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[[File:IMG_6101_1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Baker Chapel|Baker Chapel]]| window in memory of<br>Frances Lake Thacher's daughter,<br>whose name was also Frances Lake Thacher]]'''Born: '''August 14, 1872
[[File:IMG_6101_1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Baker Chapel|Baker Chapel]] window in memory of<br>Frances Lake Thacher's daughter,<br>whose name was also Frances Lake Thacher]]


'''Died''': <span style="">January 31, 1962
'''Born: '''August 14, 1872


'''Married: ''' [[https://www.library-archives.cumc.columbia.edu/obit/john-seymour-thatcher|John Seymour Thacher]] <span style="">(June 10, 1856<span style="">-October 28, 1922<span style="">)
'''Died''': January 31, 1962


'''Children:''' [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57431752/john-seymour-thacher|John Seymour Thacher Jr.]] (1904-1982)
'''Married: ''' [https://www.library-archives.cumc.columbia.edu/obit/john-seymour-thatcher John Seymour Thacher] (June 10, 1856-October 28, 1922)  


It appears that the Frances Lake Thacher whose page this is may have had a daughter by the same name who was born <span style="">June 18, 1908 and died May 31, 1917. Her early death might explain the child in the window design. 
'''Children:''' [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57431752/john-seymour-thacher John Seymour Thacher Jr.] (1904-1982)


'''<span style="">'''[[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57431750/frances-e-thacher|Frances E. Lake Thacher]] was the daughter of [[George%20Graham%20Lake|George Graham Lake]] and <span style="">[[Frances%20Emma%20Baker|Emma Baker]]
It appears that the Frances Lake Thacher whose page this is may have had a daughter by the same name who was born June 18, 1908 and died May 31, 1917. Her early death might explain the child in the window design. 


Her mother built [[Baker%20Chapel|Baker Chapel]] at [[Trudeau%20Sanatorium|Trudeau Sanatorium]], including its three original stained glass windows near the altar, in 1896. Mrs. Baker's daughter, <span style="">Frances Lake Thacher (widow of <span style="">John Seymour Thacher<span style="">), added t<span style="">he large east window in 1924, in memory of (left to right) a daughter, her mother and her husband, all deceased. 
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57431750/frances-e-thacher Frances E. Lake Thacher] was the daughter of [[George Graham Lake|George Graham Lake]] and [[Frances Emma Baker|Emma Baker]]
 
Her mother built [[Baker Chapel|Baker Chapel]] at [[Trudeau Sanatorium]], including its three original stained glass windows near the altar, in 1896. Mrs. Baker's daughter, Frances Lake Thacher (widow of John Seymour Thacher), added the large east window in 1924, in memory of (left to right) a daughter, her mother and her husband, all deceased. 


 
 

Latest revision as of 16:23, 12 January 2026


Baker Chapel window in memory of
Frances Lake Thacher's daughter,
whose name was also Frances Lake Thacher

Born: August 14, 1872

Died: January 31, 1962

Married:  John Seymour Thacher (June 10, 1856-October 28, 1922)

Children: John Seymour Thacher Jr. (1904-1982)

It appears that the Frances Lake Thacher whose page this is may have had a daughter by the same name who was born June 18, 1908 and died May 31, 1917. Her early death might explain the child in the window design. 

Frances E. Lake Thacher was the daughter of George Graham Lake and Emma Baker

Her mother built Baker Chapel at Trudeau Sanatorium, including its three original stained glass windows near the altar, in 1896. Mrs. Baker's daughter, Frances Lake Thacher (widow of John Seymour Thacher), added the large east window in 1924, in memory of (left to right) a daughter, her mother and her husband, all deceased. 

 


New York Times, January 31, 1962

MRS. JOHN S. THACHER

Special to The New York Times.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30— Mrs. Frances Lake Thacher, widow of Dr. John Seymour Thacher, a New York physician, died here today at the home of her son, John Seymour Thacher, director of Harvard University's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in this city. Her age was 90.