Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere | |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts | April 16, 1819
Died | July 26, 1910 | (aged 91)
Nationality | American |
Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere (April 16, 1819 – July 26, 1910) was a founding member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, [1] and served as Morristown Regent [2] and New Jersey's Honorary State Regent. [3] [4]
In 1842, she married Joseph Warren Revere, grandson of American revolutionary figure Paul Revere. [5]
Rosanna Duncan Lamb was born on April 16, 1819 [6] in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents were Benjamin Waldo Lamb and Deziah Lamb. [7] She was presumably named for her maternal grandmother, Rosanna Lamb née Duncan. [7] Her grandfather was Thomas Lamb (b. 1755), a lieutenant in Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment. [8]
She was listed in Clark's Boston Blue book at 9 Newbury Street in 1876. [9]
In March 1881, she was among the founders of the Woman's Art Exchange, a New Jersey-based organization to "encourage art studies in a line available to women" and "provide a mart or exchange where the products of their labor may be taken for disposal." [10] Each member was entitled to enter three women artists for one year. [10] Eligible artwork included needlework, woolen, and knit goods, and art classes included oil and watercolor painting and drawing in crayon. [10]
Revere is quoted about her lineage in the 1902 book Genealogy of the Waldo Family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. [11]
She was listed as residing in the historic Sansay House in the 1909 New York Social Register. [12]
She died on July 26, 1910. Her funeral was held on July 28 in Morristown and was reported upon in The Boston Globe. [13]
Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere | |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts | April 16, 1819
Died | July 26, 1910 | (aged 91)
Nationality | American |
Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere (April 16, 1819 – July 26, 1910) was a founding member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, [1] and served as Morristown Regent [2] and New Jersey's Honorary State Regent. [3] [4]
In 1842, she married Joseph Warren Revere, grandson of American revolutionary figure Paul Revere. [5]
Rosanna Duncan Lamb was born on April 16, 1819 [6] in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents were Benjamin Waldo Lamb and Deziah Lamb. [7] She was presumably named for her maternal grandmother, Rosanna Lamb née Duncan. [7] Her grandfather was Thomas Lamb (b. 1755), a lieutenant in Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment. [8]
She was listed in Clark's Boston Blue book at 9 Newbury Street in 1876. [9]
In March 1881, she was among the founders of the Woman's Art Exchange, a New Jersey-based organization to "encourage art studies in a line available to women" and "provide a mart or exchange where the products of their labor may be taken for disposal." [10] Each member was entitled to enter three women artists for one year. [10] Eligible artwork included needlework, woolen, and knit goods, and art classes included oil and watercolor painting and drawing in crayon. [10]
Revere is quoted about her lineage in the 1902 book Genealogy of the Waldo Family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. [11]
She was listed as residing in the historic Sansay House in the 1909 New York Social Register. [12]
She died on July 26, 1910. Her funeral was held on July 28 in Morristown and was reported upon in The Boston Globe. [13]