Louise Whitfield Carnegie

Louise Whitfield Carnegie
Louise Whitfield Carnegie
	The original caption refers to her solely by her husband's name, c. 1901
Born	Louise Whitfield; March 7, 1857; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	June 24, 1946 (aged 89)
Resting place	Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Spouse(s)	Andrew Carnegie; (m. 1887; died 1919)
Children	Margaret Carnegie Miller
Parent(s)	John D. Whitfield

Louise Whitfield Carnegie (March 7, 1857 – June 24, 1946) was the wife of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

Early life

Carnegie was born on March 7, 1857 in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City. She was the daughter of New York City merchant John D. Whitfield.

Philanthropy

After Carnegie's death Louise continued making charitable contributions to organizations including American Red Cross, the Y.W.C.A., the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, numerous World War II relief funds, and $100,000 to the Union Theological Seminary. She spent her summers at Skibo Castle.

Personal life

On April 22, 1887, she married Carnegie at her family's home in New York City in a private ceremony officiated by a pastor from the Church of the Divine Paternity, a Universalist church to which the Whitfields belonged.[1] At the time of the marriage, Louise was 30; Carnegie was 51. As wedding gifts from her husband, Louise received a home (formerly owned by Collis Potter Huntington) at 5 West 51st Street and an annual income of approximately $20,000.[2]

Ten years later in 1897, Louise gave birth to the couple's only child Margaret. Louise and her daughter were members of the Brick Presbyterian Church and later the Church of the Divine Paternity (now the Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York) for whom she and her husband funded their organ.[3][4]

Carnegie died at the age of 83 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

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References

David Nasaw, Andrew Carnegie, (Penguin, 2007) p. 296 ISBN 0-14-311244-9, ISBN 978-0-14-311244-0
MR. CARNEGIE'S WEDDING.; STARTING FOR EUROPE WITH HIS BRIDE, MISS LOUISE WHITFIELD., published April 23, 1997, in the New York Times;
BAGPIPE TUNES AT CARNEGIE WEDDING, in the New York Times, Nov. 29, 1918
"Fourth Universalist Society of New York. Records, 1839-2001". Div.hds.harvard.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

Bibliography

Krass, Peter. Carnegie. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Nasaw, David. Andrew Carnegie. New York: Penguin Press, 2006.
"Mr. Carnegie's Wedding" The New York Times, April 23, 1887.
"Mrs. Carnegie Dies; Steel Man's Widow", The New York Times, June 25, 1946.
"Rites in Home for Mrs. Carnegie", The New York Times, June 28, 1946.