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Rachel Marriott Gittings
Birth: 1808
Death: 3-26-1886
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Wife of Benjamin Erasmus Gittings a Fancy Goods Merchant in Washington, D.C. Rachel appears to have been a successful businesswoman alongside her husband. Frances "Fanny" Seward references having a bonnet fit with ribbons at her shop in her 1860 diary.
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Wife of Benjamin Erasmus Gittings a Fancy Goods Merchant in Washington, D.C. Rachel appears to have been a successful businesswoman alongside her husband. Frances "Fanny" Seward references having a bonnet fit with ribbons at her shop in her 1860 diary.
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ancestry.com
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Ancestry
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Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington Ward 3, Washington, District of Columbia; Page: 675
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Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122129317/rachael-gittings
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Rachel Marriott Gittings - Find A Grave
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