Birthdates:
Isaac Merritt Singer was born in Utica, New York on October 26, 1811. He died on July 23, 1875.
Isabella Eugenie Boyer was born in 1841 in Paris.
Marriage Date:
June 13, 1863, New York.
Age at Marriage:
Isaac was 52; Isabella was 22.
Previous Marriages:
Isaac, yes. Catherine Maria Haley, 1830-1860. The marriage ended in divorce due to her affair with Stephen Kent.
Isabella, yes, to Summerville. After Isaac's death, she married a Belgian musician, Victor Reubsaet, Vicomte d’Estemburgh, and the Duke of Camposelice.
Residence:
With Isabella, Oldway Mansion in Paignton, England on the Devon coast.
Occupations:
Isaac: apprentice, actor, mechanic, inventor, founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Rumor:
Isabella is rumored to have been the model for
Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty.
Miscellaneous:
Common-law wife, Mary Ann Sponsler had Isaac arrested for domestic abuse.
He lived in England with Isabella because New York society frowned on his many "families."
Fortune and Estate:
Isaac left an estate of about $14,000,000. His two wills created family tension and lawsuits. Isabella was declared his legal widow.
Children:
With Isabella, his second wife: Adam Mortimer Singer, Winnaretta Eugenie Singer, Washington Merritt grant Singer, Paris Eugene Singer, Isabelle Blanche Singer, Franklin Merritt Morse Singer.
With Catherine, his first wife: William A. Singer, Lillian C Singer.
With Mary Ann Sponsler: Isaac Augustus Singer, Violetta Teresa Singer, John Albert Singer, Fanny Elizabeth Singer, Jasper Hamlet Singer, Mary Olivia Singer, Julia Ann Singer, Caroline Virginia Singer, two others died at birth.
With Mary McGonigal: Florence L Matthews, Mary Matthews, Charles A. Matthews, two others died at birth.
With Mary Eastwood Walters: Alice Eastwood Merritt.
Isaac is reported to have had 22 children.
