Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Gertrude Johnson Harrington (1874-1948)
MSA SC 3520-2287
First Lady of Maryland, 1916-1920

[Picture of Gertrude Johnson Harrington]

Born:  July 12, 1874 in Golden Hill, Dorchester County, Maryland1
Mother:  Mariah Woodland Johnson2
Father:  William T. Johnson3
Johnson Family Home:  Cambridge, Maryland4
Marriage:  June 27, 1893 to Governor Emerson C. Harrington at Grace Methodist Church5
Children:  Emerson, Jr., William, and Mary6
Died:  April 8, 19487
Buried:  April 10, 1948 at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cambridge, Maryland8

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