Ancestry of
Glenn Close

Movie, Television, and Stage Actress

William Taliaferro Close

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• • Father of Glenn Close — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Edward Bennett Close 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Taliaferro   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Jun 1924 
  • Birth Location:
  • Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jan 2009 
  • Death Location:
  • Big Piney, Sublette, Wyoming 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" Moore
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Feb 1943 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Tina Close

  Glenn Close (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  Duncan Close

  Alexander Drummond "Sandy" Close

  Jesse Close

  • Notes: 

  • Twin

• Sources for William Taliaferro Close

  • ¹ Jackson Hole News and Guide (Jackson, Wyoming), 28 JAN 2009, p. 40, Obituary for Dr William T Close.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 29.
  • ³ The New York Times (New York, New York), 07 FEB 1943, p. 46, Wedding of William Taliaferro Close and Bettine Moore.
  • ⁴ The New York Times (New York, New York), 07 FEB 2009, Obituary for William T Close.
  • ⁵ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for William Taliaferro Close.
  • ⁶ Close, Jessie, with Pete Earley and Glenn Close, Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness, New York: Grand Central Publishing (2015).
  • ⁷ Covill Funeral Home and Crematory, Obituary for Bettine Moore Close, (accessed 01/18/2022).
  • 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), 320.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "William Close", (accessed 11/19/2013).

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