) and Lucretia Gibson Stickney (1809–1840). In 1881, Stickney and his partner, John N. Conyngham, purchased the large Mount Pleasant Hotel, in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire, from lumberman John T. G. Leavitt. It was later demolished. In 1894, he married Carolyn S. Foster (1869–1936) of Waltham, Massachusetts. There were no children from the union.
Stickney constructed the luxurious Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, which opened in 1902, the year before his death. The Mount Washington is one of the few surviving grand hotels of the Gilded Age.
Stickney died on December 21, 1903, in New York City. In 1913, his widow Carolyn Foster Stickney was remarried to Aymon de Faucigny-Lucinge (1862–1922), a French aristocrat.
Stickney was the subject of a September 2019 episode of the podcast Lore.
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