Anne Weightman
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Anne Weightman Walker Penfield (1844 - February 25, 1932), was a philanthropist, and one of the richest women in world.
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She lived with her father at Ravenhill
, in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.
She married Robert J. C. Walker and he died December 19, 1903, in Philadelphia. At the death of her father in 1904, Ravenhill
passed to her.
In May 1907, she commissioned Adolfo Müller-Ury
to paint a portrait of Pope Pius X
(now at the Graduate House at the North American College in Rome). He also painted portrait of alone as well as a double portrait of Mrs. Walker with her favourite niece Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs (for the latter's husband), and a posthumous portrait of her father.
Upon the death of her first husband, she went on to marry Frederic Courtland Penfield
, an orientalist and diplomat, in 1908. To celebrate her wedding she gave $1M to charity.
She died on February 25, 1932.
Biography
She was born in 1884 to William WeightmanWilliam Weightman
William Weightman I was a chemical manufacturer and one of the largest landowners in the United States.-Biography:...
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She lived with her father at Ravenhill
Ravenhill (mansion)
Ravenhill was the mansion of William Weightman in Philadelphia. It was designed by Willis Gaylord Hale.- History :At his death in 1904, the Ravenhill Mansion passed on to Anne Weightman who gave the estate to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1910. Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty of the...
, in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.
She married Robert J. C. Walker and he died December 19, 1903, in Philadelphia. At the death of her father in 1904, Ravenhill
Ravenhill (mansion)
Ravenhill was the mansion of William Weightman in Philadelphia. It was designed by Willis Gaylord Hale.- History :At his death in 1904, the Ravenhill Mansion passed on to Anne Weightman who gave the estate to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1910. Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty of the...
passed to her.
In May 1907, she commissioned Adolfo Müller-Ury
Adolfo Müller-Ury
Adolfo Muller-Ury was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.-Heritage and early life in Switzerland:...
to paint a portrait of Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X
Pope Saint Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox...
(now at the Graduate House at the North American College in Rome). He also painted portrait of alone as well as a double portrait of Mrs. Walker with her favourite niece Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs (for the latter's husband), and a posthumous portrait of her father.
Upon the death of her first husband, she went on to marry Frederic Courtland Penfield
Frederic Courtland Penfield
-Biography:He was born in Connecticut, on April 23, 1855 to Daniel Penfield and Sophia Young. He was the United States vice consul in London in 1885.He married Katharine Albert McMurdo Welles in 1892...
, an orientalist and diplomat, in 1908. To celebrate her wedding she gave $1M to charity.
She died on February 25, 1932.