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Treat, Olive Graef, 1869-1945

 Person

Biographical Note

Olive Marion Graef Treat, daughter of Charles and Grace Graef, was born on December 19, 1869. She married Harry Whitney Treat (1865-1922), a graduate of Cornell University and a successful Chicago mining capitalist, on June 4, 1896. The Treats moved to Seattle in 1902, and had two daughters. Harry Treat engaged in various business ventures, including the development of mining properties in British Columbia. Olive Treat was among the incorporators of the Children's Orthopedic Hospital in 1907, and was a charter member of the city's Sunset Club in 1913.

Olive Treat died on January 4, 1945, and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Source: "Olive Graef Treat" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57426666/olive-treat, accessed Dec. 14, 2022.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Olive Treat Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-114
Abstract

This collection contains the diary of Olive Treat, a resident of Chicago and New York, and wife of mining venture capitalist Harry W. Treat. Entries focus on trips to New York and British Columbia, social activities, and husband's mining business

Dates: 1897