Ancestry of
Glenn Close

Movie, Television, and Stage Actress

Elizabeth Taliaferro

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• • Grandmother of Glenn Close — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Edwin Munford Taliaferro 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine Mitchell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Apr 1897 
  • Birth Location:
  • Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Dec 1988 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Edward Bennett Close
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Apr 1920 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Edward Bennett "Teddy" Close

  William Taliaferro Close (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth Taliaferro's given name is also seen as Betsey.

• Sources for Elizabeth Taliaferro

  • ¹ Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968, Marriage record for Edward Close and Elizabeth Taliaferro.
  • ² Federal Census, TX, Galveston County, 1900, Galveston Ward 7, E.D. 128, Sheet 22B, Image 44 of 44.
  • ³ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1920, Manhattan A.D. 12, E.D. 930, Sheet 13B, Image 36 of 42.
  • ⁴ Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), Vol. 3, p. 513.
  • ⁵ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 30.
  • ⁶ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965, Immigration record for Elizabeth Talliaferro Close.
  • ⁷ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 17 NOV 1920, Application for Elizabeth T Close.
  • ⁸ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for Elizabeth T Close.
  • ⁹ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for son William Taliaferro 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 Wikipedia, "William Close", (accessed 11/19/2013).

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