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Glenn Close

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Edward Bennett Close

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• • Grandfather of Glenn Close — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Edward Harvey Close 
  • Mother:
  • Emma Bennett   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Jan 1882 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Feb 1955 
  • Death Location:
  • Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Christ Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Taliaferro
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Apr 1920 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Edward Bennett "Teddy" Close

  William Taliaferro Close (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Additional marriages for Edward Bennett Close

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  • Spouse:
  • Marjorie Merriweather Post
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Dec 1905
  • Marriage Location:
  • Manhattan, New York, New York

• Sources for Edward Bennett Close

  • ¹ Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012, Death record for Edward B Close.
  • ² Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968, Marriage record for Edward Close and Elizabeth Taliaferro.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/29/2020).
  • ⁴ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 30.
  • ⁵ New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937, Marriage record for Edward B Close and Marjorie M Post.
  • ⁶ The New York Times (New York, New York), 07 FEB 1943, p. 46, Wedding of son William Taliaferro Close and Bettine Moore.
  • ⁷ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 26 OCT 1920, Application for Edward Bennett Close.
  • ⁸ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 17 NOV 1920, Application for spouse Elizabeth T Close.
  • ⁹ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for Edward Bennett Close.
  • ¹⁰ Close, Jessie, with Pete Earley and Glenn Close, Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness, New York: Grand Central Publishing (2015).
  • ¹¹ Mead, Spencer Percival, Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, New York: The Knickerbocker Press (1911), 521.
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "Marjorie Merriweather Post", (accessed 05/14/2015).
  • ¹³ Wikipedia, "William Close", (accessed 11/19/2013).

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