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Louise Whitfield Carnegie (March 7, 1857 – June 24, 1946) was the wife of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie . Biography. Early life. Louise Whitfield was born on March 7, 1857, in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.
26 de feb. de 2021 · Andrew met Louise Whitfield when he was 45 and she was 23. He was one the most famous bachelors in the US with a value of $20 million ($350 million today) and growing. His merged steel companies would become the largest corporation on earth.
Ms Louise Whitfield was about to say “I do” to one of the richest men in the world in a quiet private wedding ceremony in her family’s home in New York City. She was 30 and her soon-to-be husband was none other than industrialist Andrew Carnegie, 21 years her senior.
The former Louise Whitfield of New York, she had married Mr. Carnegie in 1887–38 years after he came to Pittsburgh from Scotland to work as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory. He had hitched his wagon to the rising stars of iron and steel and was a wealthy but lonely man.
- Emily Mace
A mutual friend introduces Carnegie to 21-year old Louise Whitfield, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. Carnegie continues to call on her family from time to time. 1872: Carnegie sees...
20 de ene. de 1997 · Andrew wanted his friend Louise to join them. Louise Whitfield was the 24-year-old daughter of a New York merchant whom Andrew, age 45, had courted for a year.
Hace 4 días · One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into the richest man in the...
