Countess Mary Carpenter Knowlton von Francken-Sierstorpff was an American socialite who married a German Count.
Occupation
socialite
Citizenship
United States
Born
July 2, 1870
Died
July 21, 1929
Overview
Countess Mary Carpenter Knowlton von Francken-Sierstorpff (July 2, 1870 – July 21, 1929) was an American socialite who married a German Count.
Early life
Mary Carpenter Knowlton was born in Brooklyn on July 2, 1870, and lived at 201 Columbia Heights, the former home of former mayor Seth Low. She was the only child of Ella (née Carpenter) Knowlton (1841–1878) and Edwin Franklin Knowlton (1834–1898), a straw goods manufacturer.
Her paternal grandfather, William Knowlton, a Massachusetts State Senator who was the founder of William Knowlton & Sons, a straw goods manufacturer in Upton, Massachusetts. Mary was a member of the Colonial Dames of America by her descent from several ancestors who lived in British America, including William Ward, a Colonel in the Massachusetts Militia.
Mary was educated at the Ladies' Seminary in Farmington, Connecticut.
