Mary Morris (Vaux) Walcott (1860 - 1940)

Born 31 Jul 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Aug 1940 at age 80 in St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Mary (Vaux) Walcott is Notable.

An American artist and naturalist known for her watercolour paintings of wildflowers, Mary Vaux Walcott spent every summer in the Canadian Rockies for over 40 years. She was the first woman in Canada to summit a peak over 3,000 m., and she and her two brothers conducted some of the first studies of Canadian glaciers. She was also the first woman to be invited to give a presentation at the Royal Canadian Institute.

Born in 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ^[1]she was the eldest of the three children of George Vaux and his wife Sarah. She married paleontologist Charles D. Walcott in 1914.

She died in 1940 while on a trip to visit friends in Nova Scotia.^[2]

Mount Mary Vaux in Jasper National Park is named in her honour. In 2022, the Smithsonian Gardens named an orchid hybrid, the x Rhyncattleanthe Mary Vaux Walcott. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB16-N8T : 8 March 2021), Mary Vaux, 31 Jul 1860; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2KB-8NY : accessed 20 October 2021), Mary Vaux Walcott, 22 Aug 1940, St Andrews, , New Brunswick, United States; citing reference ID , District Records Center, Washington D.C.
3. ↑ Canadian Encyclopedia entry for Mary Vaux Walcott

See also:

• Wikipedia entry for Mary Vaux Walcott
• Town of Banff tribute to Mary Vaux Walcott
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTT-T3SJ : 11 January 2021), Mary Vaux, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5X-CBT : 29 May 2021), Mary Vaux in entry for George Vaux, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJC-GXN : 19 February 2021), Mary M Vaux in household of George Vaux, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 181, sheet 323C
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG65-D5Y : accessed 20 October 2021), Mary M Vaux in household of George Vaux, Philadelphia Ward 10, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 153, sheet 16
• Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #25128412 (accessed 20 June 2023), Memorial page for Mary Morris Vaux Walcott (31 Jul 1860-22 Aug 1940), citing Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA (plot: Section L); Maintained by Robert Holt (contributor 46937203).