Charles Carroll MacTavish (1818 - 1868)

Born 18 Jan 1818 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Mar 1868 at age 50 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Biography

• Charles "Carroll" MacTavish was born in 1817 in Baltimore, son of John Lovet MacTavish (1787-1852) and Emily Jane Caton (1793-1867).
• His parents were nephew of Simon McTavish, and granddaughter of Charles Carroll.

• "He was a pupil at Stonyhurst College in England, a Jesuit school, between 1830 and 1834. "

• He "stood for election to the House of Commons in the 1847 general election, as a Repeal Association candidate in Dundalk", Ireland, but was narrowly defeated after considerable controversy.

• Married abt. 1851 to Marcella Scott, daughter of Gen Winfield Scott.
  • Maria Mayo, b. 1853, d. April 17, 1917; became a Carmelite nun on entering a convent in Brussels, Belgium
  • Emily Caton, b. 1855, d. 1939; became Sister Mary Agnes upon entering Mount de Sales Convent in Baltimore ^[1]
  • Charles Carroll McTavish, Jr., b. March 28, 1859, d. 1949; married Mary Bergin, no children.
  • Virginia Scott, b. January 26, 1858 (?), d. 1919 in Rome, Italy; never married.

• In 1850, he acquired "Carrollton Hall," the Maryland estate of his great-grandfather, the American patriot, Charles Carroll. It was sold off in 1864. ^[2]

• He passed away in 1868.

Sources

1. ↑ A fanciful account of Emily's entry into the convent is related in Time, Volume 3, Issue 17 (23 Jan 1886). pg. 374, "The Romantic Story of a Baltimore Belle."
2. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Registration, Carrollton Hall, Folly Quarter, HO-16

• The New York Times, New York, NY, Friday, 19 Feb 1909, p. 9; digital image at Newspapers.com.
• Wikidata: Item Q26758638, en:Wikipedia