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Gertrude Mercer <I>McCurdy</I> Hubbard

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Gertrude Mercer McCurdy Hubbard

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
20 Oct 1909 (aged 82)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9475278, Longitude: -77.0111833
Plot
Section: A, Lot: 201, Grave: 6
Memorial ID
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Married Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

Children:
1. Robert, b. 1847, d. 1849.
2. Gertrude, b. 1849, d. 1886.
3. Mabel Gardiner, b. 1859, d. 1923; married Alexander Graham Bell.
4. Roberta, b. 1859, d. 1885.
5. Grace, b. 1865, d. 1948.
6. Marian, b. 1867, d. 1869.

Their daughter Mabel lost her hearing at the age of five due to scarlet fever. She later became a student of Alexander Graham Bell, then a teacher of deaf children, and they eventually married. Bell would go on to invent the telephone.

Along with her husband, Gertrude was a philanthropist to many institutions, including the Clark School for the Deaf and the Library of Congress. She was killed in 1909 in a collision between her automobile and a car of the Capital Traction Company.
Married Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

Children:
1. Robert, b. 1847, d. 1849.
2. Gertrude, b. 1849, d. 1886.
3. Mabel Gardiner, b. 1859, d. 1923; married Alexander Graham Bell.
4. Roberta, b. 1859, d. 1885.
5. Grace, b. 1865, d. 1948.
6. Marian, b. 1867, d. 1869.

Their daughter Mabel lost her hearing at the age of five due to scarlet fever. She later became a student of Alexander Graham Bell, then a teacher of deaf children, and they eventually married. Bell would go on to invent the telephone.

Along with her husband, Gertrude was a philanthropist to many institutions, including the Clark School for the Deaf and the Library of Congress. She was killed in 1909 in a collision between her automobile and a car of the Capital Traction Company.


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