Caroline Berryman Spencer

Caroline Berryman Spencer
Born
Caroline Suydam Berryman

(1861-12-28)December 28, 1861
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedApril 6, 1948(1948-04-06) (aged 86)
Blue Bird Cottage
Newport, Rhode Island
Spouse
Lorillard Spencer Jr.
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(m. 1882; died 1912)​
ChildrenLorillard Suydam Spencer
Lynette Suydam Spencer
Nina Gladys Spencer
Parent(s)Charles Henry Berryman
Harriett Whitney Berryman

Caroline Suydam Berryman Spencer (December 28, 1861 – April 6, 1948) was a New York City and Newport, Rhode Island, socialite and the editor of Illustrated American.[1]

Early life

She was born as Caroline Suydam Berryman on December 28, 1861, in New Haven, Connecticut, to a very wealthy and socially prominent family. She was a daughter of Charles Henry Berryman (1833–1893)[2] and Harriett (née Whitney)[3] Berryman (1838–1912).[4] Among her siblings was Henry Whitney Berryman (husband of Edith "Esta" Green of Goole, England) and Georgiana Louise Berryman (wife of Swiss merchant Henry Casimir de Rham).[5][6]

His paternal grandparents were Edwin Upshur Berryman and Maria (née Coster) Berryman, who both died young.[7] Her maternal grandparents were Hannah (née Lawrence) Whitney and Henry Whitney[8] (a son of Harriet (née Suydam) Whitney and Stephen Whitney, one of the wealthiest merchants in New York City).[9] Among her extended family were aunts Cornelia Lawrence Whitney (the wife of John Gerard Heckscher), Maria Whitney (wife of Robert Cambridge Livingston), and Caroline Suydam Whitney (wife of Cornelius Fellowes).[9]

Personal life

Spencer's only son, Lorillard S. Spencer by Mary Helen Carlisle, 1888.

On October 3, 1882, She married Lorillard Spencer Jr. (1860–1912), a son of Lorillard Spencer and Sarah (née Griswold) Spencer.[10] His paternal grandparents were Eleanora Eliza (née Lorillard) Spencer (daughter of Pierre Lorillard II) and William Augustus Spencer (son of U.S. Representative Ambrose Spencer and brother of John Canfield Spencer, the U.S. Secretary of War and Treasury).[11] Among his siblings was sister, Eleanor Spencer (wife of Don Virginius Cenci, 6th Prince of Vicovaro) and brother William Augustus Spencer, who died aboard the RMS Titanic.[12] Together, they were the parents of two daughters who died in infancy, and a son, who also predeceased her:[1]

They had a home in Newport known as Chastellux, "one of the most beautiful places in that city."[11]

After the death of her husband, who owned The Illustrated American, she became a missionary in the Philippines.[16][17]

She died on April 6, 1948, at her home, Blue Bird Cottage, in Newport, Rhode Island, aged 86.[1] She was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mrs. L. Spencer Dies In Home At Newport". The New York Times. April 7, 1948. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
  2. ^ "DIED". The New York Times. September 8, 1893. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Supreme Court, County of New York. 1882. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "DIED". The New York Times. September 24, 1912. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "MRS. H.C. DE RHAM SUCCUMBS IN HOME; Former Georgianna Berryman Ex-Chairman of Women's Group at City Museum". The New York Times. May 19, 1946. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "Mrs. H. Casimir de Rham (1868-1946)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Clay, Henry (2015). The Papers of Henry Clay: Candidate, Compromiser, Whig, March 5, 1829-December 31, 1836. University Press of Kentucky. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-8131-5672-9. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  8. ^ Jones, William Northey (1924). The History of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey: The Oldest Congregation of the Church in the State of New Jersey, from Its Organization in 1698 to the Year of Our Lord 1923, and the Celebration of the 225th Anniversary of the Parish, Also a Genealogy of the Families Buried in the Churchyard. Patterson Press. p. 199. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Phoenix, Stephen Whitney (1878). The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878. Priv. Print. [Bradford Press]. p. 2542. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "LORILLARD SPENCER IS DEAD.; Prominent In Society and Clubs Here and in Newport". The New York Times. March 15, 1912. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  11. ^ a b Weeks, Lyman Horace (1898). Prominent Families of New York: Being an Account in Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of the Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City. Historical Company. p. 516. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  12. ^ "William Augustus Spencer : Titanic Victim". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. Encyclopedia Titanica. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  13. ^ "Popular Society Beauty who will be Bride of Spencer Lorillard". The Washington Times. Washington, D.C. September 19, 1905. p. 5. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  14. ^ Sands, Benjamin Aymar (1916). The Direct Forefathers and All the Descendants of Richardson Sands: Together with the Genealogies of My Direct Maternal Ancestors. p. 13. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "Miss Force Weds Lorillard Spencer. Daughter of Mrs. Wm. H. Force Married in Home of Her Sister, Mrs. Wm. K. Dick". The New York Times. December 6, 1922.
  16. ^ "Mrs. Lorillard Spencer To Run Mission In Jolo". The New York Times. December 5, 1913. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
  17. ^ "Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Wealthy Widow, Goes To Philippine Islands to be Missionary". The New York Times. December 5, 1913. Retrieved November 26, 2012.