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Alice Cornelia <I>Thaw</I> Whitney

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Alice Cornelia Thaw Whitney

Birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 May 1955 (aged 75)
Burial
Woods Hole, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Whitney Lot
Memorial ID
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Died in Milton

Alice Cornelia Thaw was born on January 2, 1880, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to William Thaw, Sr. and his second wife Mary Sibbet Copley.
On April 27, 1903 Alice become the Countess of Yarmouth when she married George Francis Alexander Seymour, the son of Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford and Hon. Mary Hood in Pittsburgh. The marriage was annulled in 1908.
On March 22, 1913 she married Boston banker Geoffrey Whitney on the estate of her sister Margaret (Thaw) Carnegie in Georgia.
Milton architect George F. Shepard was hired to design "Winter Valley", on Highland Street in Milton for the couple in 1921.
The Whitneys and their two sons spent summers in their home named Little Harbor Farm which overlooks Woods Hole.
Died in Milton

Alice Cornelia Thaw was born on January 2, 1880, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to William Thaw, Sr. and his second wife Mary Sibbet Copley.
On April 27, 1903 Alice become the Countess of Yarmouth when she married George Francis Alexander Seymour, the son of Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford and Hon. Mary Hood in Pittsburgh. The marriage was annulled in 1908.
On March 22, 1913 she married Boston banker Geoffrey Whitney on the estate of her sister Margaret (Thaw) Carnegie in Georgia.
Milton architect George F. Shepard was hired to design "Winter Valley", on Highland Street in Milton for the couple in 1921.
The Whitneys and their two sons spent summers in their home named Little Harbor Farm which overlooks Woods Hole.

Gravesite Details

72 years old.



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  • Created by: Elaine
  • Added: May 8, 2017
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179160415/alice_cornelia-whitney: accessed ), memorial page for Alice Cornelia Thaw Whitney (2 Jan 1880–8 May 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 179160415, citing Woods Hole Village Cemetery, Woods Hole, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Elaine (contributor 47932173).