Anita Ten Eyck Young

The original owner, Anita Ten Eyck O'Keeffe Young, was the widow of Robert R. Young. They had started the project together, but Mr. Young shot himself in 1965 in the house that was previously on the property. Local legend blames the suicide on a impluse after a mistaken belief that he had lost his fortune. Mrs.Young named the estate Montsorrel in his memory; the main house sets on a slight rise and the name translates as "Mountain of Sorrow". Robert R. Young was a Texas-born businessman who had a successful Wall Street career before becoming a railroad baron, heading both the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and the New York Central Railroad. He introduced high-speed diesel powered passenger trains as well as the first large-scale railroad computer system. Their only child was Eleanor "Cookie" Young, the first of the Great Depression era "Glamour Debutantes", presented in 1936 at their Newport, Rhode Island estate. In 1938, Cookie was a 21 year old divorcee after an eight month marriage to socialite Robert Odgen "Bunty" Bacon. She was killed in a 1941 plane crash.

Anita O'Keeffe Young, sister of painter Georgia O'Keeffe, was a noted hostess and philanthropist. She was a close friend of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor who were frequent guests. The Jansen decoration, which was still intact during my participation in the project with the exception of the furniture and art, included upholstered walls in the premier guest room in a fabric with a Prince of Wales feather motif; a small room adjoined for his valet. The second guest room, decorated for Wallis, also had an adjoining room for her personal maid. There is a large wing with other servants' quarters but with no direct connection to the three principal bedrooms on the second floor.

Mrs. Young died in 1985 and the contents of Montsorrel, along with her palatial Newport summer estate Fairholme, were sold in two celebrated auctions at Sotheby's. (She had donated her earlier Newport home Ochre Lodge to Salve Regina University in 1966). When Montsorrel was first listed for sale for $18 million, it was the most expensive house to that date in the eastern United States. But the high taxes and expense to maintain the estate made the house less than appealing. In the spring of 1987, it finally sold for $13.5 million.

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Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907 about Anita Okeeffe Name: Anita Okeeffe Birth Date: 19 Feb 1891 County: Dane Reel: 0044 Record: 002938

Name: Anita O Keefe [Anita Okeefe] Age: 9 Birth Date: Feb 1891 Birthplace: Wisconsin Home in 1900: Sun Prairie, Dane, Wisconsin [Dane] Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Francis O Keefe Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin Mother's Name: Ida O Keefe Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Francis O Keefe 46 Ida O Keefe 36 Francis O Keefe 15 Georga O Keefe 12 Ida O Keefe 10 Anita O Keefe 9 Alexis O Keefe 7 Kathrin O Keefe 5 Claudia O Keefe 1 Jane E Janney 66 Andrew Earl 30

1910 United States Federal Census about Anita O Keeffe Name: Anita O Keeffe [Anita O'Keefe] [Aurta D'keeffe] Age in 1910: 19 Birth Year: abt 1891 [1891] Birthplace: Wisconsin Home in 1910: Williamsburg, Williamsburg (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: F O Keeffe Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin Mother's Name: Ida A O Keeffe Mother's Birthplace: New Jersey Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Francis Catlyxtus O Keeffe 57 Ida A O Keeffe 47 Frances O Keeffe Jr. 25 O'Keeffe, Georgia O Keeffe 22 Ida O Keeffe 20 Anita O Keeffe 19 Alexix O Keeffe 17 Cathrine O Keeffe 15 Claudia O Keeffe 11 Mrs. Jennie Varney 76

1920 United States Federal Census about Young Name: Young Age: 26 Birth Year: abt 1894 Birthplace: Wisconsin Home in 1920: Wilmington Ward 7, New Castle, Delaware Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Robert R Young Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Robert R Young 22 Young 26 Elenor Young 1 [1 10/12]

1930 United States Federal Census about Anita Young Name: Anita Young [Amta Young] Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1894 Birthplace: Wisconsin Race: White Home in 1930: Manhattan, New York, New York View Map Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Robert R Young Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin Occupation:

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View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Robert R Young 32 Anita Young 36 Eleanor Young 12 Lena Johnson 24

Florida, State Census, 1867-1945 about Anita Young Name: Anita Young Age: 51 Gender: Female Race: White Birth Place: Wisconsin Est. Birth Year: abt 1894 Census Year: 1945 Locality: Precinct 19 County: Palm Beach Page: 14 Line: 22 Archive Series #: S1371, Roll 32 Household Members: Name Age Anita Young 51 [listed with Robert]

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Anita O Young Name: Anita O Young Arrival Date: 3 Sep 1946 Birth Date: 19 Feb 1891 Birth Location: Wisconsin Birth Location Other: Sun Prairie Age: 55 Gender: Female Port of Departure: Southampton, England Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Queen Mary Search Ship Database: Search the Queen Mary in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Social Security Death Index about Anita Young Name: Anita Young SSN: 553-03-9031 Last Residence: 98119 Seattle, King, Washington, United States of America Born: 23 Oct 1890 Died: Jan 1984 State (Year) SSN issued: California (1952)

Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 about Anita E Young Name: Anita E Young Date of Death: 14 Jan 1984 Place of Death: Seattle Age: 93 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891 Residence: Seattle Gender: Female SSN: 553-03-9031 Certificate: 006313

See http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F5YzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V-kFAAAAIBAJ... for info on her and her life at time of Palm Beach Estate sale.