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George Wymberley Jones De Renne, M.D.
m. Bet 1810 and 1826 - George Wymberley Jones De Renne, M.D.1827 - 1880
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3] |
George Wymberley Jones De Renne, M.D. |
| Baptismal Name[3][4] |
George Frederick Tilghman Jones |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2] |
19 Jul 1827 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Marriage |
Bef 1853 |
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United Statesto Mary Wallace Nuttall |
| Other[3] |
12 Jan 1866 |
changed his name to De Renne |
| Death[4] |
4 Aug 1880 |
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States |
| Burial[4] |
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States |
Research Notes
- changed his surname from Jones to a new version of his grandmother's maiden name "Van Deren" supposedly to distinguish himself from all of the other "George Joneses" in his family.
- known for his collection of over 1300 volumes collected from 1844-1861; most of this collection pertained to Georgia history.
Additional Resources
References
- ↑ Family Recorded, in Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie. A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family: in connection with the history, genealogy and mention of the families of Clay, Stiles, Cumming, King, Elliott, Milledge, Maxwell, Adams, Houstoun, Screven, Owens, Demere, Footman, Ellis, Washington, Newell, deTreville, Davis, Barrington, Lewis, Warner, Cobb, Flournoy, Pratt, Nephew, Bolton, Bowers, Cuthbert, and many other names either as having a connection to some other family or showing of the name as related or connected to some family in this work. (Columbia, S.C.: The R. L. Bryant Co., 1901)
p 38. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Family Recorded, in Harden, William. A history of Savannah and south Georgia. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)
Vol 2, p 544.
... Although born in the city of Philadelphia on the 19th of July, 1827, Mr. George Wymberley-Jones DeRenne, was in every thought and emotion, a Georgian most loyal. ... The first eleven years of his life ... were passed at Wormsloe on the Isle of Hope, the abode of his ancestors. ... When not yet twelve years old, upon the death of his father, he accompanied his mother to Philadelphia. There he pursued his academic studies and was, in due course, admitted as a member of the collegiate department of the University of Pennsylvania. ...
p 547 -
... I cannot refrain, however, from reminding you of two princely gifts which will identify his memory with Savannah so long as human structures endure. I refer to his munificent donation of a commodious and substantial building on West Broad street to be used as a public school for the education of the children of citizens of African descent, and to his presentation, to the Ladies' Memorial Association, of that admirable bronze statue of a Confederate soldier which surmounts the monument erected by fair hands in the military parade of Savannah in honor of our Confederate dead. ...
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers, in Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.
[Includes headstone photo.]
[cos1776 Note of Caution: Birth place info is in conflict with Harden (1913) who stated that De Renne was born in Philadelphia, his mother's hometown.]
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