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Gannell, Emma (1826-1923)

Name:
Gannell, Emma (1826-1923)
Other Names:
Burgum, Emma / Rumford, Emma
Born:
04/20/1826
Birthplace:
London, England
Died:
01/09/1923
Death Location:
Concord, NH
Residence:
Paris, France, 1838-1845
Rolfe-Rumford House, 1845-1853
68 South State St, Concord, NH, 1853-
Nationality:
English
Father:
Gannell, Henry (d. 1848)
Mother:
Gannell, Mary (Grove) see notes
Relations:
Brother: Edwin Gannell
Spouse:
Burgum, John (coach painter)
Children:
Burgum, Sarah Rumford (m. Noyes)
Burgum, John Fulton
Burgum, Charles Henry (Concord, NH)
Burgum, Edwin Gannell (1858-1948)
Burgum, Mary Jane (m. Lane, Concord, NH)
Notes:
Sarah Thompson, the Countess of Rumford, adopted Emma Gannell in 1827. Emma was the granddaughter of one of the Countess' servants. In later life she sometimes used Rumford as her last name.
Had a "master in oil" instructor hired by the Countess while they lived in Paris.
SEE ALSO Burgum, Emma
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