MRS. HENRY S. CRAM DEAD HERE AT 23
The Former Edith Drexel, Kin of Jay Gould, Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack. PARENTS HURRYING TO CITY
Their Ship Due From Europe on Tuesday - Girl's Bridal in 1931 a Big Social Event.
Mrs. Edith Drexel Cram, wife of Henry Sergeant Cram and elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Jr., died early yesterday morning of pneumonia at the Harbor Sanitarium, 667 Madison Avenue. She was 23 years old.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram, here on May 5, 1931, was an outstanding social event. They lived during the Winter at their estate, Foot Point Plantation, at Bluffton, S. C., and in the Summer in Locust Valley, L. I.
Mrs. Cram was at the River Club, 447 East Fifty-second Street, when she was taken to the Harbor Sanitarium last Sunday, attended by Dr. Thomas J. Galvin. On the previous Monday her parents, who were at Biarritz with their other daughter, Miss Marjorie Drexel, were notified of her condition and left immediately, sailing from England last Wednesday on the Majestic, which is due here next Tuesday. They were advised of their daughter's condition by radiograms.
OF DISTINGUISHED ANCESTRY
The mother of Mrs. Cram is the former Miss Marjorie Gould. Mrs. Cram was a niece of the late Lady Decies of London, the former Miss Vivien Gould. The Countess of Winchilsea, of England, another aunt, was formerly Miss Margaretta Drexel. Mrs. Cram's brother, Anthony J. Drexel 3d, is in New York.
A son, John Sergeant Cram, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cram on May 30, 1932, at the Harbor Sanitarium.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram linked families that for generations have been prominent. The wedding was performed in the presence of a representative assemblage of society in St. Bartholomew's Church.
The former Miss Drexel was introduced to New York and Philadelphia society in the Fall and Winter of 1929 at a dance given in the Ritz-Carlton and at a tea given in Philadelphia by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel.
She was a great-great-granddaughter of Francis Martin Drexel, who came from the Austrian Tyrol to the United States early in the nineteenth century, settled in Philadelphia and founded the banking house of Drexel & Co., now affiliated with J. P. Morgan & Co.
RELATED TO JAY GOULD
Mrs. Cram was a granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia, who lives abroad but visits this country frequently.
On the maternal side, Mrs. Cram was a great-granddaughter of the late Jay Gould, financier and railroad executive, and a granddaughter of the late George J. Gould and the late Mrs. Gould, the former Miss Edith Kingdon.
Mr. Cram is a member of an old New York family. He is a great-great-grandson of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union; a great-grandson of Edward Cooper, Mayor of New York from 1879 to 1881, and a grandson of the late General Lloyd S. Bryce, one time United States Minister to The Netherlands. His mother was formerly Miss Edith Clare Bryce.
The Former Edith Drexel, Kin of Jay Gould, Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack. PARENTS HURRYING TO CITY
Their Ship Due From Europe on Tuesday - Girl's Bridal in 1931 a Big Social Event.
Mrs. Edith Drexel Cram, wife of Henry Sergeant Cram and elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Jr., died early yesterday morning of pneumonia at the Harbor Sanitarium, 667 Madison Avenue. She was 23 years old.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram, here on May 5, 1931, was an outstanding social event. They lived during the Winter at their estate, Foot Point Plantation, at Bluffton, S. C., and in the Summer in Locust Valley, L. I.
Mrs. Cram was at the River Club, 447 East Fifty-second Street, when she was taken to the Harbor Sanitarium last Sunday, attended by Dr. Thomas J. Galvin. On the previous Monday her parents, who were at Biarritz with their other daughter, Miss Marjorie Drexel, were notified of her condition and left immediately, sailing from England last Wednesday on the Majestic, which is due here next Tuesday. They were advised of their daughter's condition by radiograms.
OF DISTINGUISHED ANCESTRY
The mother of Mrs. Cram is the former Miss Marjorie Gould. Mrs. Cram was a niece of the late Lady Decies of London, the former Miss Vivien Gould. The Countess of Winchilsea, of England, another aunt, was formerly Miss Margaretta Drexel. Mrs. Cram's brother, Anthony J. Drexel 3d, is in New York.
A son, John Sergeant Cram, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cram on May 30, 1932, at the Harbor Sanitarium.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram linked families that for generations have been prominent. The wedding was performed in the presence of a representative assemblage of society in St. Bartholomew's Church.
The former Miss Drexel was introduced to New York and Philadelphia society in the Fall and Winter of 1929 at a dance given in the Ritz-Carlton and at a tea given in Philadelphia by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel.
She was a great-great-granddaughter of Francis Martin Drexel, who came from the Austrian Tyrol to the United States early in the nineteenth century, settled in Philadelphia and founded the banking house of Drexel & Co., now affiliated with J. P. Morgan & Co.
RELATED TO JAY GOULD
Mrs. Cram was a granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia, who lives abroad but visits this country frequently.
On the maternal side, Mrs. Cram was a great-granddaughter of the late Jay Gould, financier and railroad executive, and a granddaughter of the late George J. Gould and the late Mrs. Gould, the former Miss Edith Kingdon.
Mr. Cram is a member of an old New York family. He is a great-great-grandson of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union; a great-grandson of Edward Cooper, Mayor of New York from 1879 to 1881, and a grandson of the late General Lloyd S. Bryce, one time United States Minister to The Netherlands. His mother was formerly Miss Edith Clare Bryce.
MRS. HENRY S. CRAM DEAD HERE AT 23
The Former Edith Drexel, Kin of Jay Gould, Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack. PARENTS HURRYING TO CITY
Their Ship Due From Europe on Tuesday - Girl's Bridal in 1931 a Big Social Event.
Mrs. Edith Drexel Cram, wife of Henry Sergeant Cram and elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Jr., died early yesterday morning of pneumonia at the Harbor Sanitarium, 667 Madison Avenue. She was 23 years old.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram, here on May 5, 1931, was an outstanding social event. They lived during the Winter at their estate, Foot Point Plantation, at Bluffton, S. C., and in the Summer in Locust Valley, L. I.
Mrs. Cram was at the River Club, 447 East Fifty-second Street, when she was taken to the Harbor Sanitarium last Sunday, attended by Dr. Thomas J. Galvin. On the previous Monday her parents, who were at Biarritz with their other daughter, Miss Marjorie Drexel, were notified of her condition and left immediately, sailing from England last Wednesday on the Majestic, which is due here next Tuesday. They were advised of their daughter's condition by radiograms.
OF DISTINGUISHED ANCESTRY
The mother of Mrs. Cram is the former Miss Marjorie Gould. Mrs. Cram was a niece of the late Lady Decies of London, the former Miss Vivien Gould. The Countess of Winchilsea, of England, another aunt, was formerly Miss Margaretta Drexel. Mrs. Cram's brother, Anthony J. Drexel 3d, is in New York.
A son, John Sergeant Cram, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cram on May 30, 1932, at the Harbor Sanitarium.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram linked families that for generations have been prominent. The wedding was performed in the presence of a representative assemblage of society in St. Bartholomew's Church.
The former Miss Drexel was introduced to New York and Philadelphia society in the Fall and Winter of 1929 at a dance given in the Ritz-Carlton and at a tea given in Philadelphia by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel.
She was a great-great-granddaughter of Francis Martin Drexel, who came from the Austrian Tyrol to the United States early in the nineteenth century, settled in Philadelphia and founded the banking house of Drexel & Co., now affiliated with J. P. Morgan & Co.
RELATED TO JAY GOULD
Mrs. Cram was a granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia, who lives abroad but visits this country frequently.
On the maternal side, Mrs. Cram was a great-granddaughter of the late Jay Gould, financier and railroad executive, and a granddaughter of the late George J. Gould and the late Mrs. Gould, the former Miss Edith Kingdon.
Mr. Cram is a member of an old New York family. He is a great-great-grandson of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union; a great-grandson of Edward Cooper, Mayor of New York from 1879 to 1881, and a grandson of the late General Lloyd S. Bryce, one time United States Minister to The Netherlands. His mother was formerly Miss Edith Clare Bryce.
The Former Edith Drexel, Kin of Jay Gould, Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack. PARENTS HURRYING TO CITY
Their Ship Due From Europe on Tuesday - Girl's Bridal in 1931 a Big Social Event.
Mrs. Edith Drexel Cram, wife of Henry Sergeant Cram and elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Jr., died early yesterday morning of pneumonia at the Harbor Sanitarium, 667 Madison Avenue. She was 23 years old.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram, here on May 5, 1931, was an outstanding social event. They lived during the Winter at their estate, Foot Point Plantation, at Bluffton, S. C., and in the Summer in Locust Valley, L. I.
Mrs. Cram was at the River Club, 447 East Fifty-second Street, when she was taken to the Harbor Sanitarium last Sunday, attended by Dr. Thomas J. Galvin. On the previous Monday her parents, who were at Biarritz with their other daughter, Miss Marjorie Drexel, were notified of her condition and left immediately, sailing from England last Wednesday on the Majestic, which is due here next Tuesday. They were advised of their daughter's condition by radiograms.
OF DISTINGUISHED ANCESTRY
The mother of Mrs. Cram is the former Miss Marjorie Gould. Mrs. Cram was a niece of the late Lady Decies of London, the former Miss Vivien Gould. The Countess of Winchilsea, of England, another aunt, was formerly Miss Margaretta Drexel. Mrs. Cram's brother, Anthony J. Drexel 3d, is in New York.
A son, John Sergeant Cram, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cram on May 30, 1932, at the Harbor Sanitarium.
Her marriage to Mr. Cram linked families that for generations have been prominent. The wedding was performed in the presence of a representative assemblage of society in St. Bartholomew's Church.
The former Miss Drexel was introduced to New York and Philadelphia society in the Fall and Winter of 1929 at a dance given in the Ritz-Carlton and at a tea given in Philadelphia by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel.
She was a great-great-granddaughter of Francis Martin Drexel, who came from the Austrian Tyrol to the United States early in the nineteenth century, settled in Philadelphia and founded the banking house of Drexel & Co., now affiliated with J. P. Morgan & Co.
RELATED TO JAY GOULD
Mrs. Cram was a granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia, who lives abroad but visits this country frequently.
On the maternal side, Mrs. Cram was a great-granddaughter of the late Jay Gould, financier and railroad executive, and a granddaughter of the late George J. Gould and the late Mrs. Gould, the former Miss Edith Kingdon.
Mr. Cram is a member of an old New York family. He is a great-great-grandson of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union; a great-grandson of Edward Cooper, Mayor of New York from 1879 to 1881, and a grandson of the late General Lloyd S. Bryce, one time United States Minister to The Netherlands. His mother was formerly Miss Edith Clare Bryce.
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