Lucile Alger was born on October 10, 1870 at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut to Charles Coffey Alger and his second, and much younger, wife Marie Louise Molt.
Lucile's father owned two homes at the time of his death. One was in Norwich, Connecticut and the other one was on Ocean Avenue in New London, Connecticut. He died in July of 1874 at the New London home and left his second wife and their child very wealthy. Charles Coffey Alger was waked from his home in Norwich and buried at the Yantic Cemetery. Lucile's mother sold the Norwich home and relocated to the New London home on Ocean Avenue.
It seems that after the death of her mother, Lucile moved to New York City and lived in Brooklyn or Manhattan. She started spending at least a couple of summers in Great Neck and eventually relocated there. One of her socialite friends was Miss Julia Appleton Fuller, a sister of Sarah Story Fuller who was the wife of Lewis Sayre.
Lucile never married. Lucile Alger was living in Great Neck, Long Island, New York by 1900 (her father died in 1874 and her mother in 1887). She had a house built about 1901 on about ten acres in the village of Saddle Rock in Great Neck, Long Island, New York which has since been demolished. About 1905 Lucile met Miss Louise Nathalie Grace. Together they purchased large amounts of land around the original ten acres and two wings were built on to the original house along with various outbuildings for their poodles which newspaper articles compared to lovely houses.
From about 1905 to the time of her death on Christmas Eve of 1936 Lucile lived on what became known as the Estate of Miss Alger and Miss Grace with Louise Nathalie Grace, a daughter of William Russell Grace and Lillius Gilchrest-Gilchrist. By the time of Miss Alger's death, Miss Grace was living back at her mother's home with other family members, but Miss Grace inherited the home, land, jewels, car, furniture, etc. except for $5,000 that went to a married woman friend of Miss Alger who was living in Paris, France. That married woman friend (Mrs. Julia Barrelet de Ricou)had been with Miss Alger when she originally built her home at Saddle Rock when the woman, Miss Fuller, had been young and single. Miss Julia Appleton Fuller was from a well-to-do family and very well educated.
Miss Grace died in February of 1954. She left an estate of over ten million dollars. Her smallest bequest was $5,000 and a silver tea service which appears to once have belonged to Charles Coffey Alger. This bequest went to Carl Wirth Alger, the only son of Charles Alger, the only son of Charles Coffey Alger. The set had a large ornate tray and serving pieces with large A's engraved on them. Miss Alger and Miss Grace had befriended Carl when he was a child suffering from juvenile diabetes. Carl was born at Jamaica Plain, now part of Boston, Massachusetts in 1921. Carl's father died when he was nine and his mother when he was around fifteen when he was taken in by his aunt Mrs. Grace Coffey Alger Groat at Upper Montclair, New Jersey but some financial help had been extended by Miss Alger and Miss Grace possibly after his father died in 1930 when Carl was around nine and when he was probably already suffering from the expensive-to-treat disease. Carl's mother died around the time that Miss Alger did but there continued to be communication between Carl Wirth Alger and Miss Louise Nathalie Grace and Miss Grace remembered him in her will.
There are records for Lucile in her legal name but there are also other records where her name was misspelled as Lucille Alger or under Lucie Alger. Lucile Alger and Louise Nathalie Grace traveled a lot between the U. S. and Europe and there are records of them returning to the U. S. in the Ellis Island records or in newspaper accounts. There are also stories of them and their poodles. Lucile also liked gardening as a child, she was an excellent horseback rider, she loved driving cars very fast on Long Island, and she and Miss Grace were devoted to their poodles. They attended many dog shows and bred the poodles and made them an important breed in the U. S.
Lucile's father owned two homes at the time of his death. One was in Norwich, Connecticut and the other one was on Ocean Avenue in New London, Connecticut. He died in July of 1874 at the New London home and left his second wife and their child very wealthy. Charles Coffey Alger was waked from his home in Norwich and buried at the Yantic Cemetery. Lucile's mother sold the Norwich home and relocated to the New London home on Ocean Avenue.
It seems that after the death of her mother, Lucile moved to New York City and lived in Brooklyn or Manhattan. She started spending at least a couple of summers in Great Neck and eventually relocated there. One of her socialite friends was Miss Julia Appleton Fuller, a sister of Sarah Story Fuller who was the wife of Lewis Sayre.
Lucile never married. Lucile Alger was living in Great Neck, Long Island, New York by 1900 (her father died in 1874 and her mother in 1887). She had a house built about 1901 on about ten acres in the village of Saddle Rock in Great Neck, Long Island, New York which has since been demolished. About 1905 Lucile met Miss Louise Nathalie Grace. Together they purchased large amounts of land around the original ten acres and two wings were built on to the original house along with various outbuildings for their poodles which newspaper articles compared to lovely houses.
From about 1905 to the time of her death on Christmas Eve of 1936 Lucile lived on what became known as the Estate of Miss Alger and Miss Grace with Louise Nathalie Grace, a daughter of William Russell Grace and Lillius Gilchrest-Gilchrist. By the time of Miss Alger's death, Miss Grace was living back at her mother's home with other family members, but Miss Grace inherited the home, land, jewels, car, furniture, etc. except for $5,000 that went to a married woman friend of Miss Alger who was living in Paris, France. That married woman friend (Mrs. Julia Barrelet de Ricou)had been with Miss Alger when she originally built her home at Saddle Rock when the woman, Miss Fuller, had been young and single. Miss Julia Appleton Fuller was from a well-to-do family and very well educated.
Miss Grace died in February of 1954. She left an estate of over ten million dollars. Her smallest bequest was $5,000 and a silver tea service which appears to once have belonged to Charles Coffey Alger. This bequest went to Carl Wirth Alger, the only son of Charles Alger, the only son of Charles Coffey Alger. The set had a large ornate tray and serving pieces with large A's engraved on them. Miss Alger and Miss Grace had befriended Carl when he was a child suffering from juvenile diabetes. Carl was born at Jamaica Plain, now part of Boston, Massachusetts in 1921. Carl's father died when he was nine and his mother when he was around fifteen when he was taken in by his aunt Mrs. Grace Coffey Alger Groat at Upper Montclair, New Jersey but some financial help had been extended by Miss Alger and Miss Grace possibly after his father died in 1930 when Carl was around nine and when he was probably already suffering from the expensive-to-treat disease. Carl's mother died around the time that Miss Alger did but there continued to be communication between Carl Wirth Alger and Miss Louise Nathalie Grace and Miss Grace remembered him in her will.
There are records for Lucile in her legal name but there are also other records where her name was misspelled as Lucille Alger or under Lucie Alger. Lucile Alger and Louise Nathalie Grace traveled a lot between the U. S. and Europe and there are records of them returning to the U. S. in the Ellis Island records or in newspaper accounts. There are also stories of them and their poodles. Lucile also liked gardening as a child, she was an excellent horseback rider, she loved driving cars very fast on Long Island, and she and Miss Grace were devoted to their poodles. They attended many dog shows and bred the poodles and made them an important breed in the U. S.
Lucile Alger was born on October 10, 1870 at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut to Charles Coffey Alger and his second, and much younger, wife Marie Louise Molt.
Lucile's father owned two homes at the time of his death. One was in Norwich, Connecticut and the other one was on Ocean Avenue in New London, Connecticut. He died in July of 1874 at the New London home and left his second wife and their child very wealthy. Charles Coffey Alger was waked from his home in Norwich and buried at the Yantic Cemetery. Lucile's mother sold the Norwich home and relocated to the New London home on Ocean Avenue.
It seems that after the death of her mother, Lucile moved to New York City and lived in Brooklyn or Manhattan. She started spending at least a couple of summers in Great Neck and eventually relocated there. One of her socialite friends was Miss Julia Appleton Fuller, a sister of Sarah Story Fuller who was the wife of Lewis Sayre.
Lucile never married. Lucile Alger was living in Great Neck, Long Island, New York by 1900 (her father died in 1874 and her mother in 1887). She had a house built about 1901 on about ten acres in the village of Saddle Rock in Great Neck, Long Island, New York which has since been demolished. About 1905 Lucile met Miss Louise Nathalie Grace. Together they purchased large amounts of land around the original ten acres and two wings were built on to the original house along with various outbuildings for their poodles which newspaper articles compared to lovely houses.
From about 1905 to the time of her death on Christmas Eve of 1936 Lucile lived on what became known as the Estate of Miss Alger and Miss Grace with Louise Nathalie Grace, a daughter of William Russell Grace and Lillius Gilchrest-Gilchrist. By the time of Miss Alger's death, Miss Grace was living back at her mother's home with other family members, but Miss Grace inherited the home, land, jewels, car, furniture, etc. except for $5,000 that went to a married woman friend of Miss Alger who was living in Paris, France. That married woman friend (Mrs. Julia Barrelet de Ricou)had been with Miss Alger when she originally built her home at Saddle Rock when the woman, Miss Fuller, had been young and single. Miss Julia Appleton Fuller was from a well-to-do family and very well educated.
Miss Grace died in February of 1954. She left an estate of over ten million dollars. Her smallest bequest was $5,000 and a silver tea service which appears to once have belonged to Charles Coffey Alger. This bequest went to Carl Wirth Alger, the only son of Charles Alger, the only son of Charles Coffey Alger. The set had a large ornate tray and serving pieces with large A's engraved on them. Miss Alger and Miss Grace had befriended Carl when he was a child suffering from juvenile diabetes. Carl was born at Jamaica Plain, now part of Boston, Massachusetts in 1921. Carl's father died when he was nine and his mother when he was around fifteen when he was taken in by his aunt Mrs. Grace Coffey Alger Groat at Upper Montclair, New Jersey but some financial help had been extended by Miss Alger and Miss Grace possibly after his father died in 1930 when Carl was around nine and when he was probably already suffering from the expensive-to-treat disease. Carl's mother died around the time that Miss Alger did but there continued to be communication between Carl Wirth Alger and Miss Louise Nathalie Grace and Miss Grace remembered him in her will.
There are records for Lucile in her legal name but there are also other records where her name was misspelled as Lucille Alger or under Lucie Alger. Lucile Alger and Louise Nathalie Grace traveled a lot between the U. S. and Europe and there are records of them returning to the U. S. in the Ellis Island records or in newspaper accounts. There are also stories of them and their poodles. Lucile also liked gardening as a child, she was an excellent horseback rider, she loved driving cars very fast on Long Island, and she and Miss Grace were devoted to their poodles. They attended many dog shows and bred the poodles and made them an important breed in the U. S.
Lucile's father owned two homes at the time of his death. One was in Norwich, Connecticut and the other one was on Ocean Avenue in New London, Connecticut. He died in July of 1874 at the New London home and left his second wife and their child very wealthy. Charles Coffey Alger was waked from his home in Norwich and buried at the Yantic Cemetery. Lucile's mother sold the Norwich home and relocated to the New London home on Ocean Avenue.
It seems that after the death of her mother, Lucile moved to New York City and lived in Brooklyn or Manhattan. She started spending at least a couple of summers in Great Neck and eventually relocated there. One of her socialite friends was Miss Julia Appleton Fuller, a sister of Sarah Story Fuller who was the wife of Lewis Sayre.
Lucile never married. Lucile Alger was living in Great Neck, Long Island, New York by 1900 (her father died in 1874 and her mother in 1887). She had a house built about 1901 on about ten acres in the village of Saddle Rock in Great Neck, Long Island, New York which has since been demolished. About 1905 Lucile met Miss Louise Nathalie Grace. Together they purchased large amounts of land around the original ten acres and two wings were built on to the original house along with various outbuildings for their poodles which newspaper articles compared to lovely houses.
From about 1905 to the time of her death on Christmas Eve of 1936 Lucile lived on what became known as the Estate of Miss Alger and Miss Grace with Louise Nathalie Grace, a daughter of William Russell Grace and Lillius Gilchrest-Gilchrist. By the time of Miss Alger's death, Miss Grace was living back at her mother's home with other family members, but Miss Grace inherited the home, land, jewels, car, furniture, etc. except for $5,000 that went to a married woman friend of Miss Alger who was living in Paris, France. That married woman friend (Mrs. Julia Barrelet de Ricou)had been with Miss Alger when she originally built her home at Saddle Rock when the woman, Miss Fuller, had been young and single. Miss Julia Appleton Fuller was from a well-to-do family and very well educated.
Miss Grace died in February of 1954. She left an estate of over ten million dollars. Her smallest bequest was $5,000 and a silver tea service which appears to once have belonged to Charles Coffey Alger. This bequest went to Carl Wirth Alger, the only son of Charles Alger, the only son of Charles Coffey Alger. The set had a large ornate tray and serving pieces with large A's engraved on them. Miss Alger and Miss Grace had befriended Carl when he was a child suffering from juvenile diabetes. Carl was born at Jamaica Plain, now part of Boston, Massachusetts in 1921. Carl's father died when he was nine and his mother when he was around fifteen when he was taken in by his aunt Mrs. Grace Coffey Alger Groat at Upper Montclair, New Jersey but some financial help had been extended by Miss Alger and Miss Grace possibly after his father died in 1930 when Carl was around nine and when he was probably already suffering from the expensive-to-treat disease. Carl's mother died around the time that Miss Alger did but there continued to be communication between Carl Wirth Alger and Miss Louise Nathalie Grace and Miss Grace remembered him in her will.
There are records for Lucile in her legal name but there are also other records where her name was misspelled as Lucille Alger or under Lucie Alger. Lucile Alger and Louise Nathalie Grace traveled a lot between the U. S. and Europe and there are records of them returning to the U. S. in the Ellis Island records or in newspaper accounts. There are also stories of them and their poodles. Lucile also liked gardening as a child, she was an excellent horseback rider, she loved driving cars very fast on Long Island, and she and Miss Grace were devoted to their poodles. They attended many dog shows and bred the poodles and made them an important breed in the U. S.
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