Riches to Rags Family Tree » First Lady Elizabeth Kortright (1768-1830)
Personal data First Lady Elizabeth Kortright
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- Alternative names: Monroe, Elizabeth Monroe, Elizabeth Kortwright, Elizabeth Kortright
- She was born on June 30, 1768 in New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America.Sources 2, 3, 6
Attention: Was older than 60 years (112) when child (Katie M Monroe) was born (??-10-1880). Attention: Was older than 60 years (119) when child (Zetta Monroe) was born (??-07-1887). Attention: Was older than 60 years (115) when child (Emma B Monroe) was born (??-04-1884). Attention: Was older than 60 years (123) when child (Clara Monroe) was born (??-03-1892). Attention: Was older than 60 years (125) when child (Eva Monroe) was born (??-07-1893). Attention: Was older than 60 years (126) when child (Cora Monroe) was born (??-12-1894). Attention: Was older than 60 years (121) when child (Nellie Monroe) was born (??-12-1889). Attention: Was older than 60 years (120) when child (Estelle Monroe) was born (??-07-1888). Attention: Was older than 60 years (119) when child (Elzina Monroe) was born (??-07-1887). Attention: Was older than 60 years (128) when child (Florence Monroe) was born (??-07-1896). Attention: Was older than 60 years (129) when child (Myrtle Monroe) was born (??-12-1897). Attention: Was older than 60 years (113) when child (John L Monroe) was born (??-02-1882). Attention: Was older than 60 years (114) when child (Virgil N Monroe) was born (??-04-1883). - She died on September 23, 1830 in Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America, she was 62 years old.Sources 2, 3, 5, 6
Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-10-1880) of child (Katie M Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-07-1887) of child (Zetta Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-04-1884) of child (Emma B Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-03-1892) of child (Clara Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-07-1893) of child (Eva Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-12-1894) of child (Cora Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-12-1889) of child (Nellie Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-07-1888) of child (Estelle Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-07-1887) of child (Elzina Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-07-1896) of child (Florence Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-12-1897) of child (Myrtle Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-02-1882) of child (John L Monroe). Attention: Deceased (September 23, 1830) prior to birth (??-04-1883) of child (Virgil N Monroe). - She is buried in Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America.Source 6
- A child of Lawrence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwaall
Household of First Lady Elizabeth Kortright
(1) She is married to James Monroe, Pres US.
They got married on February 16, 1786 at New York, New York, New York, she was 17 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Eliza Kortright Monroe 1786-1840
- James Spence Monroe 1799-1801
- Katie M Monroe 1880-????
- John L Monroe 1882-????
- Virgil N Monroe 1883-????
- Emma B Monroe 1884-????
- Elzina Monroe 1887-????
- Zetta Monroe 1887-????
- Estelle Monroe 1888-????
- Nellie Monroe 1889-????
- Clara Monroe 1892-????
- Eva Monroe 1893-????
- Cora Monroe 1894-????
- Florence Monroe 1896-????
- Myrtle Monroe 1897-????
(2) She has/had a relationship with Thomas Jefferson.
Child(ren):
- Eliza Jefferson 1786-1835
- James Spence Jefferson 1799-1801
- Maria Hester Jefferson 1803-1850
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=10629
/ Ancestry.com - Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 455.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DGM
- U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 022 : 1897 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday June 30, 1768
- The temperature on June 30, 1768 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1768: Source: Wikipedia
- February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
- April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
- June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
- August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
- December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
Day of marriage February 16, 1786
- The temperature on February 16, 1786 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1786: Source: Wikipedia
- June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
- August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
- August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
- November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
- November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
- December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
Day of death September 23, 1830
- The temperature on September 23, 1830 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1830: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.6 million citizens.
- May 3 » The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
- June 26 » William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
- July 13 » The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.
- August 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.
- September 11 » Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
- November 27 » Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition.
Same birth/death day
- 1722 » Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister († 1795)
- 1755 » Paul Barras, French soldier and politician († 1829)
- 1789 » Horace Vernet, French painter and academic († 1863)
- 1791 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1841)
- 1803 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician († 1849)
- 1807 » Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (d.1887)
- 1789 » John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
- 1835 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
- 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
- 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
- 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
- 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
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