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The collection had been assembled by Widener and his younger son, Joseph E. Widener. Peter Widener died at Lynnewood Hall at the age of 80 on November 6, 1915, after prolonged poor health. [1] He was predeceased by his elder son George Dunton Widener and grandson Harry Elkins Widener, both of whom died when RMS Titanic sank in 1912.
Peter A. B. Widener mansion, Broad Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1887), Willis G. Hale, architect. Widener donated the mansion to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1899, which used it as a branch library from 1900 to 1946. It burned in 1980, and was demolished. Date: circa 1899
Peter Arrell Browne Widener (November 13, 1834 – November 6, 1915) was an American businessman, art collector, and patriarch of the Widener family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans in history, with a net worth at death of $44 billion to $48 billion (in 2024 ...
The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896), it was once one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans in history, with ...
He was the son of banker Fitz Eugene Dixon Sr. [1] and Eleanor Widener (1891–1966), [2] a member of the wealthy Widener family from Philadelphia. [3] [4] The Dixons built "Ronaele Manor" ("Eleanor" spelled backward), an Elizabethan mansion, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, where Fitz Jr. grew up.
Jack Joyner was Widener's trainer, between 1917–1932, and lived at Erdenheim Farm until his death in 1943. Bert Mulholland began working for Widener in 1923 and was his trainer between 1933–1967. Widener wed Jessie Sloane Dodge (1883–1968) in 1917. [18] They were married for more than fifty years, but had no children.
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Peter Arrell Browne Widener II (1895–1948) Josephine "Fifi" Widener Leidy Holden Wichfeld Bigelow (1902–1961) Joan Widener Leidy (1923–1988) was married from 1941 to 1950 to State Senator George Eustis Paine (1920–1991) Widener raised his family at Lynnewood Hall, his father's 110-room Georgian-style mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.