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'''Bessie Wallis Warfield''' ==Bessie Wallis Warfield== Bessie Wallis Warfield was born on [[June 19]], 1896 in Square Cottage, Monterey Inn, Blue Ridge Summit, [[Pennsylvania]], as the daughter of [[#Teackle Wallis Warfield|Teackle Wallis Warfield]] and [[#Alice M Montague|Alice M. Montague]]. They were at the place due to a futile attempt to cure Teackle's tuberculosis. He died a few months later. Alice and Bessie moved in with Teackle's mother in Baltimore but the two woman could not agree and so Alice and Bessie moved again. "In the end the two women were supported by Teackle's wealthy brother Solomon Warfield." (see Answers.com) "She was christened Bessie but when she grew up, she dropped the Bessie and called herself Wallis" (''The Amiable Baltimorians'') Much has been said about Bessie's supposed background of poverty. But poverty to those authors evidently means not living in splendor. The records prove that her family was firmly upper class if perhaps "lower-upper" as they say. In 1908, her mother Alice remarried to John Freeman Rasin, an insurance broker and "son of the Democratic boss of Baltimore", and the family lived in Baltimore, Maryland. More details on the Rasin family can be found [http://books.google.com/books?id=pPZom7xkp3gC&pg=PA764&lpg=PA764&dq=warfield+freeman+rasin&source=web&ots=1LVnI_fJph&sig=l_YblZTwEzmDD4rFnDUQl8J3Q8s#PPA764,M1 here]. Bessie married Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. on [[Nov 8]], 1916 at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, [[Maryland]]. They were divorced on [[Dec 10]], 1927. She married secondly Ernest Aldrich Simpson on [[Jul 21]], 1928 in Chelsea Registrar's Office, Chelsea, London, England. They were divorced on [[Oct 27]], 1936. She married thirdly [[Edward VIII, King of England]], son of [[George V, King of England]] and his wife Mary von Teck, on [[Jun 3]], 1937 in Chateau de Cande, Maine-et-Loire, France. Bessie died on [[Apr 24]], 1986 in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. She was buried on [[Apr 29]], 1986 in Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England. ===Primary documents for 1=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1910USCenIndex%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=bessie&gsln=warfield&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=3&recid=29830787&recoff=1+3+27+29 1910 Census of Baltimore, Maryland] showing : "J Freeman Rasin, 40, first marriage, 2 years ago, b MD/MD/MD, Insurance Broker; Alice M Rasin 40; Bessie W Warfield 13 stepdaughter b PA; Mary Louisa Shorter 27; Minnie Bacon 25; Willima E McDonnell 26; Henry Stitz" *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7235&iid=NEWS-MD-FR_PO.1928_11_16_0004&r=an&rc=2891,2533,2996,2566;3013,2533,3153,2566&fn=wallis&ln=warfield&st=d&ssrc=&pid=486916100 ''The Frederick Post'' (Frederick, Maryland)] [[Nov 16]], 1928 "Would Set Aside Will", "Grandniece files Action Against S Davies Warfield Estate" in which "Wallis Warfield Simpson" a niece is mentioned as a legal heir. *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7235&iid=NEWS-MD-FR_PO.1936_10_15_0001&r=an&rc=2899,2179,3004,2212;3021,2179,3178,2212&fn=wallis&ln=warfield&st=d&ssrc=&pid=491076609 ''The Frederick Post'' (Frederick, Maryland)], [[Oct 15]], 1936 "American-Born Friend of King Seeks Divorce", "Mrs Simpson Takes Steps To Divorce Ernest Simpson; Hearing Oct 27" ===Secondary sources for 1=== *[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10072.htm#i100717 "Bessie Wallis Warfield"] on ThePeerage *[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00019986&tree=LEO "Bessie Wallis Warfield"] on Genealogics *[http://www.answers.com/topic/wallis-simpson "Wallis Simpson"] on Answers.Com *[http://books.google.com/books?id=WNso9EnqfxcC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=warfield+freeman+rasin&source=web&ots=wti8EKhhjH&sig=8XvvY4HmlpYuyAXcfjnT8wQMa7s ''The Amiable Baltimoreans''], by Francis F Beirne. 1984. Page 118-121 citing [http://content.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=12902&iid=dvm_dez_GenMono001987-00001-0&desc=Warfield&rc=1525%2c2102%2c2013%2c2164 "The Warfields of Maryland"], by Prof Joshua Dorsey Warfield. Baltimore: The Daily Record Company, 1898. *[http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/pedigree.aspx?pid=9580312&st=1 "Bessie Wallis Warfield"], OneWorldTree: Pedigree View *[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1075108,00.html?promoid=googlep "Time" magazine] (online) "The Woman who Cost a Kingdom", [[Jun 21]], 2005 By Walter Isaacson ==Teackle Wallis Warfield== Teackle Wallis Warfield was born in [[Jul 31]], 1869 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Henry MacTier Warfield and his wife Anna Emory. He married Alice Montague and their only child was born a few months before his death due to tuberculosis. Teackle died [[Nov 15]], 1896. ===Primary documents for 2=== *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7163&iid=MDM593_576-0107&fn=Henry+M&ln=Warfield&st=r&ssrc=&pid=19321736 1870 Census of Baltimore, Maryland] showing : "Henry M Warfield, 44, Flour Merchant, $5000, b MD; Anna 38, Keeping House, b MD; Daniel 18 Clerk in Store b MD; Richard E 14, Attending School, b MD; Solomon D 10, Attending School, b MD; Henry 2, b MD; Wallis 1 b MD; Ann 58 At Home, b MD; Jane M 35 At Home, b MD; Maria 33 At Home, b MD; Annie Scott 50 Domestic Servant, b MD; Annie Gibson 20 Domestic Servant, b MD; Harriet Stepling, 22, Domestic Servant, b MD; Johanna Higgins, 39, Domestic Servant, b Ireland" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1880usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Henry&gsln=Warfield&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=43&recid=45894068&recoff=1+3 1880 Census of Baltimore, Maryland] showing : "Henry M Warfield, 50, b MD/MD/MD, Flour Merchant; Anna 47 wife, b MD/MD/MD; Daniel 28 son b MD RR Inspector [something more illegible]; R Emory 24 son b MD Secty Firs [?] Ins Co; S Davis 20 son b MD Coffee Clerk; Henry M 12 son b MD At School; Teackle W 10 son b MD At School; Johanna Haggans 19 servent; Maria Thompson 29 black, servent" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1890baltmd%2c&rank=0&tips=0&_8000C002=&_8000C003=Warfield&_80004002=Teackle&_80004003=Warfield&_80008002=&_80008003=&gsby=&gsb1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsb1pl=1%2c+&gsdy=&gsd1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd1pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&sbor=&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&srchb=r&fh=0&recid=154454&recoff=1+3 Baltimore, Maryland Directories 1890] showing "Teackle W Warfield, 31 E Preston, Baltimore; Clerk" ===Secondary sources for 2=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=genepool%2c&rank=0&tips=0&_8000C002=&_8000C003=Warfield&_80004002=Teackle&_80004003=Warfield&_80008002=&_80008003=&gsby=&gsb1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsb1pl=1%2c+&gsdy=&gsd1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd1pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&sbor=&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&srchb=r&fh=1&recid=2694540&recoff=1+2 Family Data Collection, "Teackle Wallis Warfield"] *[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10082.htm#i100818 "Teackle Wallis Warfield"] on ThePeerage *[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00019987&tree=LEO "Teackle Wallis Warfield"] on Genealogics *[http://www.answers.com/topic/wallis-simpson "Wallis Simpson"] on Answers.Com *[http://books.google.com/books?id=WNso9EnqfxcC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=warfield+freeman+rasin&source=web&ots=wti8EKhhjH&sig=8XvvY4HmlpYuyAXcfjnT8wQMa7s ''The Amiable Baltimoreans''], by Francis F Beirne. Page 118-121 *[http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/pedigree.aspx?pid=9580312&st=1 "Bessie Wallis Warfield"], OneWorldTree: Pedigree View *[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1075108,00.html?promoid=googlep "Time" magazine] (online) "The Woman who Cost a Kingdom", [[Jun 21]], 2005 By Walter Isaacson *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookView&ti=0&dbid=24351&iid=dvm_GenMono005980-00107-0&rc=1090,2885,1314,2933;1507,2876,1756,2925&fn=teackle&ln=warfield&st=d&ssrc=&pid=181 "The Smiths and the Chamberlains : also the Wilsons, Walters, Warfields, Van Sitterts"], page 156. Citing "The Warfields of Maryland", by Prof. Joshua Dorsey Warfield. Pub Baltimore, 1898. ==Alice Montague== Alice Montague married Teackle Wallis Warfield in 1895 or 1896. In 1908, Alice remarried to John Freeman Rasin, an insurance broker and "son of the Democratic boss of Baltimore", and the family lived in Baltimore, Maryland. More details on the Rasin family can be found [http://books.google.com/books?id=pPZom7xkp3gC&pg=PA764&lpg=PA764&dq=warfield+freeman+rasin&source=web&ots=1LVnI_fJph&sig=l_YblZTwEzmDD4rFnDUQl8J3Q8s#PPA764,M1 here]. She married thirdly to a Simpson, as she has a picture online [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10082.htm#i100819 here] where she is called "Alice Montague Simpson". ===Primary documents for 2=== *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6445&iid=news-dc-thewashingtonpost.1908_06_19_0007&r=an&rc=3167,2304,3286,2329;2621,2329,2762,2354&fn=wallis&ln=warfield&st=d&ssrc=&pid=476269575 ''The Washington Post'' (Washington, D.C.)]], [[Jun 19]], 1908. Page 7 "Social and Personal" <blockquote>"It is reported that the marriage of Mrs Teackle Wallis Warfield to Mr John Freeman Rasin will take place shortly. Although the date for the wedding has not been definitely fixed, the Baltimore friends of Mrs Warfield and Mr Rasin expect the ceremony to be performed some time before July 1."</blockquote> <blockquote>"Mrs Warfield was formerly Miss Alice Montague. She comes of the well known Virginia family of that name and is a cousin of Mrs Alexander Brown formerly Miss Bessie Montague and of Mrs George Barnett who before her first marriage to the late Basil Gordon was Miss [illegible] Montague. Mrs Warfield is also a sister of Mrs D Buchanan Merryman of Washington. Her first husband was the late Teackle Wallis Warfield who has been dead about eleven years. He was a brother of Mr S Davies Warfield president of the Continental Trust Company of [illegible] .. Warfield adjutant general of Maryland and of Mr R Emory Warfield president of the Hanover Insurance Company of York."</blockquote> <blockquote>"Mr Rasin is a son of the late I Freeman Rasin and is widely known. His brother Mr Carroll Wilson Rasin takes an active part in the social and business life of the city. His youngest sister Miss Alice Rasin was recently married to Mr Barbour Dangerfield and lives in Washington. His other sisters are Mrs William Tyler Gatchell, Mrs William Pinckney Craig and Mrs Hugo Albert Pennert."</blockquote> <blockquote>"Mrs Warfield has just returned from Wakefield Manor where she was the guest of Mrs Barnett. Mrs Merryman went from Washington yesterday to be a guest of Mrs Warfield at her home at East Bidell street Baltimore."</blockquote> ===Secondary sources for 2=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=78476509 1900 Census of Baltimore, Maryland] showing "John F Raisin, age 30, single" in the household of his father. *[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10082.htm#i100819 "Alice M Montague"] on ThePeerage, the picture there is labeled "Alice Montague Simpson" *[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00019988&tree=LEO "Alice Montague"] on Genealogics ==Henry Mactier Warfield== ===Secondary sources for 4=== *[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00339674&tree=LEO "Henry Mactier Warfield"] on Genealogics *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=bgmi&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Henry&gsln=Warfield&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b Biography and Genealogy Master Index] showing : "Warfield, Henry Mactier (1825-1885)" and citing "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. A supplement. Six volumes. Edited by L.E. Dearborn. New York: Press Association Compilers, 1918-1931. Originally published as The Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Supplementary Edition. (ApCAB X)" *[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/Bookview.aspx?dbid=12902&iid=dvm_dez_GenMono001987-00011-1&desc=mactier&rc=1463,1353,1772,1424;1412,1428,1724,1499;310,1594,572,1647;1457,2096,1761,2167;614,2707,918,2780;851,3227,1163,3284 "The Warfields of Maryland"], by Prof Joshua Dorsey Warfield. Baltimore: The Daily Record Company, 1898. Page 21 : "Henry Mactier Warfield, the prominent merchant, legislator and candidate for Mayor of Baltimore City, married Anna, daughter of Richard and Ann (Gittings) Emory, of "Manor Glen," of "My Lady's Manor." She was a descendent of the Emorys of 1666, of Queen Anne Co." ==Anna Emory== ===Secondary sources for 5=== *[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00339675&tree=LEO "Anna Emory"] on Genealogics *[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/Bookview.aspx?dbid=12902&iid=dvm_dez_GenMono001987-00011-1&desc=mactier&rc=1463,1353,1772,1424;1412,1428,1724,1499;310,1594,572,1647;1457,2096,1761,2167;614,2707,918,2780;851,3227,1163,3284 "The Warfields of Maryland"], by Prof Joshua Dorsey Warfield. Baltimore: The Daily Record Company, 1898. Page 21 : "Henry Mactier Warfield, the prominent merchant, legislator and candidate for Mayor of Baltimore City, married Anna, daughter of Richard and Ann (Gittings) Emory, of "Manor Glen," of "My Lady's Manor." She was a descendent of the Emorys of 1666, of Queen Anne Co." ==Unknown Montague== ==Unknown== ==Daniel Warfield== ==Nancy MacTier== ==Richard Emory== ===Secondary sources for 10=== *[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/Bookview.aspx?dbid=12902&iid=dvm_dez_GenMono001987-00011-1&desc=mactier&rc=1463,1353,1772,1424;1412,1428,1724,1499;310,1594,572,1647;1457,2096,1761,2167;614,2707,918,2780;851,3227,1163,3284 "The Warfields of Maryland"], by Prof Joshua Dorsey Warfield. Baltimore: The Daily Record Company, 1898. Page 21 : "Henry Mactier Warfield, the prominent merchant, legislator and candidate for Mayor of Baltimore City, married Anna, daughter of Richard and Ann (Gittings) Emory, of "Manor Glen," of "My Lady's Manor." She was a descendent of the Emorys of 1666, of Queen Anne Co." ==Ann Gittings== ===Secondary sources for 11=== *[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/Bookview.aspx?dbid=12902&iid=dvm_dez_GenMono001987-00011-1&desc=mactier&rc=1463,1353,1772,1424;1412,1428,1724,1499;310,1594,572,1647;1457,2096,1761,2167;614,2707,918,2780;851,3227,1163,3284 "The Warfields of Maryland"], by Prof Joshua Dorsey Warfield. Baltimore: The Daily Record Company, 1898. Page 21 : "Henry Mactier Warfield, the prominent merchant, legislator and candidate for Mayor of Baltimore City, married Anna, daughter of Richard and Ann (Gittings) Emory, of "Manor Glen," of "My Lady's Manor." She was a descendent of the Emorys of 1666, of Queen Anne Co." [[Category:Maryland]] [[Category:Pennsylvania]]
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