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William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1904) was the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company. ==Biography== Grace was born in Ireland in Riverstown near the Cove of Cork to James Grace and Eleanor May Russell (Ellen) while the family was away from home, and raised on Grace property at Ballylinan in Queens (now Laois) County near the town of Athy, He was a member of the prominent and well-to-do family. In 1846, Grace sailed for New York against the wishes of his father, and worked as a printer's devil and a shoemaker's helper before returning to Ireland in 1848.〔Lawrence A. Clayton, "Grace: W.R. Grace and Co., The Formative Years" (1985), 1–9.〕 William married Lillius Gilchrist Sept. 11, 1859. She was the daughter of George W. Gilchrist, a prominent ship builder of Thomaston, Me. They had eleven children.〔(Children )- Retrieved 2012-04-26,〕 * Alice Gertrude Grace, born in South America, June 11, 1860. * Florence F. Grace, born in South America, Sept. 20, 1861; died Sept. 27, 1861. * Lilius Clemintina Grace, born in South America, Oct. 24, 1864; died in Ireland, June 26, 1866. * Agnes Isadora Grace, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 4, 1867; died in New York City, March 8, 1884. * Mary Augusta Grace, born in Brooklyn, Sept. 2, 1868; died there Feb. 16, 1870. * Lilius Annie Grace, born in Brooklyn, Sept. 1, 1870; died there Aug. 30, 1871. * Joseph P. Grace, born at Great Neck, N.Y., June 29, 1872; died there July 15, 1950. * Lilias Juanita Grace, born in New York City, March 30, 1874; married July 12, 1898, to George Edward Kent. * Louisa Nathalie Grace, born in New York City, Dec. 23, 1875. * William Russell Grace, Jr., born April 11, 1878; died in Aiken, South Carolina, March 31, 1943. * Caroline S. Grace, born April 22, 1879; died April 21, 1882. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Russell Grace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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