Julia Cruger

Julia Cruger
Watercolor portrait of Mrs. S.V.R. Cruger by Fernand Paillet, 1893
Born
Julia Grinnell Storrow

(1848-07-19)July 19, 1848
Paris, France
DiedJuly 12, 1920(1920-07-12) (aged 71)
New York City
Resting placeSleepy Hollow Cemetery
OccupationWriter
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1868; died 1898)​

Wade Chance
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(m. 1908; div. 1916)​
ParentThomas Wentworth Storrow
RelativesWashington Irving (grand-uncle)

Julia Grinnell Storrow Cruger (pseudonym: Julien Gordon; July 19, 1848 – July 12, 1920) was an American novelist. Because many of her books examined the American social world, she was known as the Edith Wharton of her day.

Family

Julia Grinnell Storrow was born in Paris, France, in 1848. She was the daughter of Thomas Wentworth Storrow Jr. (1805–1861) of Boston and Sarah Sanders (née Paris) Storrow (1813–1885).[1] Her elder sister, Katherine Paris Storrow, was the wife of banker Francis McNiel Bacon.[2]

Her paternal grandparents were Thomas Wentworth Storrow and Sarah Phipps (née Brown) Storrow.[3] His maternal grandparents were attorney John Daniel Paris and Catherine (née Irving) Paris, sister to Washington Irving (making Julia a grandniece of Washington Iriving).[4]

Career

In 1892, Cruger and her husband were included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[5] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[6]

Her first book was A Diplomat's Diary (1890); it and the next three novels all appeared first in serial form.[1] Many of her novels closely examined the social world of New York and Washington, D.C., and she was known as the Edith Wharton of her day.[4][7]

Personal life

On April 21, 1868, she married Col. Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger in Trinity Chapel in New York City. A Civil War veteran, he was a grandson of Stephen Van Rensselaer.[8] Following her husband's death in 1898, Julia inherited his fortune, leaving her independently well off.[9][7]

On May 11, 1908, she married broker Wade Chance of Canton, Ohio, and London, who was fifteen years her junior, at her home in Washington, D.C.[10][11] The couple, however, separated after a year,[12] and were divorced in 1916.[13][7][14][a] Cruger, who spoke French fluently, then moved to Paris for several years living at 5 Rue du Général-Lambert and Avenue de Suffren,[11] returning to New York not long before her death.[4] As both of her daughters from her first marriage died young, her estate was inherited by her nephew, Wentworth Cruger Bacon.[15][16]

Selected works

  • A Diplomat's Diary (1890)
  • Vampires: Mademoiselle Réséda (1891)
  • A Successful Man (1891)
  • A Puritan Pagan (1891)
  • Marionettes (1892)
  • His Letters (1892)
  • Poppaea (1895)
  • A Wedding and Other Stories (1896)
  • Eat Not Thy Heart (1897)
  • Mrs. Clyde: The Story of a Social Career (1901)
  • The Wage of Character: A Social Study (1901)

Notes

  1. ^ In 1915, her estranged husband Wade Chance, by then of New York, Newport, Pasadena, and London was said to be a friend of the Earl Kitchener.[11]

References

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  1. ^ a b Willard, Frances E. & Livermore, Mary A. (eds.) A Woman of the Century, p. 218 (1893).
  2. ^ Baldwin, Thomas Williams (1915). Bacon Genealogy: Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 and His Descendants. Higginson Book Company. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-8328-3011-2. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Storrow Family Papers, 1762-1999". www.masshist.org. Massachusetts Historical Society. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c (13 July 1920). Mrs. Julia Cruger, Once Famous As Author, Dies Here, New York Tribune, p. 11
  5. ^ McAllister, Ward (16 February 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 26 March 2017.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c (13 July 1920). Mrs. Cruger, Novelist Julien Gordon, Dies: Widow of Col. S. Van. R. Cruger and ex-wife of Wade Chance, Wrote "Vampires", The New York Times
  8. ^ Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Julia G Storrow, retrieved 13 November 2024.
  9. ^ (24 June 1898). Death of S.V.R. Cruger, The New York Times
  10. ^ Special to The New York Times. (May 12, 1908). "MRS. S.V.R. CRUGER WEDS.; Novelist Becomes the Bride of Wade Chance, Fifteen Years Her Junior". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b c Special to The New York Times. (Nov 22, 1915). "WADE CHANCE SUES AGAIN.; Brings Third Divorce Action Against Former Mrs. Cruger". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  12. ^ Special to The New York Times. (Oct 27, 1910). "WADE CHANCE SEEKS DIVORCE; Complaint Against Wife, Who Was Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger, Is Sealed". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  13. ^ Special to The New York Times. (March 23, 1916). "CHANCE IN DIVORCE COURT.; Friend of Kitchener Says He and Novelist-Wife Disagreed". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  14. ^ (13 July 1920). Mrs. J. G. Cruger, Kin of Washington Irving, Dies, Chicago Tribune
  15. ^ "SOCIAL NOTES. | New York". The New York Times. April 20, 1920. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  16. ^ "MRS. CARPENTER MARRIED.; Becomes Bride of W.C. Bacon in a Quiet Ceremony". The New York Times. Feb 15, 1929. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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