Edith Stuyvesant Gerry

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Edith Stuyvesant Gerry was an American socialite and philanthropist best known as the second wife of financier George Washington Vanderbilt II and later U.S. Senator Peter Goelet Gerry.

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instanceOf American socialite
human
birthName Edith Stuyvesant Dresser
burialPlace St. Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
child Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1873-01-17
dateOfDeath 1958-12-21
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Gerry
fieldOfWork charitable activities
givenName Edith
hasAncestry Dresser family
Stuyvesant family
knownFor philanthropy in North Carolina
philanthropy in Rhode Island
languageSpoken English
memberOf New York high society
Newport high society
notableFor role in preserving Biltmore Estate
second wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II
wife of U.S. Senator Peter Goelet Gerry
notableResidence Biltmore House
linked to: Biltmore Estate
occupation philanthropist
socialite
participatedIn management of Biltmore Estate after George Vanderbilt's death
placeOfBirth Newport, Rhode Island
placeOfDeath Providence, Rhode Island
relative Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt
George Washington Vanderbilt II
Peter Goelet Gerry
religion Episcopalian
residence Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore Estate
Newport, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
sexOrGender female
socialStatus member of American upper class
spouse George Washington Vanderbilt II
Peter Goelet Gerry
spouseEndTime divorced from Peter Goelet Gerry in 1927
widowed by George Washington Vanderbilt II in 1914
spouseStartTime marriage to George Washington Vanderbilt II in 1898
marriage to Peter Goelet Gerry in 1925

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Edith Stuyvesant Dresser alsoKnownAs Edith Stuyvesant Gerry