Historical records matching Frances Louise Vanderhoef, championship golfer
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About Frances Louise Vanderhoef, championship golfer
- NOTE: Although her first name was Frances, she preferred to use her middle name for everyday use.
- The photograph of Louise is from 7 or 8 June 1907, during the Women's Eastern Golf Association Championship. On the first day of the tournament, Louise had a low score of 86 for the eighteen holes.
- Louise's birth and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200591214/louise-thatcher
- Louise was a trophy-winning golf champion.
- From The Morning Telegraph, May 22, 1901, page 12: "At the Ardsley Club yesterday Miss Louise Vanderhoef led the field in the qualifying round for the women's club championship. Those who qualified and the pairings for the first round to-day were Mrs. W. J. Worcester and Miss Lillian Brooks, Miss Louise Vanderhoef and Miss May Barron, Mrs. F.L. Eldridge and Mrs. M. M. Van Buren, Miss Archbold and Miss Grace Fargo."
- From The New York Press, Monday Morning, June 8, 1903, page 7: "Who is Louise Vanderhoef ?" is the question people are asking just now. Miss Vanderhoef, a quiet, little girl, known only to a limited circle, suddenly cornea before the public as a wonderful golfer. Only Mrs. E. A. Manlce. the champion of America, can take the measure of the pretty daughter of the Knickerbockers. Miss Vanderhoef, as her name suggests, is a member of one of the old Dutch families. Her mother was a Thomas, and although one is not constantly hearing of them, it is merely because their wealth in not counted in the millions. When Mrs. Manice and Miss Vanderhoef walked side by side at the recent tournament on Staten Island, they were probably the best-looking golfers in America, as well as the most skillful. Miss Vanderhoef is little short of a beauty, with striking coloring and a graceful figure. Her golf clothes were sensible, neither hideously comfortable nor too 'fixy'. Miss Vanderhoef is scarcely out of school, and a year or two ago she used to wear the most tremendous choux of white chiffon under her chin. She has an aunt who was formerly Miss Elizabeth Vanderbilt, and she is connected also with the Irwin family. Miss Vanderhoef's brother, F. Bailey Vanderhoef, is one of the most popular men in Princeton. The Vanderhoef townhouse in in No. 40 West Fifty-eight Street and the country seat is in Irvington."
- From The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Sunday, October 8, 1905, page 6: "The best card of the day was that of Miss Louise Vanderhoef of Ardsley—89—which equals the women's record established five or six years ago by Miss Beatrix Hoyt. Miss Vanderhoef, who was metropolitan runner up two years ago, holed out every time."
- From the New York, N.Y. Official Bulletin, U.S.G.A., Nassau Country Club, June 7-8, 1906: "This was the first championship meeting of the Women’s Eastern Golf Association, and it must be rated an unqualified success. So far as class went it resembled a national championship, and the play generally was equal to the occasion. The conditions of the championship were thirty-six holes medal play, eighteen holes each day. There was a provision that all players not within ten strokes of the leader were barred from playing the second day. This left in fourteen competitors to take part in the second eighteen holes. The first day Miss Vanderhoef had low score. 86, a splendid performance under such conditions."
- Louise and Gustave were married on 6 February 1907 at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, New York County, New York. The wedding reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon B. Vanderhoef at 40 West 58th Street in Manhattan. See The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Sunday, February 10, 1907, page 3.
- Frances and Gustave were divorced in May 1927 in Paris, France. In September 1927, Gustave married Luelle Gear, musical comedy actress and former wife of Byron Chandler. See The New York Times of Monday, January 19, 1931, page 21.
- Louise and John were married on 18 January 1931 at Louise's apartment at 277 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Louise was given in marriage by her father. John was a resident of Cloverfield, Syosset, Nassau County, New York. John graduated from Centre College in Somerset, Kentucky in 1905 and from Harvard University Law School in 1909. He was a member of the law firm of Kobbe, Thatcher, Frederick & Hoar of New York City. John's first wife, Katherine S. Sands, died in 1927. See The New York Times of Monday, January 19, 1931, page 21.
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Frances Louise Vanderhoef, championship golfer's Timeline
| 1883 |
June 12, 1883
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Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1908 |
1908
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| 1911 |
February 6, 1911
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Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1913 |
September 16, 1913
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Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, United States
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| 1915 |
November 28, 1915
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New York, United States
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| 1966 |
April 10, 1966
Age 82
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Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
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Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
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