Lucy Wharton Drexel

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Lucy Wharton Drexel (1867-1944) was a Manhattan socialite. [1]

She was the second daughter of Lucy Wharton, and Joseph William Drexel, her sister was Elizabeth Wharton Drexel. [2] [1] She married Eric Bernard Dahlgren, Sr. on November 27, 1890 and they sought a divorce after 22 years of marriage in 1912. [3] [4] Eric was the son of John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren. They had a daughter, Katherine Dahlgren; and a son Eric Bernard Dahlgren, Jr. (1900-1929) who was married to Baroness Elizabeth Rosen. [5] [6]

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  1. ^ a b Mrs. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  2. ^ "Mrs. J.W. Drexel Dead. Former Social Leader of Philadelphia and Mother of Mrs. Harry Lehr.", New York Times, January 26, 1912, Friday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. 
  3. ^ "Eric Dahlgren Dead. Grandson of Rear Admiral and Gun Inventor Stricken in Italy.", New York Times, April 19, 1929, Friday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. 
  4. ^ "Seeks to Divorce Admiral's Son. Mrs. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Was Married to Him 22 Years Ago by Archbishop Corrigan.", New York Times, March 24, 1912, Sunday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. "Mrs. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren of No. 812 Madison avenue filed suit yesterday for an absolute divorce from her husband, Eric B. Dahlgren, a son of Rear Admiral Dahlgren. The complaint was written in long hand, and it was explained that the reason it had not been typewritten was that Mrs. Dahlgren wished the suit to be filed at once." 
  5. ^ Eric Bernard Dahlgren, Jr. was born on 24 April 1900 according to the World War I draft
  6. ^ "Miss K. Dahlgren held for speeding. Daughter of Mrs. Drexel Dahlgren again Summoned to Court in Lenox.", New York Times, July 20, 1915. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. "Lenox, Massachusetts, July 20, 1915. Miss Katherine Dahlgren, third daughter of Mrs. Drexel Dahlgren, and a granddaughter of Rear Admiral John Dahlgren, was arrested this afternoon in Stockbridge on a charge of speeding her automobile ninety miles an hour on the main street and for operating the racer in a reckless manner."