page_title: Louisa Barnewall Van Rensselaer
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Louisa Barnewall Van Rensselaer / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Alexander Van Rensselaer Artist:George P. A. Healy (1813–1894) Date:1837 Medium:Oil on canvas Dimensions:36 1/4 x 28 3/8 in. (91.7 x 71.5 cm) Classification:Paintings Credit Line:Bequest of Mabel Van Rensselaer Johnson, 1959
context_page_description: Louisa Barnewall Van Rensselaer, was a prominent member of New York Society during the Gilded Age.
context_section_description: On June 30, 1864, Louisa was married to Dr. Alexander Van Renssalaer (1814–1878) by the Rev. Dr. Taylor.  Alexander was the youngest surviving son born to Stephen Van Rensselaer, the patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and Cornelia (née Paterson) Van Renssalaer, the daughter of William Paterson, the 2nd Governor of New Jersey, and later, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.  Alexander was the widower of Mary Howland (d. 1855), daughter of Samuel Shaw Howland, whom he married in 1851.  She lived at 12 East 37th Street in Manhattan and at "Gortmore" in Southampton, New York.  Together, Alexander and Louisa were the parents of three children:
  Louisa Van Renssealer (1865–1945), who married lawyer Edmund Lincoln Baylies, Jr. (1857–1932) in 1887. In 1917, she received the Legion of Honour in recognition of her work for France during the Great War.
  Mabel Van Rensselaer (1868–1959), who married the Rev. James Le Baron Johnson (b. 1870), assistant rector of Grace Church and chaplain of the New York Fire Department, in 1899. Johnson was the son of Rev. Dr. George D. Johnson, the Archdeacon of Christ Church New Brighton.
  Alice Van Rensselaer (1872–1963), a member of the Colonial Dames of America and the Colony Club who did not marry.
  Her husband died on May 8, 1878. She died at Woodmere on Long Island on July 3, 1920, and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
caption: Portrait of her husband Alexander by George P. A. Healy, 1837[11]
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