Helen (Barney) Watriss (1882-1922)

Mrs. Helen Tracy (Barney) Alexander, Watriss

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Her uncle, William C. Whitney, gave her ball for her debutante season at his mansion, 871 Fifth Avenue, on January 5, 1901 - a triumphant dinner-dance for 700-guests, that also acted as a house-warming for his new mansion.

Parents (2)

Charles Tracy Barney

of 103 East 38th Street, New York; President of the Knickerbocker Trust Company

1851-1907

Lorinda (Whitney) Barney

Mrs. "Lilly" Collins (Whitney) Barney

1852-1946

Spouses (2)

Archibald Stevens Alexander

Colonel Archibald S. Alexander, Member of the New Jersey Assembly

1880-1912

Frederic Newell Watriss

Attorney & Nassau County Commissioner, New York

1871-1938

Children (2)

Archibald Stevens Alexander

U.S. Under Secretary of the Army & Treasurer of New Jersey

1906-1979

James Barney Watriss

of Worthington Valley, Baltimore Co., Maryland

1921-1998

Associated Histories (1)

Whitney Mansion

871 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York

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Gilded Age Heiresses