John jacob astor

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...

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.

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

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...

Vincent Astor , the great-grandson of financial and fur trader John Jacob Astor who perished on the Titanic.

John Jacob Astor IV,(July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912).On April 1912, Astor earned a prominent place in history when he embarked on the RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank on April 15. Astor was among the 1,514 people on board who did not survive. He was the richest passenger aboard the Titanic.Was one of the richest men in the world at that time,w/ a net worth of $85,000,000 when he died.His last wife was Madeleine Talmage Force,age 18 (She survived the Titanic sinking).

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Astor, Kitty and second wife, Madeleine Talmage Astor.

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.