Julia Hunt Taufflieb

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Julia Hunt Taufflieb (Catlin)

Also Known As: "DePew", "Taufflieb", "Park"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bennington Bennington County Vermont
Death: December 17, 1947 (83)
Cannes, France
Place of Burial: Chateau d'Annel Cemetery Longueil-Annel Departement de l'Oise Picardie, France
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Julius Catlin, Jr.; Julius Catlin; Francis Helen Catlin and Frances Helen Hunt
Wife of General Marie Émile Adolphe Taufflieb and Trenor Luther Park
Ex-wife of Chauncey Mitchell DePew
Mother of Julia Elliott Park
Sister of Edith Raymond Catlin, landscape and portrait painter and Mary Helen Catlin

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About Julia Hunt Taufflieb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Hunt_Catlin_Park_DePew_Taufflieb

Julia Hunt Catlin Park DePew Taufflieb was the first American woman to be awarded the Croix de Guerre and Legion d'honneur by France in 1917 for turning her Chateau d'Annel into a 300-bed hospital during World War I.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54687209

Philanthropist and Socialite. Born Julia Hunt Catlin, she was the wife of prominent businessman and attorney Trenor L. Park, who died in 1906. In 1911 she married C. Mitchell Depew (1867-1927), a nephew of US Senator Chauncey M. Depew. They divorced in 1916. The same year she married General Emile Adolphe Taufflieb (1857-1938), who commanded the French Army's 37th Army Corps during World War I and later served in the French Senate.

At the start of World War I she converted her chateau into a hospital, the first for Allies so near the front. After advancing Germans marching towards Paris in late 1914 neared the site, she departed for England, returning to France to resume operation of the hospital as the Germans retreated. As a result of her example, several other well to do Americans also opened hospitals in France, immeasurably aiding the Allied war effort. In 1917 she received France's highest military award, the Légion d'honneur, to recognize her wartime contributions, and is the first American woman known to have received it.


Individual Note

Julia HUNT CATLIN était veuve d'un américain "PARK" et américaine elle-même. Ella avait mis son chateau ( situé dans l'oise ) au service del'armée française et il fut transformé en hôpital pendant la guerre de1914/1918. Elle y fit preuve d'un grand courage et d'un très grand dévouement.

Family Note

mariage: Le mariage fut célébré dans un château par le maire de la localité et béni par un aumonier militaire Ce château et la localité furent détruits dans les jours suivants au cours de violents combatsL Les actes de mariage ont disparu et sont à rechercher au ministère des armées. Ce couple est sans postérité. SourcesSpouse: recherches personnelles* Reference: Geneanet Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 25 2020, 7:52:54 UTC

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Julia Hunt Taufflieb's Timeline

1864
July 6, 1864
Bennington Bennington County Vermont
1897
September 22, 1897
1947
December 17, 1947
Age 83
Cannes, France
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Chateau d'Annel Cemetery Longueil-Annel Departement de l'Oise Picardie, France