Neltje Blanchan De Graff

1865 - 1918  (52 years)

• Name	Neltje Blanchan De Graff
  Birth	23 Oct 1865	Chicago, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Feb 1918	Canton, China   [1]
  Person ID	I6627	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Liverius De Graff,   b. Abt 1839, New York d. 5 Jun 1869, Chicago, Illinois (Age ~ 30 years)
  Mother	Alice Fair,   b. 25 Sep 1840, New York d. 11 Dec 1932, New York, New York (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F3982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frank Nelson Doubleday,   b. 8 Jan 1862, Brooklyn, Kings, New York d. 30 Jan 1934 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1886	Plainfield, Somerset, New Jersey   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Nelson Doubleday,   b. 16 Jun 1889, Brooklyn, Kings, New York d. 11 Jan 1949, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F3707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  From the National Cyclopedia of American Biography (citation details below): "The De Graffs and Blanchans, the latter originating in French Flanders, were among the first settlers of the Dutch-Huguenot colony at Esopus, N.Y. (1660). [Neltje Blanchan De Graff's] mother came of Scotch-Irish stock. One of her ancestors was Governor De Graff of St. Eustatius, Dutch West Indies, who was the first foreigner to salute the American flag (Nov. 16, 1776). Three years later a salute was given to the flag of Paul Jones' Ranger by the commander of a French squadron, but according to the historian Griffis, 'De Graff's was personally a nobler and bolder act, since he believed and acted on his own faith without orders.'" [The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Wikipedia. [S1544] Who's Who in America, 1911. [S1550] The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume XIII. New York: James T. White & Company, 1906. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only. [S1544] Who's Who in America, 1911., date only.