| Maria Engracia Freyer | |||||
| Office: | First Lady of Guam | ||||
| Governor: | Frank Freyer | ||||
| Term Label: | In role | ||||
| Term Start: | November 5, 1910 | ||||
| Term End: | January 21, 1911 | ||||
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1888 | ||||
| Birth Place: | San Francisco, California | ||||
| Death Place: | Denver, Colorado | ||||
| Birthname: | Maria Engracia Critcher | ||||
| Occupation: | First Lady of Guam, Art collector | ||||
| Spouse: | Frank Freyer | ||||
| Children: | 3 | ||||
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Maria Engracia Freyer was an American First Lady of Guam and an art collector.
On April 2, 1888, Freyer was born as Maria Engracia Critcher in San Francisco, California. Freyer's father was John Critcher. Freyer's mother was Henriquetta Brent (nee Callagha) Critcher.[1]
In 1910, when Frank Freyer was appointed the Naval Governor of Guam, Freyer became the First Lady of Guam on November 5, 1910, until January 21, 1911.[2]
In 1920s, Freyer became involved in human and animal rights in Peru. Freyer became an art collector. Freyer owned "Madonna and Child with Bird", by artist Ignacio Chacón of Cuzco, Peru.[3]
In 1927, Freyer presented a talk on Peruvian women at the Woman's Universal Alliance Conference in Washington, D.C.[4]
In October 1939, Colonial Peruvian art pieces of Freyer's art collection were exhibited at the Pan American Union.[5]
On June 22, 1908, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California, Freyer married Frank Freyer, who later became a Naval officer and Governor of Guam. They had three children, Engracia, Frank, and John.[6] [1]
In 1910, Freyer's daughter Engracia Enriquetta Critcher Freyer (1910-1977) was born in Hagåtña, Guam.[7]
In October 1969, Freyer died in Denver, Colorado.[1]