Sources & Information:
The Book of Detroiters, Abiographical Dictionary of leading livingmen of the Cith of Detroit, Second Edition, Revised and brought down to date 1914, Editd by Albert Nelson Marquis. Page 121.
“Conn, Herbert James, President Peninsolar Milled Screw Co; born, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada, June 12, 1869; son of Meredith and Mry (Morden) Conn; educated in public schoos and Chatham (Ont.) Business College; married in Canada, 1891, Eliabeth; 1 son Clarence Robert. Began active career as clerk in private Bank, Alviston, Can.; removed to Detroit, 1889, and engaged as contractor and in Cedar Supply Business, 1889-1903; assisted in organizing the Peninsular Milled Screw Co., 1902 (inc.), manufactures of set and cap screws, studs, coupling bolts, nuts, etc., and experts in turned specialties; has been president of the company from time of organization. Member Detroit Board of Commerce, Employers Association, a Republican, member of the Church of Christ, a Mason; Member Canadian Order of Foresters. Recreation: automobiling. Office: 1900 Champlain St. Residence: 265 Burns Ave.
Ancestry.com > Conn family (Owner: reconn). Timeline 1881 Residence Ontario, Canada his first 12 years in Canada.
Ancestry.com > 1910 United States Federal Census, Detroit Ward 17, Wayne Co., Michigan. Lists Herbert Conn, age 40, spouse Elizabeth Conn, age 40, son Clarence Conn, age 15 and Agnes Lamb, age 74 his mother-in-law.
Ancestry.com > 1930 United States Federal Census, Districts 1-250, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, lists Herbert Conn, head of family, Edith Conn his wife and Emma N. Ellis as his mother-in-law. He is indicated as Canadian-English extraction.
Newspaper Clipping indicates the following: Herbert James Conn, Services at 3 P.M. Thursday in the Harvey A. Neely Funeral Home, 5683 Maybury Grand Ave. Burial in Woodmere (cemetery, Detroit, Michigan). Mr. Conn died Monday. His Home was at 149 Taylor Ave. He a retired manufacturer and former President of Peninsular Screw Company of Detroit and is survived by his wife, Mrs Edith A. Conn: his son Clarence; two grandchildren, Elizabeth and William; two sisters, the Misses Eleanor and Lydia Conn, of Pasadena, Calif., and a brother, William Conn, of Mason (Michigan).