Abt 1899 - 1970 (~ 71 years)
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| Name |
Gertrude Thomson Douglas |
| Birth |
Abt 1899 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
3 Feb 1970 |
Lowell Hotel, East 63rd Street, New York, USA  |
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| Person ID |
I105723 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
| Family 1 |
Peter Arrell Brown Widener, II, b. 25 Jun 1895, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA d. 20 Apr 1948, Lankenau Hospital, Bryn Mawr (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
- The wedding of PAB II and Gertrude took place in the Rembrandt Room at Lynnewood Hall, which housed 14 paintings by the artist of that name, in front of 20 family members and friends. The newlyweds set sail on the Berengaria to spend their honeymoon in Europe.
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| Children |
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| Family ID |
F38567 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
| Family 2 |
Frederick Peabody |
| Marriage |
- In her petition for divorce, Gertrude stated that Peabody had used liquor in excess and had punched her and knocked her down at their residence in the presence of Elizabeth Drexel, wife of John Drexel of the well known Philadelphia Drexels. Both Gertrude and Elizabeth Drexel later took up residence in Reno about the same time, both with the intent of divorcing their husbands.
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| Family ID |
F38568 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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| Notes |
- niece of John A. Dix, former Governor of New York
She also had a home in Paris but lived in New York for the last 3 years of her life. Her funeral was held at St Albans Church in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, near the home of her daughter Ella Wetherill and she was interred in the Widener mausoleum.
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