Sarah Palmer Alger was the youngest of three daughters of her parents but she had a younger brother. She was only four years old when her mother, Helena Willett Freeland, the wife of Charles Alger, died of pneumonia at age of 32 years. Sarah's father, Charles Alger, never remarried.
Sarah was named after her paternal grandmother Sarah Palmer, the first wife of two of Charles Coffey Alger. Her paternal grandparents were divorced in 1868 after 36 years of marriage.
Sarah was born in Albany, New York but grew up in her grandmother's house in Hudson, New York at what is now 330 Allen Street (previously numbered 150 and 332). She was baptized at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson. Later she was confirmed there on March 31, 1890 at the age of 15. Sarah was said by a family member who knew her to have been a sweet and easy-going person. She was also pretty. The house she grew up in was purchased in 1876 by her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger, about two years after the death of her divorced husband - and sold by Sarah and her sister Helena Willett Alger Farrand and her brother Charles Francis Alger in 1912. (The house had been inherited by three of the four grandchildren of Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger in February of 1897 when the grandmother outlived her son by about six weeks. The exclusion of the grandchild Grace Coffey Alger from inheriting the house was due to a provision made when the house was transferred to the ownership of Charles Alger in 1881 with his mother maintaining a life estate for herself with a clause that if she outlived her son, the house would go to her beloved grandchildren - and Grace Coffey Alger was not named, but her three siblings were.)
Sarah's oldest sister was Grace Coffey Alger who was 12 years old when their mother died. Grace married Louis William Groat, divorced him, and then remarried him. There were twin sons of that marriage who died as infants and a third son who lived to marry and have a daughter. Sarah mostly lived with her sister Grace and Grace's son Laurence Kinsella Groat but she went to an Episcopal home in New Jersey when Grace died after outliving her son by about three weeks.
Sarah's other sister was Helena Willett Alger who was eight when their mother died. Helena, born November 27, 1870 at Frostburg, Maryland, married Frank Farrand on October 14, 1896 at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson, New York and was soon spending at least half of her married life for many years in Santo Domingo in the West Indies where her husband managed various sugar plantations. Helena had three sons. The youngest son was my father, Frank Freeland Farrand.
Sarah's brother was Charles Francis Alger, born in Hudson, New York in October of 1877 who was a year and a half old when his mother died. He married and had a son, Carl Wirth Alger.
Sarah was named after her paternal grandmother Sarah Palmer, the first wife of two of Charles Coffey Alger. Her paternal grandparents were divorced in 1868 after 36 years of marriage.
Sarah was born in Albany, New York but grew up in her grandmother's house in Hudson, New York at what is now 330 Allen Street (previously numbered 150 and 332). She was baptized at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson. Later she was confirmed there on March 31, 1890 at the age of 15. Sarah was said by a family member who knew her to have been a sweet and easy-going person. She was also pretty. The house she grew up in was purchased in 1876 by her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger, about two years after the death of her divorced husband - and sold by Sarah and her sister Helena Willett Alger Farrand and her brother Charles Francis Alger in 1912. (The house had been inherited by three of the four grandchildren of Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger in February of 1897 when the grandmother outlived her son by about six weeks. The exclusion of the grandchild Grace Coffey Alger from inheriting the house was due to a provision made when the house was transferred to the ownership of Charles Alger in 1881 with his mother maintaining a life estate for herself with a clause that if she outlived her son, the house would go to her beloved grandchildren - and Grace Coffey Alger was not named, but her three siblings were.)
Sarah's oldest sister was Grace Coffey Alger who was 12 years old when their mother died. Grace married Louis William Groat, divorced him, and then remarried him. There were twin sons of that marriage who died as infants and a third son who lived to marry and have a daughter. Sarah mostly lived with her sister Grace and Grace's son Laurence Kinsella Groat but she went to an Episcopal home in New Jersey when Grace died after outliving her son by about three weeks.
Sarah's other sister was Helena Willett Alger who was eight when their mother died. Helena, born November 27, 1870 at Frostburg, Maryland, married Frank Farrand on October 14, 1896 at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson, New York and was soon spending at least half of her married life for many years in Santo Domingo in the West Indies where her husband managed various sugar plantations. Helena had three sons. The youngest son was my father, Frank Freeland Farrand.
Sarah's brother was Charles Francis Alger, born in Hudson, New York in October of 1877 who was a year and a half old when his mother died. He married and had a son, Carl Wirth Alger.
Sarah Palmer Alger was the youngest of three daughters of her parents but she had a younger brother. She was only four years old when her mother, Helena Willett Freeland, the wife of Charles Alger, died of pneumonia at age of 32 years. Sarah's father, Charles Alger, never remarried.
Sarah was named after her paternal grandmother Sarah Palmer, the first wife of two of Charles Coffey Alger. Her paternal grandparents were divorced in 1868 after 36 years of marriage.
Sarah was born in Albany, New York but grew up in her grandmother's house in Hudson, New York at what is now 330 Allen Street (previously numbered 150 and 332). She was baptized at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson. Later she was confirmed there on March 31, 1890 at the age of 15. Sarah was said by a family member who knew her to have been a sweet and easy-going person. She was also pretty. The house she grew up in was purchased in 1876 by her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger, about two years after the death of her divorced husband - and sold by Sarah and her sister Helena Willett Alger Farrand and her brother Charles Francis Alger in 1912. (The house had been inherited by three of the four grandchildren of Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger in February of 1897 when the grandmother outlived her son by about six weeks. The exclusion of the grandchild Grace Coffey Alger from inheriting the house was due to a provision made when the house was transferred to the ownership of Charles Alger in 1881 with his mother maintaining a life estate for herself with a clause that if she outlived her son, the house would go to her beloved grandchildren - and Grace Coffey Alger was not named, but her three siblings were.)
Sarah's oldest sister was Grace Coffey Alger who was 12 years old when their mother died. Grace married Louis William Groat, divorced him, and then remarried him. There were twin sons of that marriage who died as infants and a third son who lived to marry and have a daughter. Sarah mostly lived with her sister Grace and Grace's son Laurence Kinsella Groat but she went to an Episcopal home in New Jersey when Grace died after outliving her son by about three weeks.
Sarah's other sister was Helena Willett Alger who was eight when their mother died. Helena, born November 27, 1870 at Frostburg, Maryland, married Frank Farrand on October 14, 1896 at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson, New York and was soon spending at least half of her married life for many years in Santo Domingo in the West Indies where her husband managed various sugar plantations. Helena had three sons. The youngest son was my father, Frank Freeland Farrand.
Sarah's brother was Charles Francis Alger, born in Hudson, New York in October of 1877 who was a year and a half old when his mother died. He married and had a son, Carl Wirth Alger.
Sarah was named after her paternal grandmother Sarah Palmer, the first wife of two of Charles Coffey Alger. Her paternal grandparents were divorced in 1868 after 36 years of marriage.
Sarah was born in Albany, New York but grew up in her grandmother's house in Hudson, New York at what is now 330 Allen Street (previously numbered 150 and 332). She was baptized at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson. Later she was confirmed there on March 31, 1890 at the age of 15. Sarah was said by a family member who knew her to have been a sweet and easy-going person. She was also pretty. The house she grew up in was purchased in 1876 by her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger, about two years after the death of her divorced husband - and sold by Sarah and her sister Helena Willett Alger Farrand and her brother Charles Francis Alger in 1912. (The house had been inherited by three of the four grandchildren of Mrs. Sarah Palmer Alger in February of 1897 when the grandmother outlived her son by about six weeks. The exclusion of the grandchild Grace Coffey Alger from inheriting the house was due to a provision made when the house was transferred to the ownership of Charles Alger in 1881 with his mother maintaining a life estate for herself with a clause that if she outlived her son, the house would go to her beloved grandchildren - and Grace Coffey Alger was not named, but her three siblings were.)
Sarah's oldest sister was Grace Coffey Alger who was 12 years old when their mother died. Grace married Louis William Groat, divorced him, and then remarried him. There were twin sons of that marriage who died as infants and a third son who lived to marry and have a daughter. Sarah mostly lived with her sister Grace and Grace's son Laurence Kinsella Groat but she went to an Episcopal home in New Jersey when Grace died after outliving her son by about three weeks.
Sarah's other sister was Helena Willett Alger who was eight when their mother died. Helena, born November 27, 1870 at Frostburg, Maryland, married Frank Farrand on October 14, 1896 at Christ Episcopal Church at Hudson, New York and was soon spending at least half of her married life for many years in Santo Domingo in the West Indies where her husband managed various sugar plantations. Helena had three sons. The youngest son was my father, Frank Freeland Farrand.
Sarah's brother was Charles Francis Alger, born in Hudson, New York in October of 1877 who was a year and a half old when his mother died. He married and had a son, Carl Wirth Alger.
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