Gertrude Witherspoon

1868 - 1952  (84 years)

• Name	Gertrude Witherspoon
  Birth	7 Jan 1868	Buffalo, Erie, New York   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Jul 1952	Westport, Connecticut   [1]
  Burial	Derby, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I6968	Scudder
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2014

  
  

  Family	Wallace McIlvaine Scudder,   b. 26 Dec 1853, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey d. 24 Feb 1931, Newark, Essex, New Jersey (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1906	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	1. Wallace McIlvaine Scudder, Jr.,   b. 10 Feb 1910, Newark, Essex, New Jersey d. 10 Oct 1990, Manchester, Bennington, Vermont (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F2524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Gertrude was the sister of Herbert Witherspoon, a noted opera singer, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera. She and Wallace helped to found the Newark Music Foundation, and were patrons of all other music organizations in Newark. They played double piano arrangements for their own amusement and that of their friends.

  
  

• Sources

  [S610] Thomas Scudder Family, Vol. 17, p. 30.