Ancestry of
Frederick Law Olmsted

Landscape Architect

Frederick Law Olmsted

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Olmsted 
  • Mother:
  • Charlotte Law Hull   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Apr 1822 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Aug 1903 
  • Death Location:
  • Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Notes: 

  • Landscape architect

    Notable works include New York's Central Park, grounds of the U.S. Capitol, and the Biltmore estate.

• Marriages for Frederick Law Olmsted

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Cleveland Bryant Perkins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Jun 1859
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York

• Sources for Frederick Law Olmsted

  • ¹ Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 24 APR 1921, p. 5, Obituary for spouse Mary Cleveland Olmsted.
  • ² General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 4532, Membership application for Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
  • ³ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 3317, Membership application for Mary Cleveland Bryant Perkins.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/19/2021).
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Death certificate for Frederick Law Olmsted.
  • ⁶ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 325.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No. 5482, Membership application for Fredercik Law Olmsted.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 263.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Frederick Law Olmsted", (accessed 12/19/2021).