Known for her lavish parties, Theresa Fair Oelrichs was an American socialite who inherited an immense fortune from her father's silver mine. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1871/06/30 | Virginia Fair is born in Virginia City, Nevada to Theresa Rooney and James Graham Fair. | Born | Virginia City Historic District | Virginia City | |||
| 1889/00/00 | One summer at the Newport Casino, Tessie Fair meets Hermann Oelrichs playing tennis, probably in the 1880s. | Newport Casino | Newport, RI | Marriage of Theresa Fair and Hermann Oelrichs | |||
| 1890/00/00 | Theresa Alice Fair weds steamship tycoon Hermann Oelrichs at a lavish wedding in San Francisco. Although he did not attend, the father of the bride gave the couple a check for a million dollars ($40 million today). | Bride | Marriage of Theresa Fair and Hermann Oelrichs | ||||
| 1899/03/26 | Virginia Graham Fair marries William K Vanderbilt | Sister of the Bride | Marriage of Virginia Graham Fair and William K Vanderbilt | ||||
| 1902/00/00 | Tessie and Virginia Fair hire Reid brothers to design the Fairmont Hotel, construction begins in the same year. | Developer | Fairmont Hotel | San Francisco | |||
| 1902/00/00 | Rosecliff is completed at a cost of $2.5 million | Summer home | Rosecliff | Newport, RI | |||
| 1904/08/14 | Mrs Oelrichs's throws the White Ball, the house is decorated with rare white flowers, the women wear white and powder their hair, and a fleet of 12 full-size mock tall ships with white sails lay nearby with the Atlantic as the backdrop. | Hostess | Rosecliff | Newport, RI | |||
| 1906/04/06 | Tessie and Virginia Fair sell The Fairmont to the Law brothers, Herbert and Hartland, in exchange for two office buildings at Mission St and New Montgomery St | Owner | Fairmont Hotel | San Francisco | |||
| 1908/05/00 | Tessie (Fair) Oelrichs repurchases The Fairmont | Owner | Fairmont Hotel | San Francisco | |||
| 1926/11/22 | Theresa Fair Oelrichs dies at Newport. | Died | Rosecliff | Newport, RI | |||
| 1926/11/24 | Theresa Fair Oelrichs funeral is held in the beautiful blue and gold tapestry room at Rosecliff. Only relatives and intimate friends of the former society leader attend. | In Memoriam | Rosecliff | Newport, RI | |||
| 1926/11/24 | Theresa Fair Oelrichs is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York City. A floral blanket ordered from Paris by sister, Mrs W K Vanderbilt, covers the coffin. | In Memoriam | Woodlawn Cemetery | New York City |
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