Thirteenth Generation

2036. Abigail May "Abba \ Abby \ May" Alcott was born on 26 July 1840 in Hosmer Cottage, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. She lived in Meudon, Paris, France in 1878/9. She died Complications following childbirth on 29 December 1879 at the age of 39 in Meudon, Hauts de Seine, France. Abba \ Abby \ May was buried in Paris, France. Died of complications following birth of her daughter in Meudon overlooking south west Paris,

Literary Figure, Artist. Mainly known as "May", she was the fourth and youngest Alcott daughter. Most know her as the model for the beautiful and artistic Amy in "Little Women". Dubbed "Little Raphael" by her family, she taught art and sold decorative pieces. Studying abroad in Europe, one of her pieces was admitted into the prestigious French salon in 1877. She was quoted as saying: "Who would have imagined such good fortune and so strong proof that Lu does not monopolize the Alcott talent. Ha! Ha!, sister, this is the first feather plucked from your cap!" The following year in 1878, she married Swiss businessman and musician Ernest Nieriker. They lived in Meudon, a suburb of Paris, where she gave birth to Louisa May (Lulu) in 1879. She died six weeks later, and had requested that Lulu be sent to live with Louisa May, who would care for her. Although she is buried in Paris, the Alcott family placed a cenotaph for her alongside her sister Elizabeth, who was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in 1858.

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Abigail May "Abba \ Abby \ May" Alcott and Karl Pius Ernest Nieriker were married on 22 March 1878 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Karl Pius Ernest Nieriker was born in 1855 in Budapest, Hungary. He died in 1936 at the age of 81.

Abigail May "Abba \ Abby \ May" Alcott and Karl Pius Ernest Nieriker had the following children: