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    Gertrude Van Cortlandt de Graffenried (Wells)

    Birth: 12-23-1850

    Death: 1-25-1944

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Gertrude Wells, daughter of Alexander and Ann Wells, married first Schuyler Hamilton, Jr., with whom she had five children. In 1894, she divorced Hamilton and shortly thereafter married Baron Raoul Nicholas de Graffenried whom she divorced in 1908. Referred to as an accomplished musician, she is mentioned in Fanny Seward's 1862-1863 diary in the company of her mother Ann Wells visiting Washington, D.C. 

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Biography: 
Gertrude Wells, daughter of Alexander and Ann Wells, married first Schuyler Hamilton, Jr., with whom she had five children. In 1894, she divorced Hamilton and shortly thereafter married Baron Raoul Nicholas de Graffenried whom she divorced in 1908. Referred to as an accomplished musician, she is mentioned in Fanny Seward's 1862-1863 diary in the company of her mother Ann Wells visiting Washington, D.C.
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
Ancestry.com
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry
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Citation Notes: 
Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Newspaper Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
Ossining Citizen Register
Article Title: 
Obituary
Month: 
January
Day: 
30
Year: 
1944
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See also: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150011388/gertrude-van_cortlandt-de_graffenried