Elizabeth Milbank Anderson "Betty" Tanner

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Elizabeth Milbank Anderson "Betty" Tanner

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Death: 1930 (24-25) (streptococcal infection)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Dr. John Stewart "Jack" Tanner, M.D. and Dr. Eleanor Milbank Anderson, M.D.
Wife of Henry Adams Ashforth
Mother of Eleanor Ashforth and Henry Adams Ashforth, Jr.
Sister of Milbank Tanner

Managed by: A1C Paul Alan Fine, USAF, B.A.
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About Elizabeth Milbank Anderson "Betty" Tanner

  • From https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/virginia-cla..., regarding John Stewart Tanner's first wife, Eleanor Milbank Anderson: "He was first married in New York on 7 April 1904 to Eleanor Milbank Anderson and had a daughter the following year, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Tanner (b. 27 January 1905). He and Eleanor were still living together in New York by the time of the 1910 census and apparently divorced shortly after."
  • Elizabeth's birth information is available in the "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W4D-8RW : 11 February 2018), Elizabeth Milbank Tanner, 27 Jan 1905; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 5688 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,984,406.
  • Elizabeth's death information is noted in http://classic.judson.org/images/Judson_House_12_Elly_Dickason.pdf: "Dr. Campbell's daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Henry Adams Ashforth. They had two children: Eleanor and Henry. Elizabeth died in 1930 of a streptococcal infection (this was before penicillin), and the Deering Center became a monument to her memory."
  • Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Tanner and Henry Adams Ashforth were scheduled to be married on 3 January 1925 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. "Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Milbank gave a dinner dance last night at their residence, 16 East Sixty-seventh Street, for Miss Elizabeth Milbank Anderson and Henry Adams Ashforth, whose marriage takes place tomorrow afternoon in the Park Avenue Baptist Church. The guests Included the members of the bridal party. Tonight A. A. Anderson, the bride's grandfather, will give a dinner for the bridal party at his studio, 80 West Fortieth Street, followed by dancing." See The New York Times, Friday, January 2, 1925, page 15.
  • Elizabeth's miniature portrait was reproduced and published in The Sun, Saturday, February 14, 1925, page 11.
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Elizabeth Milbank Anderson "Betty" Tanner's Timeline

1905
January 27, 1905
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
1926
1926
New York, United States
1928
January 5, 1928
New York, United States
1930
1930
Age 24