Grace Vilette Quartley

Grace Vilette Quartley

• Father: Arthur Quartley b. 24 May 1839, d. 19 May 1886
• Mother: Laura Louise Delamater b. circa 1843, d. 10 February 1881

• Grace Vilette Quartley died ?? death Manhattan 1958.
• Grace Vilette Quartley was born on 6 January 1870 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Arthur Quartley and Laura Louise Delamater appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Randallstown PO, Baltimore County, Maryland. Other members of the household included Grace Vilette Quartley, Adele Quartley. Also in the household was one female household servant.
• Grace Vilette Quartley arrived on 11 October 1877, aboard the SS Majestic, having departed Cherbourg, France, on the 5th.
• Arthur Quartley and Laura Louise Delamater appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in New York City, New York, at 341 West 51st Street. Other members of the household included Grace Vilette Quartley, Adele Quartley, Arthur Lester Quartley and MacDonough Quartley. Also in the household was one female domestic household servant. Both Laura and daughter Adele are identified as "Delmar."
• The following appeared on 29 May 1884 in the New York Herald: The Folks Who Sailed. The folliowing record of the outgoing passengers contains many names familiar in high social circles and proves beyond any cavil that lots of nice people are going abroad this summer:-- . . . On the Krin . . . Mr. Arthur Quartley, Master Arthur Quartley, Mrs. [sic] Adele Quartley, Miss Grace Quartley, Master Don Quartley. . .
• She married Stephen Howland Brown on 7 April 1890 in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, at Christ Church.
• Grace Vilette Quartley became a widow at the 20 July 1917 death of her husband Stephen Howland Brown.
• The following appeared on 21 July 1917 in the New York Herald: Mr. Stephen Howland Brown, member of an old New York family and of the brokerage firm of Vernon C. Brown & Co., died yesterday morning of heart disease. Mr. Brown's residence was at No. 23 West Fifty-first street.
       Mr. Brown was born in this city and was in his fifty-fourth year. He leaves his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Franklin S. Richardson, of this city. His wife was Miss Grace V. Quartley.
       Mr. Brown was a member of the Union, Turf and Field, Metropolitan, Automobile of America, Racquet and Tennis, Richmond County Country, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and the Piping Rock clubs.
• Grace Vilette Quartley appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Manhattan, New York, at 52 West 58th Street.
• Grace Vilette Quartley arrived in the Port of New York on 9 September 1921, aboard the SS Aquitania, having departed Southampton on the 3rd.
• Grace Vilette Quartley arrived in the Port of New York on 5 October 1926, aboard the SS Majestic, having departed Southampton on 29 September.
• James Brown and Adele Quartley arrived in the Port of New York on 1 April 1927, accompanied by Grace Vilette Quartley aboard the SS Laconia, having departed New York on 29 January.
• Grace Vilette Quartley arrived in the Port of New York on 2 October 1928, aboard the SS Majestic, having departed Cherbourg, France, on 26 Sept.
• Grace Vilette Quartley arrived in the Port of New York on 28 July 1930, aboard the SS Minnewaska, having departed Tilbury, England on the 19th.

• Last Edited: 24 Jul 2017