Alice Cornelia Whitney

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Alice Cornelia Whitney (Thaw)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 08, 1955 (75)
Milton, Norfork, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Sparkill, Rockland County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Thaw, Sr. and Mary Sibbert Thaw
Wife of Geoffrey Gordon George Whitney Sr., Sr.
Ex-wife of George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford
Mother of William Thaw Whitney, Sr.; Private; Private and William T Whitney
Sister of Albert Copley Thaw; Harry Kendall Thaw; Edward Bernard Thaw; Josiah Copley Thaw and Countess Margaret Copley de Perigny
Half sister of Louisa Thaw; Eliza Edwards; Mary Thompson; William Thaw, Jr.; Benjamin Thaw, Sr. and 3 others

Managed by: Thomas Föhl (c)
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About Alice Cornelia Whitney

Alice Cornelia Thaw was an American philanthropist and, upon her marriage to George Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth (who later succeeded as 7th Marquess of Hertford), the Countess of Yarmouth.

Thaw was born on January 2, 1880 to William Thaw, Sr. and Mary Sibbet Copley. She was the younger sister of Harry Kendall Thaw.

On April 27, 1903 she married George Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their marriage was annulled in 1908 on the grounds of non-consummation.

In 1913 she married Geoffrey George Whitney, Sr.

Thaw died on May 8, 1955.

Funeral Notice:

The Journal News

.... Nyack, New York .... Wednesday, August 31, 1955 .... Page: 3 - Column: 3

Name: Alice Whitney

Date of Death: 30 August 1955

Funeral Home: Shankey Funeral Home .... 34 North Summit Street .... Pearl River, Rockland, New York

Interment: Rockland Cemetery .... Sparkill, New York

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Alice Cornelia Whitney's Timeline

1880
January 2, 1880
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1917
April 11, 1917
Norfalk Massachusetts., United States
April 11, 1917
1955
May 8, 1955
Age 75
Milton, Norfork, Massachusetts, United States
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Sparkill, Rockland County, New York, United States