Alice E. (Merritt) LaGrove

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Alice Eastwood La Grove/Bangs (Merritt)

Also Known As: "Agnes Leonard."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Manhattan, Kings, New York, United States
Death: 1950 (97-98)
England
Place of Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn Kings County (Brooklyn) New York, USA Plot: Lot 27155, Section 143
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Isaac Merritt Singer and Mary Eastwood (Walters) Merritt
Ex-wife of William Alonso Paul La Grove and Francis C. Bangs
Mother of Eugene W La Grove
Half sister of Theron Merritt; Elmer J. Merritt; Olivia Merritt; William Adam Singer; Lillian C. Singer and 21 others

Occupation: Alice Eastwood Walter Merrit Agnes Leonard - Actress
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About Alice E. (Merritt) LaGrove

Twice married and twice divorced Alice Eastwood Merritt was the daughter of Mary Eastwood Walters and Isaac Merritt Singer. Mary Walters adopted the surname "Merritt" for herself and daughter. At age 18 her father arranged her marriage to W. A. P. LaGrove, with whom she had a son. They divorced and she was briefly married to a Mr. Bangs. The marriage ended in divorce a few months later; she took her first husband's name. Like her father, she developed a passion for acting and hiring her own company; toured under the name of Agnes Leonard.



            
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Alice E. (Merritt) LaGrove's Timeline

1852
1852
Manhattan, Kings, New York, United States
1876
1876
New York
1950
1950
Age 98
England
1950
Age 98
Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn Kings County (Brooklyn) New York, USA Plot: Lot 27155, Section 143

Birth: 1852
Death: Feb. 3, 1890

Twice married and twice divorced Alice Eastwood Merritt was the daughter of Mary Eastwood Walters and Isaac Merritt Singer. Mary Walters adopted the surname "Merritt" for herself and daughter. At age 18 her father arranged her marriage to W. A. P. LaGrove, with whom she had a son. They divorced and she was briefly married to a Mr. Bangs. The marriage ended in divorce a few months later; she took her first husband's name. Like her father, she developed a passion for acting and hiring her own company; toured under the name of Agnes Leonard.

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Parents:
Isaac Merritt Singer (1811 - 1875)
Mary Eastwood Walters Merritt (____ - 1901)

Siblings:
William Adam Singer (1834 - 1914)**
Lillian C. Singer (1837 - 1912)**
Isaac Augustus Singer (1837 - 1902)**
Jasper Hamet Singer (1846 - 1922)**
Mary Olivia Singer Whitlock (1848 - 1900)**
Charles Alexander Singer (1850 - 1852)**
Alice Eastwood Merritt LaGrove (1852 - 1890)
Julia Ann Singer Herz (1855 - 1923)**
Caroline Virginia Singer Foster (1857 - 1896)**
Charles Alexander Mathews (1859 - 1883)**
Adam Mortimer Singer (1863 - 1929)**
Winnaretta Eugenie Singer De Polignac (1865 - 1943)**
Washington Grant Singer (1866 - 1934)**
Paris Eugene Singer (1867 - 1932)**

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Note: Interment: 9 January 1891.

Burial:
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Kings County (Brooklyn)
New York, USA
Plot: Lot 27155, Section 143

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Record added: Jan 04, 2015
Find A Grave Memorial# 140897515

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