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Mary Gwendolin Byrd, Marquise des Monstiers-Mérinville (née Caldwell; 1863–1909) was an American philanthropist and socialite. She funded the foundation of the Catholic University at Washington, D.C. in the 1880s, but had renounced the Roman Catholic faith by 1904.
Marquise "Mary Gwendoline Byrd" de Merinville (Caldwell) Also Known As: "Gwendolin", "Guendaline", "Gwedolyn" Birthdate: October 21, 1863: Death: October 05, 1909 (45) Place of Burial: 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY, 40204, United States: Immediate Family:
Mary Guendaline Byrd “Mamie” Caldwell Caldwell. Birth. 21 Oct 1863. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA. Death. 5 Oct 1909 (aged 45) Burial. Cave Hill Cemetery. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Show Map. Plot. SECTION 13 Lot: 111 Grave: 2. Memorial ID. 6942675. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 12. Flowers 2. Memorials.
American philanthropist. Name variations: Mamie; Marquise des Monstiers-Mérinville. Born Mary Gwendolin Caldwell in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1863; died on October 5, 1909, aboard the German liner Kronprinzessin Cecile outside New York; elder of two daughters of William Shakespeare Caldwell (a constructor and operator of gas plants in the ...
2. Feb. 2013 · Mary Guendaline Byrd Caldwell—Marquise Des Monstiers Merinville. October 21, 1863—October 5, 1909. “Know the truth and the truth shall make you free” Positioned at the center of an exedra in Section 13 of the Cave Hill Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky, stands two Greek marble statues.
CALDWELL, MARY GWENDOLINE. Philanthropist who was instrumental in inaugurating the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.;b. Louisville, Ky., 1863; d. New York City, Oct. 10, 1909.
The memorial stands in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky., and is substantially 30 by 20 feet in ground dimensions. The statues, about 8 feet high, are portraits of Mary Guendaline Byrd Caldwell, who died in October, 1909, and Mary Elizabeth Breckenridge Caldwell, the Baroness Von Zedtwitz.
