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Helen Smythe Jaffray

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Arthur Woodriff Jaffray (1876–1919), who married actress Laura D. Shorter in 1899. They divorced and he married his first cousin, Mabel Evelyn Jaffray (1880–1922), daughter of Howard S. Jaffray in 1906.
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In 1871, Helen was married to William Phillips Jaffray (1845–1887), a successful New York dry goods merchant. William was the eldest son of Edward Somerville Jaffray and an uncle to
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Thayer, William Roscoe; Castle, William Richards; Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe; Pier, Arthur Stanwood; Voto, Bernard Augustine De; Morrison, Theodore (1913).
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American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government
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was appointed instead). Helen's sister Fannie Smythe, was the second wife of Edward Padelford, who had a home (now known as
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graduate Walter Abbott (1867–1919) in 1912. After his death, she married J. Kingsley Rooker and lived at Mortimer House in
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Jaffray Genealogy, Being An Account of a Branch of This Family Which Was Particularly Associated with Stirlingshire
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In 1892, both Helen and her daughter were listed as "Mrs. William Jaffray" and "Miss Jaffray", in
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in 1869, but was tabled by the Senate and did not receive his commission (
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Franklin) Smythe. Her father, a merchant, banker and conservative
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(2000). 372:Herman Melville: A Biography 1121:New-York Historical Society 990:. March 5, 1911. p. 18 836:Leavitt, Judith A. (1985). 761:New-York Historical Society 543:"WEDDINGS. Jaffray—Jaffray" 1162: 938:. June 18, 1906. p. 3 650:Cambridge University Press 477:Stewart, David O. (2010). 377:Twenty-First Century Books 1088:Social Register, New York 959:Social Register, New York 690:. pp. 199, 289n.99. 642:Keister, Lisa A. (2005). 581:Random House Incorporated 517:Social Register, New York 165:U.S. Ambassador to Russia 987:The Galveston Daily News 935:The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 873:Jaffray, Robert (1926). 680:Homberger, Eric (2004). 415:Univ. of Tennessee Press 407:Johnson, Andrew (1991). 369:Meltzer, Milton (2004). 79:William Phillips Jaffray 238:Arthur Woodriff Jaffray 219:U.S. Minister to Norway 688:Yale University Press 283:Saint-Germain-en-Laye 247:Helen Frances Jaffray 234:Mary Franklin Jaffray 181:Skaneateles, New York 1064:The Lady's Who's Who 305:"MRS. W. P. JAFFRAY" 265:Her husband died in 221:and was the wife of 125:Helen Smythe Jaffray 23:Helen Smythe Jaffray 1146:American socialites 1113:Portrait of Jaffray 1035:"MR. WALTER ABBOTT" 817:. November 14, 1889 733:. September 7, 1887 554:. November 16, 1893 350:. February 25, 1903 339:"Cunard--Padelford" 173:Andrew Gregg Curtin 910:. October 13, 1899 907:The New York Times 814:The New York Times 730:The New York Times 621:The New York Times 551:The New York Times 485:Simon and Schuster 347:The New York Times 313:The New York Times 251:Earl of Winchilsea 223:J. Borden Harriman 202:The New York Times 159:) under President 58:September 22, 1935 16:American socialite 757:www.nyhistory.org 253:. 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New York City
Paris
Helen
Henry A. Smythe
Gilded Age
New York City
Henry A. Smythe
née
Union Republican
Herman Melville
Andrew Johnson
U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Gregg Curtin
Roosevelt Hall
Skaneateles, New York
Ward McAllister
Four Hundred
The New York Times
Florence Jaffray
U.S. Minister to Norway
J. Borden Harriman
Fifth Avenue
Mary Franklin Jaffray
Arthur Woodriff Jaffray
Helen Frances Jaffray
Earl of Winchilsea
Harvard
Clifton
Astoria

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