Sophie Elodie Savard, one of two main characters in the Gilded Hour series, is the daughter of , born in to and Savard. As a young man Simon relocated to to study medicine, where he met and married , the daughter of a New Orleans apothecary and great granddaughter of
In my writer’s eye Sophie looks something like Sara Loguen Fraser, born in the Dominican Republic and educated in the U.S.… Read more.
Liliane Mathilde Savard, called Anna by friends and family, is 27 years old when the Waverly Place series opens in 1883. She is the first daughter and second child of (Birdie) Savard, both physicians. Anna is orphaned at almost four. Her takes her into her home on Waverly Place in Manhattan to be raised.… Read more.
Giancarlo Mezzanotte (known generally as Jack) was born February 1, 1847 in Livorno, Italy to . He immigrated with his family as a child, but returned to Italy to study law at Padua as a young man.
He has been employed by the New York Police Department since age 23.… Read more.
Billy McGlory was one of the most infamous men in Manhattan in the 1880s, at the center of organized crime and well connected.
Adapted from Wikipedia .
William “Billy” McGlory (1853 – ?) was an American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century.… Read more.
June 1879
The New York Times
“Features of the Markets”
Prices noted at the Washington Market:
| product | price | unit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pineapples | 10¢-25¢ | each | |
| apples | 30¢-50¢ | 1/2 peck | |
| cherries | 15¢-25¢ | lb | |
| bananas | 25¢-50¢ | dozens | |
| cucumbers | 50¢ | dozen | |
| asparagus | 20¢ | bundle | |
| Leghorn eggs | 35¢ | dozen | |
| young ducks | 35¢ | lb | |
| spring lamb | 20¢-25¢ | lb | |
| hot house grapes | $1.50-$2 | lb | |
| hot house peaches | 30¢-40¢ | each |
When people think about the first female doctors in the U.S., generally the names that come to mind are Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell. These two sisters together with Marie Zakrzewska confronted — and overcame — the barriers that women who wanted an education and a profession faced in the mid-19th century.… Read more.
John Quinlan (1760-1841) built a home for his family in 1840 on Waverly Place near Washington Square Park. At the time this neighborhood was on the outskirts of the city.
His son Harrison Quinlan (1799-1860) was a physician and army surgeon.… Read more.
A narrow street that originates at Bank Street in the West, runs along the northern border of Washington Park, and ends at Broadway.
In the Waverly Place series, Anna and Sophie Savard, their Aunt Quinlan, and the Lees live at 18 Waverly Place in a large house built in 1840, enclosed by a brick wall that includes gardens and out buildings.… Read more.
 | The Bowery is a street that runs in a northeasterly direction through the lower east side. It starts at the Brooklyn Bridge, where it is called Park Row, and ends at Cooper Square at Fourth Street in the north. Originally a part of the old Boston Post Road. |
The Dutch were the first to colonize what is now called Manhattan Island.[1]There is a great deal of information available about New Amsterdam, including detailed maps. See for example . In September 1664 the English invaded and claimed the Dutch colony.… Read more.