Adele Maria (Austerlitz) Douglass (1896 - 1981)

Born 10 Sep 1896 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish — married 9 May 1932 (to 23 Mar 1944) in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

Wife of Abner Kingman Douglass — married 29 Apr 1947 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, United States

Died 25 Jan 1981 at age 84 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States

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Biography

Adele (Austerlitz) Douglass is Notable.

Adele was the sister of Fred Astaire.^[1] Her parents were Johanna Geilus and Friedrich Austerlitz.^[2]

She married twice to:

1. (09 May 1932) Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish, son of Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-FitzMaurice.^[2]At Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.^[3]
2. (29 Apr 1947) Kingman Douglass.^[2]

Adele died in Scottsdale, Arizona on 25 January 1981, at the age of 84.^[4]

Residence

• 1900: Precinct 6 Omaha city Ward 5, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.^[5]
• 1910: Ward 3, Hudson, New Jersey, United States.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Adele Astaire
   "United States, Genealogy Bank Obituaries, 1980-2014," FamilySearch,[1]

   Adele Austerlitz in entry for Fred Astaire Or Austerlitz, Great Lakes, Ohio, United States, 22 Jun 1987; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," GenealogyBank.com: 2014; citing Akron Beacon Journal, born-digital text.

   Singing with her brother Fred Astaire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WCzld3axU
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 1130.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV87-RGRN : accessed 10 November 2015), Adele Astaire and null, 1932; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Marriage Registration, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch,[2]

   Adele Douglass, Jan 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," FHL microfilm 1,240,924.[3]

   Adele Austerlitz in household of Fred Austerlitz, Precinct 6 Omaha city Ward 5, Douglas, Nebraska; citing enum dist (ED) 54, sheet 5A, family 98, NARA microfilm T623 (DC: NARA, 1972.);

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," FHL microfilm 1,374,906.[4]

   Adele Austerlitz in household of Frederick E Austerlitz, Weehawken Ward 3, Hudson, New Jersey; citing enum district (ED) ED 271, sheet 24B, family 567, NARA microfilm T624 (DC: NARA, 1982), roll 893;