Gertrude (Gouverneur) Kemble (1759-1806)

Mrs Gertrude (Gouverneur) Kemble

She was considered to have been - according to the word of Garrit Storm - "the most splendid woman of her day". But, when her husband's considerable fortune was cut by two thirds in 1800, "it proved too much for the high mind of Mrs. Kemble, and she became partially deranged, which was soon succeeded by death".

Parents (2)

Samuel Gouverneur

West Indian Merchant, of New York City

1720-1778

Experience (Johnson) Gouverneur

Mrs Experience (Johnson) Gouverneur

1720-1788

Spouse (1)

Peter Kemble II

Peter Kemble II, Merchant, of Gouverneur & Kemble, New York

1739-1823

Children (6)

Gertrude (Kemble) Paulding

Mrs Gertrude (Kemble) Paulding

1781-1841

Gouverneur Kemble

U.S. Congressman from New York & Founder of the West Point Foundry

1786-1835

Peter Kemble

Peter Kemble, drowned in early adulthood; unmarried

1787-1813

William Kemble

Co-Owner of the West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, New York

1795-1881

Mary (Kemble) Parrott

Mrs Mary (Kemble) Parrott, of Cold Spring, New York; died without children

1799-1890

Richard Kemble

Richard Kemble, of Cold Spring, New York

1800-1888