Amelia "Mimi" Sturges

1835 - 1862  (26 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• 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
  Person ID	I100581	mytree
  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	21 Nov 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Jul 1835 - Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Marriage - 17 Oct 1861 - New York City, New York, New York, United States Death - 17 Feb 1862 - Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, République française Initiatory (LDS) - 13 Feb 1931 - SLAKE Burial - - Fairfield East Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.