Gurney, Nella Hooper (1838–1887)
Gurney, Nella Hooper (1838–1887)
American Brahmin. Name variations: Ellen Gurney. Born Ellen Hooper in 1838; died in 1887; dau. of Robert William Hooper and Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848); sister of Clover Adams (1843–1885); m. Ephraim Whitman Gurney (1829–1886, Harvard professor); no children.
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