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Astor in 1909 Astor as Henry IV of France. John Jacob Astor IV was born on July 13, 1864, at his parents' country estate of Ferncliff in Rhinebeck, New York.He was the youngest of five children and only son of William Backhouse Astor Jr., a businessman, collector, and racehorse breeder/owner, and Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn, a Dutch-American socialite.
[5] [16] The couple enjoyed the opera and theatre and Brown was a member of the Denver Athletic Club and the Denver Country Club. [ 5 ] Margaret was later known as The Unsinkable Molly Brown , having survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
Lucian Philip and Eloise Hughes Smith boarded Titanic on Wednesday evening, 10 April 1912 in Cherbourg on their way home from their honeymoon. The couple had considered taking the older, smaller, and slightly faster Cunard liner RMS Lusitania home but ultimately decided to buy a ticket for the maiden voyage of the newest, and most luxurious ship in the White Star fleet, Titanic.
A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...
Stockton Rush’s wife is descendant of famous couple who died on Titanic. Thursday 22 June 2023 15:00, Ariana Baio. ... two of the wealthiest people who set sail on the Titanic, Mr Straus was a ...
Newspaper report of the sinking of the Titanic. Most reports featured the Astors in the headlines. Madeleine Astor, then five months pregnant, boarded the Titanic as a first-class passenger in Cherbourg, France, with her husband; her husband's valet, Victor Robbins; her maid, Rosalie Bidois; and her nurse, Caroline Endres.
Wendy Rush is the great-great-grandaughter of Ida and Isior Straus, two of the wealthiest people to die in the Titanic disaster. Musician King Princess, Descended from Couple Who Perished on the ...
In 1912, the luxurious Titanic is the largest vessel afloat, widely believed to be unsinkable. On 10 April, Titanic sails from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. . On 14 April, in the Atlantic, the ship receives a number of ice warnings from steamers, which are relayed to Captain Edward Smith, who orders a looko