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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]]'''Born: '''August 14, 1872


'''Died''': <span style="">January 31, 1962
'''Died''': January 31, 1962


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


'''Children:''' [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57431752/john-seymour-thacher|John Seymour Thacher Jr.]] (1904-1982)
'''Children:''' [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57431752/john-seymour-thacher|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 <span style="">June 18, 1908 and died May 31, 1917. Her early death might explain the child in the window design. 
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. 


'''<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]]
''''''[[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57431750/frances-e-thacher|Frances E. Lake Thacher]] was the daughter of [[George%20Graham%20Lake|George Graham Lake]] and [[Frances%20Emma%20Baker|Emma Baker]]


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. 
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, 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. 


 
 

Revision as of 14:03, 22 December 2025


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:  [Seymour Thacher] (June 10, 1856-October 28, 1922)

Children: [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. 

'[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.