Anne Dunkin Greene Bates (c. 1885 – November 2, 1939) was an American socialite during the Gilded Age.[1]

Anne Dunkin Greene
Born
Anne Dunkin Greene

c. 1885
DiedNovember 2, 1939(1939-11-02) (aged 53–54)
Alma materBryn Mawr College
Spouse
Guy Bates
(m. 1908)
Children1
RelativesAlexander Henry Hoff (grandfather)

Early life

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Anne Dunkin Greene was born in New York City in c. 1885, a daughter of Elizabeth Dunkin (née Hoff) Greene (1852–1926) and Thomas Lyman Greene (1851–1904).[2] Her father was vice president and general manager of the Audit Company of New York and formerly with the Manhattan Trust Company.[3] Her older brother was Van Rensselaer Hoff Greene,[4][5] a 1904 graduate of Columbia University,[6][7][8] who married Agnes Benedict.[9]

Her maternal grandparents were Ann Eliza (née Van Rensselaer) Hoff and Dr. Alexander Henry Hoff of Philadelphia.[10] Her grandmother was a sister of Charles Watkins Van Rensselaer and both were children of Ann (née Dunkin) and Judge John Sanders Van Rensselaer and grandchildren of U.S. Representative Killian Van Rensselaer.[11] Her paternal grandfather was Mary Ann (née Crocker) Greene, who attended the Troy Female Seminary,[12] and Thomas Lyman Greene Sr., a manager of the Boston and Albany Railroad.[3]

Anne graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1905.[10]

Society life

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In 1892, Anne, listed as "Miss Greene",[a][1] was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[13] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[14][15]

Personal life

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In 1908,[16] Greene was married to Guy Bates (1880–1965) of Morristown and Summit, New Jersey.[17] Bates was a 1906 graduate of Columbia University.[18] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Elizabeth Maunsell Bates (1913–2011),[19] who married attorney Alan W. Carrick, the son of Judge Charles Lynn Carrick, in 1939.[20][21]

Anne Dunkin Greene Bates died on November 2, 1939.[1] She was buried at Arlington National Cemetery and upon her husband's death in 1965, he was buried alongside her.[citation needed]

Descendants

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Through her daughter Elizabeth, she was the grandmother of Robert Duncan Carrick (b. 1943), who gifted her family's silver bowl to Newark Museum.[10]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ According to Jerry E. Patterson, "Of the many Misses Greene in New York Society, this was probably Annie D. Greene (died 1940) who married Guy Bates, Columbia 1906."[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age. Random House Incorporated. p. 218. ISBN 9780847822089. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Lineage Book. The Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 1912. p. 325. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Trusts and Estates. Trust Companies Pub. Association. 1904. p. 133. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ "V. R. H. Greene". The New York Times. 27 July 1964. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ^ "DIED. GREENE—Van Rensselaer H." The New York Times. 27 July 1964. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. Columbia University. 1906. p. 712. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. ^ Liddell, Donald Macy (1922). Handbook of Chemical Engineering. McGraw-Hill Company, Incorporated. p. 7. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. ^ Cold Storage and Ice Trade Journal. Ice Trade Journal Company. 1911. p. 31. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  9. ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1912. p. 246.
  10. ^ a b c "Sugar bowl in the Rococo style, ca. 1760". newarkmuseum.org. Newark Museum. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  11. ^ Van Rensselaer, Maunsell (1888). Annals of the Van Rensselaers in the United States, especially as they relate to the family of Killian K. Van Rensselaer. New York: Albany, C. Van Benthuysen & sons. p. 272. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  12. ^ Fairbanks, Mary Mason (1898). Emma Willard and Her Pupils: Or, Fifty Years of Troy Female Seminary, 1822-1872. Mrs. R. Sage. p. 156. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  13. ^ McAllister, Ward (February 16, 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  14. ^ Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  15. ^ Homberger, Eric (2004). Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age. Yale University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0300105150. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  16. ^ Register of Alumnae and Former Students. Bryn Mawr College. 1922. p. 193. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  17. ^ Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. Columbia University. 1912. p. 218. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  18. ^ Proceedings | Twenty-Second National Recreation Congress. National Recreation Association. 1937. p. 184. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  19. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths CARRICK, ELIZABETH BATES BORN IN SUMMIT". The New York Times. May 8, 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  20. ^ "ELIZABETH BATES MARRIED AT HOME; Bryn Mawr Graduate Becomes Bride in Summit of Alan Carrick, an Attorney" (PDF). The New York Times. February 22, 1939. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  21. ^ "SOCIAL" (PDF). The Summit Herald. August 4, 1941. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
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