DEGRUCHY, Viola

Female 1895 - 1982  (87 years)


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  • Name DEGRUCHY, Viola 
    Birth 18 Sep 1895  Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • findagrave has 1898 SSDI 1895
    Gender Female 
    Death 28 Nov 1982  Mont Clair, Essex, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 1 Dec 1982  Beverly National Cemetery, Burlington, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I665  Staleys
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2020 

    Father DEGRUCHY, George D 
    Mother WOODHEAD, Sarah J 
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family STALEY, Mortimer Laurie,   b. 2 Jun 1893, Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1964 (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1926  Westchester Co. New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Sep 1895 - Providence, Rhode Island, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1926 - Westchester Co. New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Nov 1982 - Mont Clair, Essex, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1 Dec 1982 - Beverly National Cemetery, Burlington, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • She is buried as Viola Degruchy, Staley. Last known residence from SSDI, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. Her father was Canadian and mother English according to the 1930 Census and Viola's occupation was Artist/Painting.
      VIOLA DE GRUCHY (Mrs. Mortimer Staley, d. 1986, Montclair, NJ) studied dynamic symmetry with Howard Giles and Bisttram, and in 1930 was teaching a private class in dynamic symmetry at the Master Institute. In 1936, she was given access to some geometrical diagrams drawn by George Henry Felt. Felt ( 1831-1906) was one of the co-founders with Blavatsky of the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875, and had derived a system of geometry based on ancient Egyptian principles. Blavatsky thought they were authentic and discusses them in Isis Unveiled (1877). De Gruchy showed these diagrams to Howard Giles, who then referred her and the drawings to Claude Bragdon, who described his meetings with her to Dorothy Brett in 3 letters dating from 1936. The Felt diagrams derived the golden section and other root rectangles from the circle. The discovery of the Felt diagrams undoubtedly strengthened Giles and Bisttram’s belief in dynamic symmetry as an ancient mystical system based on cosmic principles. De Gruchy provided the illustrations for “The Twin Sisters – Religion and Science,“ the final chapter of James Churchward’s The Sacred Symbols of Mu (1933). For an in-depth discussion of the Felt material, see http://www.ehbritten.org/docs/felt_working_group_status_report_7-18-12.pdf
      From http://www.emil-bisttram.com/colleagues/

  • Sources 
    1. [S102] Rhode Island Births 1636-1930, Ancestry.com.

    2. [S99] www.findagrave.com.

    3. [S190] US Veteran's Gravesites ca 1775-2006, Ancestry.com, 5 May 2011, Section Y Site 1918 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S136] www.westchester.gov.com/, County Clerk No.1141 (Reliability: 3).