Friday, February 22, 2013  Roy Jobbins Pomeroy, Oscar Winner and
Early Hollywood Special Effects Technician: The Life of an
Artist.  Research by Patricia Cusick Whipple Story and
additional research by Kate Corbett Pollack  Part One.
Darjeeling, Bengal, India, April 20, 1893. A baby’s cry pierces
the serene atmosphere of this mountainous town, located in the
Mahabharat Range of the Himalayas. A gentle wind rustles through
the lush, verdant tea leaves that line the terraced hills. Mist
envelopes the surrounding jungle, home to tigers, elephants,
leopards and many other exotic species. On this day, William
Henry Jobbins and Jeannette Shepherd Hauser welcomed the birth
of their second son, Amos Pomeroy Jobbins. William (1851-1893)
and Jeannette (1862-1938), an ambitious couple living in this
beautiful area of India, were British subjects. Jeannette was a
direct descendent of General Seth Pomeroy, the American
Revolutionary war hero, a lineage she was very proud of. Keeping
with the family tradition, she include