Florence Singer-Webb

1885 - 1944  (59 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Florence Singer-Webb
  Birth	1885
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Aug 1944	Konigsberg
  Person ID	I814736	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	William Singer,   b. Feb 1834   d. 24 May 1914 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Sarah Augusta Webb
  Family ID	F317706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Graf Franz von Dyhrn-Waldenburg,   b. 1869   d. 1934 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1913	New York, New York, USA
  there was a marriage between a Singer and a Dyhrn, but the wife did not belong to this Singer family !!!???
  Children	1. Desiree von Dyhrn-Waldenburg,   b. 1914   d. 1914 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F359854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2017

  
  

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• Notes

  See the biography from her gfather Isaac Singer by Alex Askaroff Countess Von Dyhrn The Countess de (Von) Dyhrn was Florence Singer (born 1883 New York City), daughter of William Singer, Isaac's first son. Although William had not been left a substantial amount on his fathers death ($500), his mother (Catherine) had done amazingly well out of stalling Isaac's will. Much of that money eventually went to William and his daughter was brought up accordingly. When she was 22yrs old she was sent to Paris to live with Winnaretta Singer, Princess de Polignac. She lived there with her cousin, Daisy, Princess Decazes de Glucksberg. They all lived at 43 Avenue Georges Mandel. Florence became a devoted art lover and with her wealth supported artists just like Winnaretta. Like the rest of her family they moved in the best circles and were friends with some of the great names of the day including Proust and Montesquiou. While visiting her parents in America Florence went to a party in Newport laid on by Alva Vanderbilt who was a close friend of Sarah Webb, William Singer's wife. Sarah Webb's brother, William S Webb, was married to Eliza Vanderbilt. The party at Newport in Rhode Island was a fabulous and glittering affair. Florence was besotted by a young count and fell madly in love with him. After a whirlwind romance in 1913 she married the Count Franz Von Dyhrn-Waldenburg (Baron Von Schonau). He was a distant relative of Winston Churchill-Spencer and related to some of the most important European aristocracy. This relationship is obviously not true) Within a short period in the spring of 1914, while travelling in Egypt, Florence gave birth to a daughter, Desiree. However tragedy was to follow. Florence received word that her father William was seriously ill in New York and made the decision to rush home. While on route her daughter caught a chill that turned deadly and Desiree died. Florence carried on to New York only to find her father also dying. Florence returned to Egypt and Franz then spent many years travelling between their properties in Germany, France, Egypt and America. Franz died in 1934 and a year later she moved to the centre of Konigsberg in Germany. During World War II, on 30 August 1944 the British carried out a massive bombing raid on Konigsberg and Florence Singer, Countess de Dyhrn was killed.