 1835 - 1862 (26 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Amelia Sturges |
| Nickname |
Mimi |
| Birth |
5 Jul 1835 |
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
17 Feb 1862 |
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, République française |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
13 Feb 1931 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
L3MJ-138 |
| Burial |
Fairfield East Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I100581 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Johnathan Sturges, b. 24 Mar 1802, Southport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 28 Nov 1874, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Pemberton Cady, b. 21 Dec 1806, New London, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 29 Jun 1894, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Dec 1828 |
New York City, New York, New York, United States |
| Family ID |
F31550 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
John Pierpont Morgan, b. 17 Apr 1837, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 31 Mar 1913, Roma, Lazio, Italia (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
17 Oct 1861 |
New York City, New York, New York, United States |
| Family ID |
F31549 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 5 Jul 1835 - Fairfield, Connecticut, United States |
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 | Marriage - 17 Oct 1861 - New York City, New York, New York, United States |
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 | Death - 17 Feb 1862 - Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, République française |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 13 Feb 1931 - SLAKE |
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 | Burial - - Fairfield East Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States |
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| Notes |
- First wife of J. Pierpont Morgan.
Not long after he arrived in New York, John Pierpont Morgan ("J.P. Morga n " fell in love with Amelia Sturges (nickname, Memie). She was the daugh te r of Jonathan Sturges, a well-known merchant and patron of the arts. I n 1 859 Memie and her parents decided to embark upon a "grand tour". Pier pon t drew-up a travel itinerary for them. He later joined them in Londo n (a t the end of their tour), and he began seeing Memie every day for th e nex t two weeks, and then escorted her family back across the Atlantic . In th e spring of 1860 she agreed to marry him, but early the followin g winter , she came-down with a severe cough which simply did not go away . They we re married on October 7, 1861 (having refused to postpone the w edding), a nd the couple went to the Mediterranean for a honeymoon cure . In Paris, l ung specialists diagnosed Memie's illness as tuberculosis . She wrote to h er mother: "I wish you could see his loving devoted car e of me, he spare s nothing for my comfort and improvement." Despite hi s attentions, a mer e 4 months after their wedding, Memie died (Februar y 1862). Pierpont wa s but twenty-four years old.
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