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An Excerpt from The State Sanatorium

at Sabillasville from 1908: Part 2 Plus -

Duchess of Windsor

Author Joan Bittner Fry
Wally Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Bessie Wallis Warfield was born June 19, 1896,
in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, and was the
twice-divorced American woman who became the
lover of King Edward VIII, while he was Prince
of Wales. He became King in 1936, while she was
still married to shipping magnate Ernest Simpson.
She filed for divorce, but when it became clear that
the royal family would not allow her to marry the
King, Edward abdicated the throne to marry her.
They spent the rest of their lives in effective exile,
living in France and the United States.
The birthplace of Wallis Warfield Simpson,
Duchess of Windsor, was located on the grounds
of the former Monterey Inn at Old Route 16 and
Monterey Lane, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania.
She was born June 19, 1896. The cottage in which she was born, known as
Square Cottage, was razed in 1942. Her father was Teackle Wallis Warfield,
who died of tuberculosis in 1896. Her mother was Alice Montague.
She married Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr., a US Navy pilot in 1916. They
divorced in 1927. In 1928, she married shipping magnate Ernest Simpson.
They divorced in 1937. Her third marriage was in 1937 to King Edward VIII.
He died in 1972 of cancer. She died April 24, 1986, in Paris.

The Monterey District
The Monterey Historic
District is located in Blue Ridge
Summit, Pennsylvania. This
District is listed on the National
Historic Site Registry and serves
as an example of a summer
resort community from the 19th
Century. Aside from hosting
famous people and celebrities,
a prominent birth also occurred
Birthplace of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, Blue Ridge there. Bessie Wallis Warfield,
Summit, Pennsylvania. Duchess of Windsor, was born in
Square Cottage at the Monterey
Inn, at the resort of Blue Ridge Summit. The area is located on Charmian Road,
which was part of the Baltimore/Pittsburgh Turnpike. This area was attractive
because of the climate and the natural springs, both pure and mineral. By the end
of the 19th Century, the Clermont House was built to the East of the Monterey
Inn. As an increasing number of affluent guests were attracted to the area, they
bought land and built summer homes of their own along Charmian Lane.

The State Sanatorium at Sabillasville from 1908: Part 2 Plus by Joan Bittner Fry
is not available for purchase, but can be borrowed at Blue Ridge Summit Library.