Katherine Emmons Force

Penguasa real estat & sosialita


Katherine Emmons Force Spencer (12 Maret 1891 – 8 September 1956) adalah seorang investor real estat dan sosialita asal Amerika.[1][2] Dia adalah anggota dewan zonasi untuk Newport, Rhode Island.[1]

Katherine Emmons Force
Foto Katherine, c. 1915.
Lahir(1891-03-12)12 Maret 1891
Brooklyn, New York, Amerika Serikat
Meninggal8 September 1956(1956-09-08) (umur 65)
Newport, Rhode Island, Amerika Serikat
PekerjaanPengusaha
Suami/istri
(m. 1922; his death 1939)
Anak3

Kehidupan awal sunting

Katherine Emmons Force lahir pada 12 Maret 1891 di Brooklyn, New York. Dia adalah putri tertua dari Angkatan William Hurlbut (1852–1917) dan Katherine Arvilla ( née Talmage) Force (1864–1939).[1] Adik perempuannya, Madeleine, adalah istri Kolonel John Jacob Astor IV dari keluarga Astor , yang meninggal saat tenggelamnya Titanic pada tahun 1912.[2]

Kehidupan pribadi sunting

Pada 6 Desember 1922, Force menikah dengan Lorillard Suydam Spencer (1883–1939) di rumah saudara perempuannya, kemudian Ny. William Karl Dick, di 7 East 84th Street.[3] Lorillard, yang bercerai dari istri pertamanya, Mary Ridgeley Sands, adalah putra Lorillard Spencer dan Caroline Suydam (née Berryman) Spencer.[4] Bersama-sama mereka memiliki dua putra dan putri:

  • Katherine Talmage Lorillard Spencer (1923–1992), yang menikah dengan Joseph Henry Doherty (1923–1992) pada tahun 1957.[5]
  • Stephen Wolcott Spencer (1925-2010),[6] yang menikahi Marjorie Potts, putri Owen Lewis Potts dari Santiago, Chili, pada tahun 1957.[7]
  • William Hurlbut Force Spencer (1927–2013), yang menikahi Louise Thacher Jones pada tahun 1956.[8]

Kemudian dalam hidupnya, ia menjadi investor real estat dan menjadi anggota dewan zonasi untuk Newport.

Suaminya meninggal pada tahun 1939.[9] Ia meninggal karena serangan jantung di pondoknya, Chasteullux, di Newport, Rhode Island pada 8 September 1956.[1]

Referensi sunting

  1. ^ a b c d "Mrs. Lorillard Spencer. Widow of New York Banker, a Resident of Newport, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. September 9, 1956. Diakses tanggal 2015-02-28. Mrs. Katherine Force Spencer of Chasteullux, Newport, died at her home this morning of a heart attack. She was 63 years old.... 
  2. ^ a b "How the Beautiful Katherine Force, Sister of Madeleine, Who Was Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Is Now Mrs. Dick, and Other Society Girls Are Carving Out Careers for Themselves' by Hard Work". The Milwaukee Journal. July 25, 1920. 
  3. ^ "Miss Katherine Force To Wed Major Spencer. Their Marriage to Take Place Tomorrow at the Home of Her Sister, Mrs. William K. Dick" (PDF). The New York Times. December 5, 1922. Diakses tanggal 2012-11-26. Although the engagement of Miss Katherine E. Force, daughter of Mrs. William H. Force, to Major Lorillard Spencer has never been formally announced, it has been rumored for some time, and their wedding will take place tomorrow at the home of Mrs. William K. Dick, 7 East Eighty-fourth Street. Mrs. Dick, who was formerly Mrs. John Jacob Astor, is Miss Force's sister. 
  4. ^ United Press (June 12, 1939). "Lorillard Spencer Dead". The Wall Street Journal. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-11-04. Diakses tanggal 2010-10-19. Lorillard Spencer 56 former executive in several airplane companies and prominent in Newport society died at his home Friday after a long illness..... 
  5. ^ "Katherine Spencer, Joseph Doherty Wed". Newport Daily News (dalam bahasa Inggris). 29 June 1957. Diakses tanggal 8 May 2019. 
  6. ^ "SPENCER--Stephen". The New York Times. July 25, 2010. Diakses tanggal 8 May 2019. 
  7. ^ "MARJORIE POTTS TO BE WED IN MAY; Alumna of Santiago College in Chile Is Future Bride of Stephen Wolcott Spencer" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 March 1957. Diakses tanggal 8 May 2019. 
  8. ^ Times, The New York (5 February 1956). "Miss Louise Thacher Jones Bride Of William Hurlbut F. Spencer; Ruf--Toland" (PDF). The New York Times. Diakses tanggal 8 May 2019. 
  9. ^ "LORILLARD SPENCER DEAD IN NEWPORT; Was Decorated by France and the U.S. for 'Extraordinary Heroism in Action' AN EX-AIRPLANE OFFICIAL He Had Served With Several Corporations--III Since He Suffered Stroke in 1934 Took Up Aviation in 1921 Landing Fields Chairman Legion of Valor Member" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 June 1939. Diakses tanggal 8 May 2019. 

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