She was born in 1833 or 1834 at Stockbridge, Mass., the only daughter of Sarah Palmer Alger and Charles Coffey Alger. She had a younger brother Charles who was born February 22, 1836 at Stockbridge, Massachusetts and a half-sister Lucile who was born in October of 1870 or 1871 at Norwich, Connecticut. There are no birth records for Grace or Charles at Stockbridge, but their father owned an iron-producing "furnace" a couple of miles south of Stockbridge and is found on the U. S. Census for 1840 at Stockbridge. Grace's year of birth is listed differently on her tombstone and cemetery records but there is an exact date of birth and place of birth for her brother available since he attended Amherst College for a short period of time and before that is listed as a graduate of Harvard University's Scientific School in 1852 which also gives a date and place of birth for him which was February 22, 1836 at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Her father left Stockbridge in 1849 to go to Hudson, Columbia County, New York to get financial backing for a state-of-the-art iron producing "furnace" to be built on filled-in land in the Hudson River off of Hudson. The plant was completed in 1851. Her mother Sarah Palmer Alger was accepted as a communicant at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson, New York on April 20, 1851 and her father Charles Alger was baptized there as an adult on May 30, 1852. Grace Alger was confirmed at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson on Easter Sunday of 1853 and her brother Charles was confirmed at the church on Easter Sunday of 1854.
Her father had bought the home of A. J. Downing, a noted landscape architect, in late 1852 from his estate very shortly after the tragic death of Downing. The estate was located at Newburgh, Orange County, New York near where Charles Alger had grown up at Monroe, Orange County, New York as the son of Levi Alger (born 1781 and died 1820) and Grace Coffey.
It appears that Grace's father soon moved his family to Newburgh while still being the general manager of the Hudson Iron Works. His assistant was Jacob W. Hoysradt and it appears that Grace's father spent more time at Newburgh than at Hudson. In 1861, the marriage of her parents which took place in Manhattan at a Methodist Church on December 27, 1831 broke up and information about exactly what happened becomes murky as the divorce did not take place until March 1868 at New Haven, Connecticut. At some point, title to the mansion passed elsewhere and Grace went to live in a hotel in Newburgh for a period of time.
Later she moved to Hudson, New York where she lived in boarding houses near the very large home of her mother and brother. She outlived her father, brother, and mother. Her father died in July of 1874 at New London, Connecticut and her brother and mother died in January and February of 1897 respectively at Hudson, New York.
Grace died at Pittsfield, Massachusetts at a home for old ladies very shortly after her transfer there from a home in Housatonic, Massachusetts. Miss Grace Alger is buried at Hudson, New York in the family F 11 plot along with her mother, brother, and some of her brother's family. Her father Charles Coffey Alger was buried at the Yantic Cemetery in Norwich, Connecticut along with his second wife, Marie Louise Molt.
Grace is listed, living with her parents and brother in the U. S. Census of 1850 at Hudson, Columbia County, New York and in the U. S. Census of 1860 at Newburgh, Orange County, New York. She is also listed on the U. S. Census of 1870 living at a hotel in Newburgh, New York. Later directories find her at Hudson, New York living near the home of her mother but living in boarding houses and not at the large and lovely house her mother purchased on Allen Street in Hudson in 1876. She is mentioned in her mother's will as a beloved daughter so there does not seem to be an estrangement between the two. Her brother Charles was soon living with his mother in the Allen Street house with his wife and their four children so Grace was also living near him. Her sister-in-law, Helena Willett Freeland Alger, died at age 32 of pneumonia on February 5, 1879 leaving four young children (three daughters and one baby son) ranging in age from 12 down to a year and a half old, but Grace still maintained her own living arrangements. By 1881, Sarah Palmer Alger turned the house over to her son but maintained a life estate for herself. Grace did not get the house but items from her mother's part of the house when her mother died about six weeks after Charles Alger, Grace's brother, in the early part of 1897. Grace died March 15, 1899 and her Massachusetts death certificate records her age as being 66 years old with burial to be at Hudson, New York.
Her father left Stockbridge in 1849 to go to Hudson, Columbia County, New York to get financial backing for a state-of-the-art iron producing "furnace" to be built on filled-in land in the Hudson River off of Hudson. The plant was completed in 1851. Her mother Sarah Palmer Alger was accepted as a communicant at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson, New York on April 20, 1851 and her father Charles Alger was baptized there as an adult on May 30, 1852. Grace Alger was confirmed at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson on Easter Sunday of 1853 and her brother Charles was confirmed at the church on Easter Sunday of 1854.
Her father had bought the home of A. J. Downing, a noted landscape architect, in late 1852 from his estate very shortly after the tragic death of Downing. The estate was located at Newburgh, Orange County, New York near where Charles Alger had grown up at Monroe, Orange County, New York as the son of Levi Alger (born 1781 and died 1820) and Grace Coffey.
It appears that Grace's father soon moved his family to Newburgh while still being the general manager of the Hudson Iron Works. His assistant was Jacob W. Hoysradt and it appears that Grace's father spent more time at Newburgh than at Hudson. In 1861, the marriage of her parents which took place in Manhattan at a Methodist Church on December 27, 1831 broke up and information about exactly what happened becomes murky as the divorce did not take place until March 1868 at New Haven, Connecticut. At some point, title to the mansion passed elsewhere and Grace went to live in a hotel in Newburgh for a period of time.
Later she moved to Hudson, New York where she lived in boarding houses near the very large home of her mother and brother. She outlived her father, brother, and mother. Her father died in July of 1874 at New London, Connecticut and her brother and mother died in January and February of 1897 respectively at Hudson, New York.
Grace died at Pittsfield, Massachusetts at a home for old ladies very shortly after her transfer there from a home in Housatonic, Massachusetts. Miss Grace Alger is buried at Hudson, New York in the family F 11 plot along with her mother, brother, and some of her brother's family. Her father Charles Coffey Alger was buried at the Yantic Cemetery in Norwich, Connecticut along with his second wife, Marie Louise Molt.
Grace is listed, living with her parents and brother in the U. S. Census of 1850 at Hudson, Columbia County, New York and in the U. S. Census of 1860 at Newburgh, Orange County, New York. She is also listed on the U. S. Census of 1870 living at a hotel in Newburgh, New York. Later directories find her at Hudson, New York living near the home of her mother but living in boarding houses and not at the large and lovely house her mother purchased on Allen Street in Hudson in 1876. She is mentioned in her mother's will as a beloved daughter so there does not seem to be an estrangement between the two. Her brother Charles was soon living with his mother in the Allen Street house with his wife and their four children so Grace was also living near him. Her sister-in-law, Helena Willett Freeland Alger, died at age 32 of pneumonia on February 5, 1879 leaving four young children (three daughters and one baby son) ranging in age from 12 down to a year and a half old, but Grace still maintained her own living arrangements. By 1881, Sarah Palmer Alger turned the house over to her son but maintained a life estate for herself. Grace did not get the house but items from her mother's part of the house when her mother died about six weeks after Charles Alger, Grace's brother, in the early part of 1897. Grace died March 15, 1899 and her Massachusetts death certificate records her age as being 66 years old with burial to be at Hudson, New York.
She was born in 1833 or 1834 at Stockbridge, Mass., the only daughter of Sarah Palmer Alger and Charles Coffey Alger. She had a younger brother Charles who was born February 22, 1836 at Stockbridge, Massachusetts and a half-sister Lucile who was born in October of 1870 or 1871 at Norwich, Connecticut. There are no birth records for Grace or Charles at Stockbridge, but their father owned an iron-producing "furnace" a couple of miles south of Stockbridge and is found on the U. S. Census for 1840 at Stockbridge. Grace's year of birth is listed differently on her tombstone and cemetery records but there is an exact date of birth and place of birth for her brother available since he attended Amherst College for a short period of time and before that is listed as a graduate of Harvard University's Scientific School in 1852 which also gives a date and place of birth for him which was February 22, 1836 at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Her father left Stockbridge in 1849 to go to Hudson, Columbia County, New York to get financial backing for a state-of-the-art iron producing "furnace" to be built on filled-in land in the Hudson River off of Hudson. The plant was completed in 1851. Her mother Sarah Palmer Alger was accepted as a communicant at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson, New York on April 20, 1851 and her father Charles Alger was baptized there as an adult on May 30, 1852. Grace Alger was confirmed at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson on Easter Sunday of 1853 and her brother Charles was confirmed at the church on Easter Sunday of 1854.
Her father had bought the home of A. J. Downing, a noted landscape architect, in late 1852 from his estate very shortly after the tragic death of Downing. The estate was located at Newburgh, Orange County, New York near where Charles Alger had grown up at Monroe, Orange County, New York as the son of Levi Alger (born 1781 and died 1820) and Grace Coffey.
It appears that Grace's father soon moved his family to Newburgh while still being the general manager of the Hudson Iron Works. His assistant was Jacob W. Hoysradt and it appears that Grace's father spent more time at Newburgh than at Hudson. In 1861, the marriage of her parents which took place in Manhattan at a Methodist Church on December 27, 1831 broke up and information about exactly what happened becomes murky as the divorce did not take place until March 1868 at New Haven, Connecticut. At some point, title to the mansion passed elsewhere and Grace went to live in a hotel in Newburgh for a period of time.
Later she moved to Hudson, New York where she lived in boarding houses near the very large home of her mother and brother. She outlived her father, brother, and mother. Her father died in July of 1874 at New London, Connecticut and her brother and mother died in January and February of 1897 respectively at Hudson, New York.
Grace died at Pittsfield, Massachusetts at a home for old ladies very shortly after her transfer there from a home in Housatonic, Massachusetts. Miss Grace Alger is buried at Hudson, New York in the family F 11 plot along with her mother, brother, and some of her brother's family. Her father Charles Coffey Alger was buried at the Yantic Cemetery in Norwich, Connecticut along with his second wife, Marie Louise Molt.
Grace is listed, living with her parents and brother in the U. S. Census of 1850 at Hudson, Columbia County, New York and in the U. S. Census of 1860 at Newburgh, Orange County, New York. She is also listed on the U. S. Census of 1870 living at a hotel in Newburgh, New York. Later directories find her at Hudson, New York living near the home of her mother but living in boarding houses and not at the large and lovely house her mother purchased on Allen Street in Hudson in 1876. She is mentioned in her mother's will as a beloved daughter so there does not seem to be an estrangement between the two. Her brother Charles was soon living with his mother in the Allen Street house with his wife and their four children so Grace was also living near him. Her sister-in-law, Helena Willett Freeland Alger, died at age 32 of pneumonia on February 5, 1879 leaving four young children (three daughters and one baby son) ranging in age from 12 down to a year and a half old, but Grace still maintained her own living arrangements. By 1881, Sarah Palmer Alger turned the house over to her son but maintained a life estate for herself. Grace did not get the house but items from her mother's part of the house when her mother died about six weeks after Charles Alger, Grace's brother, in the early part of 1897. Grace died March 15, 1899 and her Massachusetts death certificate records her age as being 66 years old with burial to be at Hudson, New York.
Her father left Stockbridge in 1849 to go to Hudson, Columbia County, New York to get financial backing for a state-of-the-art iron producing "furnace" to be built on filled-in land in the Hudson River off of Hudson. The plant was completed in 1851. Her mother Sarah Palmer Alger was accepted as a communicant at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson, New York on April 20, 1851 and her father Charles Alger was baptized there as an adult on May 30, 1852. Grace Alger was confirmed at Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson on Easter Sunday of 1853 and her brother Charles was confirmed at the church on Easter Sunday of 1854.
Her father had bought the home of A. J. Downing, a noted landscape architect, in late 1852 from his estate very shortly after the tragic death of Downing. The estate was located at Newburgh, Orange County, New York near where Charles Alger had grown up at Monroe, Orange County, New York as the son of Levi Alger (born 1781 and died 1820) and Grace Coffey.
It appears that Grace's father soon moved his family to Newburgh while still being the general manager of the Hudson Iron Works. His assistant was Jacob W. Hoysradt and it appears that Grace's father spent more time at Newburgh than at Hudson. In 1861, the marriage of her parents which took place in Manhattan at a Methodist Church on December 27, 1831 broke up and information about exactly what happened becomes murky as the divorce did not take place until March 1868 at New Haven, Connecticut. At some point, title to the mansion passed elsewhere and Grace went to live in a hotel in Newburgh for a period of time.
Later she moved to Hudson, New York where she lived in boarding houses near the very large home of her mother and brother. She outlived her father, brother, and mother. Her father died in July of 1874 at New London, Connecticut and her brother and mother died in January and February of 1897 respectively at Hudson, New York.
Grace died at Pittsfield, Massachusetts at a home for old ladies very shortly after her transfer there from a home in Housatonic, Massachusetts. Miss Grace Alger is buried at Hudson, New York in the family F 11 plot along with her mother, brother, and some of her brother's family. Her father Charles Coffey Alger was buried at the Yantic Cemetery in Norwich, Connecticut along with his second wife, Marie Louise Molt.
Grace is listed, living with her parents and brother in the U. S. Census of 1850 at Hudson, Columbia County, New York and in the U. S. Census of 1860 at Newburgh, Orange County, New York. She is also listed on the U. S. Census of 1870 living at a hotel in Newburgh, New York. Later directories find her at Hudson, New York living near the home of her mother but living in boarding houses and not at the large and lovely house her mother purchased on Allen Street in Hudson in 1876. She is mentioned in her mother's will as a beloved daughter so there does not seem to be an estrangement between the two. Her brother Charles was soon living with his mother in the Allen Street house with his wife and their four children so Grace was also living near him. Her sister-in-law, Helena Willett Freeland Alger, died at age 32 of pneumonia on February 5, 1879 leaving four young children (three daughters and one baby son) ranging in age from 12 down to a year and a half old, but Grace still maintained her own living arrangements. By 1881, Sarah Palmer Alger turned the house over to her son but maintained a life estate for herself. Grace did not get the house but items from her mother's part of the house when her mother died about six weeks after Charles Alger, Grace's brother, in the early part of 1897. Grace died March 15, 1899 and her Massachusetts death certificate records her age as being 66 years old with burial to be at Hudson, New York.
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