First Lady Louisa Catherine Johnson

1775 - 1852  (77 years)

• Name	Louisa Catherine Johnson
  Prefix	First Lady
  Born	12 Feb 1775	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Female
  Group	Famous Historical Figure
  	Famous People
  Group	Immigrant Ancestors
  	Immigrant Ancestors of New England Halls
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	1330
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1330
  Died	15 May 1852	Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia
  Buried	Aft 15 May 1852	United First Parish Church, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I2203	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family	President John Quincy Adams,   b. 11 Jul 1767, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Feb 1848, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia  (Age 80 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1797	London, Middlesex, England
  Children	1. George Washington Adams,   b. 12 Apr 1801, Berlin, ____, Berlin, Germany ,   d. 30 Apr 1829, New York  (Age 28 years)   2. John Adams, II,   b. 4 Jul 1803, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia ,   d. 23 Oct 1834, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia  (Age 31 years)   3. Charles Francis Adams,   b. 18 Aug 1807, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Nov 1886, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 79 years)   4. Louisa Catherine Adams,   b. 12 Aug 1811, Saint Petersburg, ____, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia ,   d. 15 Sep 1812, Saint Petersburg, ____, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F1571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 12 Feb 1775 - London, Middlesex, England Married - 26 Jul 1797 - London, Middlesex, England Died - 15 May 1852 - Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia Buried - Aft 15 May 1852 - United First Parish Church, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  From FindaGrave: US Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of John Quincy Adams, who was the 6th US President. One of 8 children, her father was an American merchant and her mother was from England. She was raised in London, England and Nantes, France where her family had taken refuge during the American Revolutionary War. In 1794 she met John Quincy Adams in London, where her father had been appointed US consul general and they were married three years later, and she accompanied him to Berlin after he was appointed the US Minister to Prussia. During their marriage she was frequently ill, plagued by migraine headaches and frequent fainting spells. In 1809 she travelled to St. Petersburg to join her husband, who was serving as the first US Minister to Russia. In 1817 she moved with her family to Washington DC as her husband was appointed to the position of Secretary of State by US President James Monroe. When her husband was elected as the US President in 1825, she became dismayed by the bitter politics of the election and coupled with bouts of deep depression, she soon became reclusive. While living in the White House during her husband's four-year term, she wrote many essays and poems concerning anti-slavery and pro-women views and translated a number of major books from French to English. Along with Dolly Madison, the wife of the 4th US President James Madison, she helped to raise funds for the future construction of the Washington Monument. Later, the untimely deaths of her two oldest sons (George in 1829 from an apparent suicide and John in 1834 from alcoholism) added to her depression. After the death of her husband in 1848 at the US Capital Building, where he had served as a Massachusetts congressman for 17 years, she remained in Washington DC until her death from a heart attack at the age of 77. Bio by: William Bjornstad