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Elmira Shelton <I>Fitzhugh</I> Duer

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Elmira Shelton Fitzhugh Duer

Birth
Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
Death
16 Apr 1920 (aged 71)
Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Obit from the Baltimore Sun of 17 April 1920,p.11. Note birth date.
"MRS. ELMIRA SHELTON DUER. / After a brief illness Mrs. Elmira Shelton Duer, wife of the late Rufus A. Duer, died at her apartment, Tudor Hall, yesterday. Mrs. Duer was born in Middlesex county, Virginia, August 19, 1848. She was the daughter of the late Col. Patrick Henry Fitzhugh and Mary Christian and a niece of the late Judge Joseph Christian, of Richmond. She is survived by four sons and one daughter - Fitzhugh Lee, of Philadelphia; Philip Henry, of New York; Clarence S., J. Williamson and Mrs. Henry Lay Duer, of Baltimore. She is also survived by two brothers and two sisters - George S. and William C. Fitzhugh, Mrs. Mollie E. Mitchell, of Virginia, and Mrs. A.B. Davies, of Baltimore. The family will leave on Sunday for Urbana [sic], Va., where the body will be buried in the old family burying ground at Hewic [sic]."
Obit from the Baltimore Sun of 17 April 1920,p.11. Note birth date.
"MRS. ELMIRA SHELTON DUER. / After a brief illness Mrs. Elmira Shelton Duer, wife of the late Rufus A. Duer, died at her apartment, Tudor Hall, yesterday. Mrs. Duer was born in Middlesex county, Virginia, August 19, 1848. She was the daughter of the late Col. Patrick Henry Fitzhugh and Mary Christian and a niece of the late Judge Joseph Christian, of Richmond. She is survived by four sons and one daughter - Fitzhugh Lee, of Philadelphia; Philip Henry, of New York; Clarence S., J. Williamson and Mrs. Henry Lay Duer, of Baltimore. She is also survived by two brothers and two sisters - George S. and William C. Fitzhugh, Mrs. Mollie E. Mitchell, of Virginia, and Mrs. A.B. Davies, of Baltimore. The family will leave on Sunday for Urbana [sic], Va., where the body will be buried in the old family burying ground at Hewic [sic]."


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  • Added: Jul 31, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40109042/elmira_shelton-duer: accessed ), memorial page for Elmira Shelton Fitzhugh Duer (19 Aug 1848–16 Apr 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40109042, citing Hewick Cemetery, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Hope (contributor 46790939).