Rosenberg, Suzanne

1910 - 1996  (86 years)

• Name	Rosenberg, Suzanne  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	17 Sep 1910	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Susanne Rosenberg  [3]
  Residence	1920	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Residence	1930	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Died	8 Dec 1996	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I16280	Our Family | Weiss Lang Family Branch, Mergentheimer Family Branch
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Rosenberg, Edward Jacob,   b. 17 Oct 1877, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1964, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Goodman, Theresa Anne,   b. 24 Dec 1883, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1953, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	9 Jun 1904	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F4230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Railey, Howard Barclay,   b. 7 Dec 1909, Selma, Dallas, Alabama, USA ,   d. 4 Nov 1981, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 71 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1950	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [7]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F7500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Sep 1910 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1920 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1930 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Married - 12 Apr 1950 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Died - 8 Dec 1996 - Manhattan, New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Suzanne Railey, a representative for Christie's auction house who was known for her talents as an international hostess, died last weekend in her Manhattan apartment. She was 85. She died in her sleep, Ed Gallagher, a longtime friend, told Christie's. She had a list of guests for her next dinner party at her bedside, he said. Ms. Railey, who was known as Sue, lived most of her life in Paris and New York, and had been employed by Christie's in New York since March 1985. She was a public relations ambassador of sorts. Her only role for the auction house was to hold a black-tie dinner party at her home each month, drawing on her long list of wealthy and influential friends, many with extensive art collections. The idea was to generate good will, and eventually business, for the auction house. Seated at the tables in her two bedroom apartment in the East 60's would be diplomats, society doyennes and fashion designers. ''It all depends who's in town and what I'm thinking about,'' Ms. Railey said during an interview last week. The jewelry designer Kenneth Jay Lane, a frequent dinner guest at her house, said: ''You never knew who you'd be seated next to. She always had good people. And her apartment was amazing, with more objects than you could count on every table and mirrors on the ceilings.'' Entertaining and collecting were what she enjoyed. ''You must talk to me about dinner parties,'' Ms. Railey said, standing at Alexis Gregory's dinner party on Dec. 2, clutching a black pocketbook with a big white clock on top. ''I love them so much. It's just so much more attractive to entertain at home. You can actually sit and talk.'' Christopher Burge, the chairman of Christie's, said, ''Her apartment was filled with all these treasures of Europe.'' She collected portraits from the French Revolutionary period, miniatures and African works of art, and also had a large collection of letter seals. She was born Suzanne Rosenberg in Rochester. Her family owned a department store. As a young girl she traveled to Manhattan, Washington and Paris with her parents, said David Granger, a longtime friend. She lived in Manhattan during part of her 20's with an uncle, Ed Goodman, who owed Finchley's, a men's clothing store. Mr. Granger said, ''And she did what popular young girls do, she traveled and went to parties.'' Then she moved to Washington, where she started Overcoats for Britain, a program shipping coats to England during World War II. In 1950, she married Howard Barclay Railey, a businessman who was attached to the American Embassy in Paris. For the next 33 years, she lived and entertained in ''a romantic apartment overlooking the Seine in Paris,'' said Ethel de Croisset, a close friend who lives in Paris. ''She was a born brilliant hostess,'' she said. ''She was always friends with all the ambassadors.'' When her husband died, Ms. Railey moved back to Manhattan and began working for Christie's.

  
  

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