The Portland daily press., 1886-07-23
WIVES FROM AMERICA.
Our Countrywomen Who Have Been
Captured by Titled Foreigners.
Philadelphia Times.

Captured py titiSd Foreigners.
Philadelphia Times.
Philadelphia and New York have furnish
ed a goodly number of wives to titled Euro
peans. The Marchioness de Ganay of Paris,
was Miss Ridgway, of Philadelphia, and she
inherits her mothers grace and beauty.
Miss Lynch, of Philadelphia, is Countess de
Kessler, and occupies the public attention by
the splendor of her feteS in Paris.
A daughter Of Henry Mccall, well-known
in this city, became Countess Won Driesbach,
and Baroness de Bildt was Miss Bloomfield
Moore. Count CALI. long italian Consul in
Philadelphia, married one of its fairest
daughters, Miss Roberts, and Countess Sodo-
zoni was Miss Stokes of the same city.
In 1880 Miss McAllister, of Philadelphia,
was married by Cardinal Manning to Count
Giuseppe Holchi-Vici. When the Marquis
d'Vrujo was Spanish Minister at Washing
ton, he married Miss Mexican, daughter of a
Governor of Pennsylvania, and about the
same time Count Borralha, of Portugal, mar
ried Miss Orne. of Philadelphia.
A daughter of G. P. Healy, the celebrated
artist, married M. Charles Bigot, French
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prize from the French Academy for work
she has recently written.
The Baroness de Charette, of Paris, wife
of Gen. de Charette, ex-commander of the
Pope'S Zouaves, was Miss Polk, of Tennes-
see. The mother of the general was the
Countess de Vierzon, daughter Of the Duke
de Berry, and he is thus the nephew of the
Count de Chambord. The Marchioness de
Talleyrand-P Perrigord, daughter-in-law of the
Duke de Dino, was Miss Curtis, of New
York The opinions of the marquis, not
withstanding his rank, are decidedly repub-
lican, and only few days ago he gave din
ner to Henri ROchefort and Clemenceau
The wife of Clemenceau was Miss Plummer,
of Greenwich Conn.
The Viscountess de Courval was Miss Ray,
of New York, daughter of one of the greatest
landed proprietorS in the United States. The
Viscountess de C9tlogon was Miss Blake, of
Boston, and Miss Mary Jones, of New York,
became the Countess de Trobriand. The lat
ter is celebrated for her entertainments,
which are arranged on magnificent scale.
Perhaps one of the finest soirees of the sea-
son was that given in her beautiful home the
evening of June H. Count de Trobriand, it
will be remembered, distinguished himself in
the rebellion and became a general in the
Federal army. The de Trobriands, of which
family he is chief, have for generations been
the pillars of Brittany.
The Duchess de Choiseul-Braslin was Miss
Forbes of New York, and the Countess de la
Bossiere- MaZarin, Miss Dunlop, of Kentucky.
Miss Stephens, of New York, became Count
ess de Chevigny, and the Marquis d'Autau
has just married Miss Norma Christmas, of
Washington.
Miss Norman Kimpson, of Connecticut, is
now the Baroness de Salvador, and the Mar
quis de Mores, who will some day be Duke
de VallambrOSa, married Miss Van Hoffman
of New York.
Col. des Pallieres, brother of the famous
General of that name, married Miss Brega,
of New York, and Miss King, of the same
city, became Nine. Waddington, wife of
the French Ambassador to the Court of st
James,
Countess de Montauban was Miss Butter
field, of New York, and Countess Bauxhaw-
den, Miss Mcknight, of New Jersey.
The Countess Lepelletier d'Aunay is a
daughter of Gen. Berdan, the inventor of
sharp-shooting rifles, and the Princess
Poniatouski, a daughter of Mr. Ely Goddard,
of New York. The Countess de Narbonne
and the Marchioness de Gabriac were the
Misses Phelan, of the same city. The Count
ess de Vaule was Miss Dillon, of st. Louis,
and Countess Sala, wife of the Charge d. At
fairs at Washington, was Miss Sanford OF
New York.
Two famous Southern beauties-the Misses
Slidell-married Baron Emile d'Erlanger and
Count de st. Romaus. Miss Meiggs. of
Washington, became the Countess de Neff-
ray. The late Baroness de Brimone was
Miss Penniman, of New York, the Marchio-
ness de Chasseloup-Laubat and the Baroness
de Hirsch were the Misses Pile, of the same
city. Baroness de Pierre and Countess de
Frusac were the Misses Thorne of Sixteenth
street, New York.
Madame de Stuers, wife of the Dutch Min
lister in Paris, belongs to the AStor family.
The Dutch Minister at the Court of Italy,
Mr. Westernberg, while he was Charge d At
faires at Washington, married the sister of
Mrs. Schuyler. Baroness Won Schroeder was
Miss Donohue of San Francisco, and the
daughter of Admiral Dahlgren married
Baron Won Overlook.
Baroness Won Glumer was Miss Bartlett of
New York, and the Misses Hutton, Of the
same city, became Marchioness de Porte and
Countess de Moltke-Heltfeldtt Countess
Oreolo was Miss Mortimer. of New York,
and Countess Won Linden, Miss Loring-
Andrews, of the same city. Madame Won
Arnold was Miss Moir, of Chicago, and
Miss Parsons, of Ohio, is Princess de Ly-
mar. The former is the wife of a brilliant
German officer, the latter Of a Bavarian di-
plomat.
Miss Wheelwright of New York, is now
Baroness Won Friedlander; Miss Day, of
Ohio, Baroness Lagerfeldt and Mme Bakh-
metieff, wife of the Charge d'Affaires of Rus
sia at Athens, was Miss Beale of Washing
ton. Miss Moulton became Baroness Won
Hagermann, and her daughter has just mar
rleQ one OIL Ine WealUnleSC DdToHS Vi DELL
mark.
The Marchioness Torreggani, of Ttlaly,
was Miss Fry, niece of Gen. Mcclellan.
A daughter of Mr.. Hamilton Walker of New
York became Countess Cibo and Miss Gil
lender of the same city, married the Marquis
de San Mariana. The wife of Baron Blanc,
formerly Italian Minister at Washington,
was Miss Ferry of New York, one of that
city's greatest heiresses; Miss Davis became
Duchess Lante. The daughter of DR.. Ham
mond, of New York, married the Marquis de
Lunza. and Miss Chisholm Count Leonetti.
Miss Eva n-Mackay was married last
year to Don Ferdinando Colonna, Prince di
Galatro. The daughters of Mr.. Jonas Fish
er, of New York, are Countess Jacques
dAramon of Paris, and Countess Gherardes
chi of Florence.
Miss Field of New York, who married
Prince di -Brancaccio, occupies the
first floor of the Ruspoli Palace, in Pome, al
though the Prince is Neapolitan. Princess
Brancaccio is maid of honor to Queen Mar
garet and at the opening of Parliament, last
week the American Princess, who is black
eyed blonde, received the Queen as she en-
tered the royal tribune. One of the RuSpOli
princes, Don Emanuele, married few weeks
ago Miss Curtis of the Marchioness Talley
rand-Perigord of Paris.
Another lady-in waiting to the Queen of
Italy is Princess Vicarera-Cenci, who was
Miss Lorillard Spencer Of New York. Miss
Kinney, Of the same city, married Count
Giannotti, first aide-de-camp to King Hum
bert. Marchioness Theodolt was Miss Con-