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The Druce-Portland affair (also referred to as the Druce Case) occurred during the early years of the twentieth century. After Thomas Druce's death in 1864, his daughter-in-law Anna Maria Druce (second wife to Druce's son Walter Druce) voiced claims that her father-in-law was leading a double life.
[10] [11] The case was taken up by George Hollamby Druce from 1903 onwards, who set up companies to finance his legal proceedings in 1905, and in 1907 even instituted a charge of perjury against Herbert Druce, the elder son of Thomas Charles Druce by his second wife, for having sworn that he had witnessed his father's death in 1864. Herbert had ...
Under 'Children' it says: There is evidence to believe that the duke had a daughter, Fanny (later Fanny Lawson; 1855–1917), and possibly two sons, William (c. 1852–1870) and Joseph, all of them illegitimate. The duke had numerous intimate and discreet relationships during his lifetime,... This would imply that he did keep the company of ladies.
The family of a woman who died hours after giving birth to her first child at Providence St. Vincent hospital in Portland on March 13, is seeking $100 million in damages, a lawsuit filed against ...
Naomi Pomeroy, a celebrated Portland chef and restaurateur, has died at the age of 49. ... Then, in 2013, she and her husband Webster opened Portland cocktail bar Expatriate. In 2014, ...
Eleanor bore seven children during their marriage, three of whom died in infancy: unnamed daughter (1775–1775), died shortly after birth; Elizabeth "Eliza" Parke Custis (1776–1831), married Thomas Law, an English immigrant; Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1777–1854), married Thomas Peter; Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis (1779–1852), married ...
A nurse allegedly murdered by her Oregon neighbor just two weeks after getting married had plans to move out to be with her long-distance husband in Washington state, her family shared.
Druse murdered her husband, William Druse, in their home in Warren, New York, by shooting him and decapitating him with an axe. Her son and daughter, George and Mary Druse, and nephew, Frank Gates, assisted her in the murder. Druse later said that she murdered him because of domestic violence. She was sentenced to be hanged on October 6, 1885 ...