John jacob astor iv

American Businessman, Disaster Victim. On February 17, 1891, Astor married socialite Ava Lowle Willing. The couple had two children: William Vincent and Ava Alice. John and Ava divorced in November 1909. Compounding the scandal of their divorce was Astor's announcement that he would remarry. At the age of 47, John...

Madeleine Astor had been on honeymoon with her husband John Jacob Astor in Egypt and Paris and, in the spring of 1912, decided to return to America as First Class passengers aboard the Titanic.

John Jacob Astor was the wealthiest person aboard the Titanic, he travelled with his young pregnant wife Madeleine...

For more than a century, the Astors were the richest family in America, and their shrewd marriages linked them to some of the most politically powerful families.

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John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV was the American equivalent of a crown prince. His blue-blooded mother, Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, shaped and ruled the New York social elite in the Gilded Age. From his father's side, he inherited a legendary name and a vast fortune based on Manhattan real estate. No family has ever owned so much of an American city as the Astors owned of New York: thousands of buildings, miles of riverfront property. The family fortune – worth about $6 billion in…

Socialite Madeleine Astor was five months pregnant and just 18 years old when she boarded the RMS 'Titanic.'

Carriages dropped off guests at the bronze gates by using the semi-circular drive-- catalog of sale of Astor Mansion (copyright expired) ...

It is believed that millionaire John Jacob Astor was killed by the falling forward funnel. When his body was found, it was badly crushed covered in soot. Authorities used the initials J.J.A. on the collar of his brown flannel shirt to identify him. He had been on board with his 19 year-old bride Madeline, who survived. While traveling on their honeymoon, Madeline became pregnant with their son, wanted to return home to have the baby in the USA. They booked a first class passage on the RMS

When the Titanic sank, it carried millionaire John Jacob Astor IV. The money in his bank account was enough to build 30 Titanics. However, faced with...