Cryder triplets
The Cryder triplets were American socialites who entered Manhattan society at the turn of the 20th century.[1] The set of female triplets were born into wealth, grew up in France after the money vanished, returned to New York in 1899 where they married well.[2] Their father Duncan Cryder was a tea importer.[3] They had a one-year-younger brother Odgen Cryder who was killed in a streetcar accident at age 17.[3] A memorial stained-glass window for Ogden Cryder, designed by Tiffany Studios, was installed in Southampton's St. Andrews Dune Church in 1902.[4]
- Edith Cryder (December 2, 1882–January 10, 1954) married Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr. and then Roger W. Cutler. She had two children with Ames, Frederick Lothrop Ames III, and Mary Callender Ames, and raised them in Boston.[5] After the death of her first husband Ames, she remarried textile manufacturer Cutler and lived with him at the "Ames Villa" in Newport, Rhode Island.[6] Her daughter married Howard G. Cushing.[7]
- Ethel Cryder (December 2, 1882–August 2, 1964) married Henry V. Higgins of London, and then Arthur Fowler.[8] She was friends with Consuelo Vanderbilt in London; Vanderbilt wrote in her memoir that she was a "frequent and welcome guest...An American by birth, one of the lovely Cryder triplets, she was a gay and delightful visitor. During the war we worked together for our American Hospital and she organised the volunteer workers both for the hospital and for the Y.M.C.A. that we opened for our troops. I looked forward to our peaceful week-ends and deeply resented being robbed of them by clamorous outsiders who wished to be invited."[9] Edith Cryder Higgins Fowler became an important hostess in Washington, D.C., and was close with Alice Roosevelt Longworth.[10][11]
- Elizabeth O. "Elsie" Cryder (December 2, 1882–July 13, 1981) married William Woodward II;[12] their son William Woodward was shot and killed by his wife Ann in 1955, attracting the attention of writer Truman Capote.[12] The Woodwards also had daughters Edith Woodward Bancroft and Alice Woodward.[13] Elsie Cryder Woodward donated money and bequeathed art to establish the Woodward Wing of the Baltimore Art Museum.[14] She died in her apartment at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at age 98.[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ Cummings, Mary (2021-01-15). "High Style in the Gilded Age: The Cryder Triplets". southampton-history. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ Heckman, Lucy (2004-01-15). Damascus: Thoroughbred Legends. Eclipse Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-58150-111-7.
- 1 2 Euler, Laura (2019-09-19). "The Amazing, Turbulent Lives of the Cryders of Southampton". Behind the Hedges. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ Eaton, Connie Clough (2012-03-14). Tiffany Windows Stained Glass Pattern Book. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-13966-1.
- ↑ "306 Dartmouth". Back Bay Houses. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ "[Mrs. Ogden L. Mills's 'Ocean View' Estate (Left) and Roger W. Cutler's 'Ames Villa' Estate, Newport, RI]". digitalcollections.smu.edu. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ "MRS. ROBERT W. CUTLER; First to Die of We!l Known Cryder Triplet Daughters". The New York Times. 1954-01-11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ "MISS ETHEL CRYDER A BRIDE.; Married to Cecil Higgins of London Yesterday at Aunt's Home". The New York Times. 1908-12-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt (2012-10-02). The Glitter and the Gold: The Real-Life Gladys Russell of “The Gilded Age” in Her Own Words. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-250-01719-2.
- ↑ Braudy, Susan (2014). This Crazy Thing Called Love: The Golden World and Fatal Marriage of Ann and Billy Woodward. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8041-5335-5.
- ↑ "MRS. A. A. FOWLER, A SOCIETY WOMAN". The New York Times. 1964-08-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- 1 2 Conn, Stephen R. (1966-09-04). "A Patrician Lady With a Full Social Schedule". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ "THRONG AT WEDDING OF MISS WOODWARD; New York Girl Married to Thomas M. Bancroft in St. Thomas's Chantry. FATHER ESCORTS THE BRIDE Beautiful Floral Decorations and a Full Choral Service--Reception at Woodward Home". The New York Times. 1929-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ "Archives Directory for the History of Collecting". research.frick.org. Archived from the original on 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ "Elsie Woodward, a grand dame of society and breeder..." UPI. Retrieved 2026-07-31.