Life History
30th Jan 1785 |
Born in Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia |
7th Sep 1802 |
Married William WIRT.3,1,2 |
18th Feb 1834 |
Death of William WIRT in Washington, DC, USA.3,4,5,6,6 |
24th Jan 1857 |
Died |
Notes
- "Married - On Tuesday last, the Honorable William Wirt, Esq., Judge of the High Court of Chancery, for Williamsburg District, to Miss Elizabeth Washington Gamble, daughter of Col. Robert Gamble, of this city, merchant."
-- The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser, Saturday, September 11, 1802, page 3, column 5; info courtesy of E Middleton, RootsWeb comment on this genealogy, 8 April 2017
One of the Wirt genealogists, Gerald Koller, reports the following information for Elizabeth Washington Gamble:
Elizabeth Washington GAMBLE
Birth 30 JAN 1784 in Richmond, Virginia, Alternative Birth 30 JAN 1785
Death 24 JAN 1857
Father Robert GAMBLE
Marriage William WIRT b 8 NOV 1772 in Bladensburg, Md, Married 7 SEP 1802
Children:
Emily WIRT
Betsy WIRT
William C. WIRT
Catherine WIRT
Laura Henrietta WIRT b 3 SEP 1803
Robert Gamble WIRT b 31 JAN 1805
Elizabeth Gamble WIRT b 1807
Catherine Gratten WIRT b 1807
Rosa Ellen WIRT b 1810
Ellen Tazewell WIRT b 1812
Dabney Carr WIRT b 1814
Agnes Cabell WIRT b 1815
Henry G. WIRT b 1 JUN 1818
-- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2540320&id=I4668
Some genealogies report that Elizabeth remarried after the death of William Wirt. The second husband was named Louis Mazleherbes Goldsborough, b 18 February in Washington, DC
-- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v71t0555&id=I0663
Sources
- 1. Lowrey-Wirt Genealogy, by Octavia Lowery
- 2. RootsWeb Trees
- 3. Ancestry Trees
- Wirt Genealogy, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v65t1347&id=I0214&ftm=1
- 4. Kenneth Wirt McSwain Family Tree
- Location: private electronic communication;
- 5. Ancestry Trees
- Pat Noble, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pnoble66&id=I24818
- 6. NewspaperArchive.com