Eliza Hamilton Schuyler
(1811-1863)
BIRTH
October 8, 1811
PLACE
NAME
Eliza Hamilton
DEATH
December 20, 1863
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
James Alexander Hamilton
(1788-1878)
MOTHER
Mary Hamilton
(1790-1869)
SISTER
Eliza Hamilton
(1757-1854)
BROTHER
Alexander Hamilton Jr.
(1786-1875)
SISTER
Frances Hamilton Bowdoin
(1813-1887)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
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AWARDS
Eliza Hamilton Schuyler (1811–1863), a granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, was active in New York philanthropy. Married to George Lee Schuyler, she encouraged Charles Loring Brace’s charitable work and supported the Children’s Aid Society. She also helped establish the Woman’s Central Association of Relief, which supported the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. Her daughter Louisa Lee Schuyler continued that relief work. Eliza died before the war ended.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Eliza Hamilton Schuyler’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Eliza Hamilton Schuyler is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Eliza Hamilton Schuyler died on Dec 20, 1863. Eliza Hamilton Schuyler, a granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, was active in New York philanthropy. Married to George Lee Schuyler, she encouraged Charles Loring Brace’s charitable work and supported the Children’s Aid Society. She also helped establish the Woman’s Central Association of Relief, which supported the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. Her daughter Louisa Lee Schuyler continued that relief work. Eliza died before the war ended. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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