Daughter of Francis Osborne MacTavish and Sarah Gilmor, who were married November 21, 1878 in Baltimore. Anita was orphaned by age five, and was raised by relatives.
She married three times (see below) and had one son by her first marriage: Carroll MacTavish Elder, born February 20, 1901 in Baltimore, died April 9, 1965 in Easton, Maryland. He married Louise Yeardley Duvall (1901-1988).
Anita died of an overdose of sleeping powder, according to the official report of her death at the National Archives. It is not noted whether the overdose was accidental or intentional.
From the Baltimore Sun, February 3, 1914:
FORMER MRS. ELDER DEAD
Mrs. Quarles, Nee Miss MacTavish, Descendant of Charles Carroll, Expires in Hamburg
Baltimoreans were grieved to learn yesterday of the death in Hamburg, Germany, of Mrs. Edward L. Quarles, formerly Miss Anita Carroll MacTavish, of this city.
Mrs. Quarles had lived abroad for several years, but her illness was not generally known to her friends here.
She was a lineal descendant of Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Her first husband was George H. Elder, of the Green Spring Valley [married June 9, 1900], from whom she was divorced in 1903. Mr. Elder died a short while after the decree was granted [on July 11, 1903], and his wife became an actress, playing for a while at Albaugh's Theatre, then known as the Lyceum.
With James K. Hackett in "Jack's Little Surprise", Mrs. Elder was playing in St. Paul when she met Anton Dahl Kofoed, a Minneapolis musician to whom she was married later [on May 6, 1905]. She and Mr. Kofoed were divorced in 1905 by Judge D.S. Simpson in Milwaukee. Then she became Mrs. Quarles, her husband being a son of United States Senator Quarles. Her father was Francis Osborne MacTavish.
When Mrs. Elder determined to enter upon a stage career, she was living at her summer house in Walbrook. Her relatives objected strenuously to her becoming a player, but she was obdurate, declaring that she was compelled to earn a living and that acting was about the simplest way of which she knew.
Mrs. Elder resumed the name of "Miss MacTavish", and thought seriously of doing Shakespearean parts, although she realized that it would take time for her to attain conspicuous roles.
It is not recorded that she ever realized her ambition to perform a leading role in "Othello", in which she was much interested, for her stage career was brief. She was introduced to Mr. Kofoed within a year after she became an actress.
Miss MacTavish was beautiful. Possessed of a slender figure and a clear, well-modulated voice, she was a favorite in Baltimore society for a number of years. She was a great-niece of the late Judge Robert Gilmor.
Miss Virginia MacTavish, who lives now in Rome and who visited Baltimore this winter, is her cousin. She has another cousin, Miss Anetra MacTavish, who is also on the stage.
She married three times (see below) and had one son by her first marriage: Carroll MacTavish Elder, born February 20, 1901 in Baltimore, died April 9, 1965 in Easton, Maryland. He married Louise Yeardley Duvall (1901-1988).
Anita died of an overdose of sleeping powder, according to the official report of her death at the National Archives. It is not noted whether the overdose was accidental or intentional.
From the Baltimore Sun, February 3, 1914:
FORMER MRS. ELDER DEAD
Mrs. Quarles, Nee Miss MacTavish, Descendant of Charles Carroll, Expires in Hamburg
Baltimoreans were grieved to learn yesterday of the death in Hamburg, Germany, of Mrs. Edward L. Quarles, formerly Miss Anita Carroll MacTavish, of this city.
Mrs. Quarles had lived abroad for several years, but her illness was not generally known to her friends here.
She was a lineal descendant of Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Her first husband was George H. Elder, of the Green Spring Valley [married June 9, 1900], from whom she was divorced in 1903. Mr. Elder died a short while after the decree was granted [on July 11, 1903], and his wife became an actress, playing for a while at Albaugh's Theatre, then known as the Lyceum.
With James K. Hackett in "Jack's Little Surprise", Mrs. Elder was playing in St. Paul when she met Anton Dahl Kofoed, a Minneapolis musician to whom she was married later [on May 6, 1905]. She and Mr. Kofoed were divorced in 1905 by Judge D.S. Simpson in Milwaukee. Then she became Mrs. Quarles, her husband being a son of United States Senator Quarles. Her father was Francis Osborne MacTavish.
When Mrs. Elder determined to enter upon a stage career, she was living at her summer house in Walbrook. Her relatives objected strenuously to her becoming a player, but she was obdurate, declaring that she was compelled to earn a living and that acting was about the simplest way of which she knew.
Mrs. Elder resumed the name of "Miss MacTavish", and thought seriously of doing Shakespearean parts, although she realized that it would take time for her to attain conspicuous roles.
It is not recorded that she ever realized her ambition to perform a leading role in "Othello", in which she was much interested, for her stage career was brief. She was introduced to Mr. Kofoed within a year after she became an actress.
Miss MacTavish was beautiful. Possessed of a slender figure and a clear, well-modulated voice, she was a favorite in Baltimore society for a number of years. She was a great-niece of the late Judge Robert Gilmor.
Miss Virginia MacTavish, who lives now in Rome and who visited Baltimore this winter, is her cousin. She has another cousin, Miss Anetra MacTavish, who is also on the stage.
Daughter of Francis Osborne MacTavish and Sarah Gilmor, who were married November 21, 1878 in Baltimore. Anita was orphaned by age five, and was raised by relatives.
She married three times (see below) and had one son by her first marriage: Carroll MacTavish Elder, born February 20, 1901 in Baltimore, died April 9, 1965 in Easton, Maryland. He married Louise Yeardley Duvall (1901-1988).
Anita died of an overdose of sleeping powder, according to the official report of her death at the National Archives. It is not noted whether the overdose was accidental or intentional.
From the Baltimore Sun, February 3, 1914:
FORMER MRS. ELDER DEAD
Mrs. Quarles, Nee Miss MacTavish, Descendant of Charles Carroll, Expires in Hamburg
Baltimoreans were grieved to learn yesterday of the death in Hamburg, Germany, of Mrs. Edward L. Quarles, formerly Miss Anita Carroll MacTavish, of this city.
Mrs. Quarles had lived abroad for several years, but her illness was not generally known to her friends here.
She was a lineal descendant of Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Her first husband was George H. Elder, of the Green Spring Valley [married June 9, 1900], from whom she was divorced in 1903. Mr. Elder died a short while after the decree was granted [on July 11, 1903], and his wife became an actress, playing for a while at Albaugh's Theatre, then known as the Lyceum.
With James K. Hackett in "Jack's Little Surprise", Mrs. Elder was playing in St. Paul when she met Anton Dahl Kofoed, a Minneapolis musician to whom she was married later [on May 6, 1905]. She and Mr. Kofoed were divorced in 1905 by Judge D.S. Simpson in Milwaukee. Then she became Mrs. Quarles, her husband being a son of United States Senator Quarles. Her father was Francis Osborne MacTavish.
When Mrs. Elder determined to enter upon a stage career, she was living at her summer house in Walbrook. Her relatives objected strenuously to her becoming a player, but she was obdurate, declaring that she was compelled to earn a living and that acting was about the simplest way of which she knew.
Mrs. Elder resumed the name of "Miss MacTavish", and thought seriously of doing Shakespearean parts, although she realized that it would take time for her to attain conspicuous roles.
It is not recorded that she ever realized her ambition to perform a leading role in "Othello", in which she was much interested, for her stage career was brief. She was introduced to Mr. Kofoed within a year after she became an actress.
Miss MacTavish was beautiful. Possessed of a slender figure and a clear, well-modulated voice, she was a favorite in Baltimore society for a number of years. She was a great-niece of the late Judge Robert Gilmor.
Miss Virginia MacTavish, who lives now in Rome and who visited Baltimore this winter, is her cousin. She has another cousin, Miss Anetra MacTavish, who is also on the stage.
She married three times (see below) and had one son by her first marriage: Carroll MacTavish Elder, born February 20, 1901 in Baltimore, died April 9, 1965 in Easton, Maryland. He married Louise Yeardley Duvall (1901-1988).
Anita died of an overdose of sleeping powder, according to the official report of her death at the National Archives. It is not noted whether the overdose was accidental or intentional.
From the Baltimore Sun, February 3, 1914:
FORMER MRS. ELDER DEAD
Mrs. Quarles, Nee Miss MacTavish, Descendant of Charles Carroll, Expires in Hamburg
Baltimoreans were grieved to learn yesterday of the death in Hamburg, Germany, of Mrs. Edward L. Quarles, formerly Miss Anita Carroll MacTavish, of this city.
Mrs. Quarles had lived abroad for several years, but her illness was not generally known to her friends here.
She was a lineal descendant of Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Her first husband was George H. Elder, of the Green Spring Valley [married June 9, 1900], from whom she was divorced in 1903. Mr. Elder died a short while after the decree was granted [on July 11, 1903], and his wife became an actress, playing for a while at Albaugh's Theatre, then known as the Lyceum.
With James K. Hackett in "Jack's Little Surprise", Mrs. Elder was playing in St. Paul when she met Anton Dahl Kofoed, a Minneapolis musician to whom she was married later [on May 6, 1905]. She and Mr. Kofoed were divorced in 1905 by Judge D.S. Simpson in Milwaukee. Then she became Mrs. Quarles, her husband being a son of United States Senator Quarles. Her father was Francis Osborne MacTavish.
When Mrs. Elder determined to enter upon a stage career, she was living at her summer house in Walbrook. Her relatives objected strenuously to her becoming a player, but she was obdurate, declaring that she was compelled to earn a living and that acting was about the simplest way of which she knew.
Mrs. Elder resumed the name of "Miss MacTavish", and thought seriously of doing Shakespearean parts, although she realized that it would take time for her to attain conspicuous roles.
It is not recorded that she ever realized her ambition to perform a leading role in "Othello", in which she was much interested, for her stage career was brief. She was introduced to Mr. Kofoed within a year after she became an actress.
Miss MacTavish was beautiful. Possessed of a slender figure and a clear, well-modulated voice, she was a favorite in Baltimore society for a number of years. She was a great-niece of the late Judge Robert Gilmor.
Miss Virginia MacTavish, who lives now in Rome and who visited Baltimore this winter, is her cousin. She has another cousin, Miss Anetra MacTavish, who is also on the stage.
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