Biography[]
Charles Francis Choate was born on 16 May 1828 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA to Dr. George Choate, Jr. (1796 - 1880) and Margaret Manning Hodges (1805 - 1887). He married on 7 Nov 1855 to Elizabeth Waterman Carlile (1834 - ), daughter of Edward Carlile and Hannah Thompson. He graduated from Harvard with the class of 1849, and from the Harvard Law School in 1852.
Lineage[]
Goodman van Choate ( - )
Robert Choate ( - 1638)
Sgt. John Choate (1624 - 1695)
m. Anne Carramas (1637 - 1727)
Capt. Thomas Choate (1671 - 1745)
Francis "Esquire" Choate (1701 - 1777)
m. Hannah Perkins (1708 - 1778)
Capt. William Choate (1730 - 1785)
m. Susannah Choate (1762 - 1827)
Dr. George Choate, Jr. (1796 - 1880)
m. Margaret Manning Hodges (1805 - 1887)
- Charles Francis Choate (1828 - 1911)
m. Dr. Enrst Bruno von Gersdorff (1820 - 1883)
Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)
m. Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1971)
Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)
m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1975)
Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)
m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)
Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)