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Beatrice Banning Ayer 1886–1953 – Genealogical Records
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1886
Birth Location: Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death Date: 30 Sep 1953
Death Location: Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Spouse(s): GEN Patton
Children(s): Beatrice Waters, Major IV
In 1886, Beatrice Banning Ayer entered the world in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, born to Frederick Ayer And Ellen B Banning. Beatrice Banning Ayer married Gen George Smith Patton, and had children including Beatrice Waters, Major General George Smith Patton Iv. Beatrice Banning Ayer passed away in 1953 in Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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- In 1886, Beatrice Banning Ayer entered the world in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, born to Frederick Ayer And Ellen B Banning.
- Beatrice Banning Ayer married Gen George Smith Patton, and had children including Beatrice Waters, Major General George Smith Patton Iv.
- Beatrice Banning Ayer passed away in 1953 in Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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1. Beatrice Waters 1911–1952 m. Brig. (Gen. John Knight) Waters 1906–1989
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2. Major (General George Smith Patton) IV 1923–2004 m. Joanne (Stanley) Holbrook 1931–2004
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 12 Jan 1886
Event Place: Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Sep 1953
Event Place: Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Event Type: Custom Event
Record Source: he was born Beatrice Banning Ayer in Haverhill, Massachusetts the daughter of Frederick Ayer an industrialist who owned a woolen mill. She enjoyed the life of privilege & attended prestigious finishing schools. She met George Patton for thefirst time as children. The friendship resulted in marriage in 1910 which lasted over thirty years and produced three children. Their son, George S. Patton IV continued the West Point tradition and became a general. Beatrice had many talents. She was bilingual in French and translated many French army manuals into english. She was an expert equestrian, a fine lecturer and an able sailor with a sloop of her own. She was a fine writer complyling three books. She covered the country during WWII raising money during bond drives. After the tragic death of her husband in 1945, Mrs. Patton became a forceful and persuasive speaker advocating universal military training. On September 30,1953 at Hamilton, Massachusetts,while horse riding she suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm which took her life instantly causing her to fall from the animal. After a brief Episcopal service, she was cremated. Her wish to be buried with her husband was well known to her children. An Army nurse is the only woman buried at the American Cemetery and memorial. There is another woman's presence: The ashes of the general's widow, Beatrice Ayer Patton were strewn over his grave by their children several years after her death.