John Jacob ASTOR IV #55928

13 JUL 1864 - 15 APR 1912
BIRTH 13 JUL 1864, New York, New York, New York, USA
DEATH RMS Titanic 15 APR 1912, North Atlantic Ocean

Historical Notes

John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. He was among the most prominent American passengers aboard RMS Titanic and perished along with 1,510 others when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million (equivalent to $2.83 billion in 2024) when he died.

Parents

Father : William Backhouse ASTOR Jr #55910

Mother : Caroline Webster SCHERMERHORN #58279

Family 1

Ava Lowle WILLING
    MARRIAGE 17 FEB 1891
    DIVORCE NOV 1909

Children

  1.  William Vincent ASTOR
  2. +Ava Alice Muriel ASTOR

Family 2

Madeleine Talmage FORCE
    MARRIAGE 11 SEP 1911

Children

  1.  John Jacob ASTOR VI

Lineage 

                                                                      _John Jacob ASTOR ___+
                                                                     | (1763 - 1848) m 1785
                                  _William Backhouse ASTOR Sr________|
                                 | (1792 - 1875) m 1818              |
                                 |                                   |_Sarah Cox TODD _____+
                                 |                                     (1762 - 1842) m 1785
 _William Backhouse ASTOR Jr_____|
| (1829 - 1892) m 1853           |
|                                |                                    _John ARMSTRONG Jr___
|                                |                                   | (1758 - 1843)       
|                                |_Margaret Alida Rebecca ARMSTRONG _|
|                                  (1800 - 1872) m 1818              |
|                                                                    |_Alida LIVINGSTON ___+
|                                                                      (1761 - 1822)       
|
|--John Jacob ASTOR IV
|  (1864 - 1912)
|                                                                     _Peter SCHERMERHORN _+
|                                                                    | (1749 - 1826) m 1771
|                                 _Abraham SCHERMERHORN _____________|
|                                | (1783 - 1850) m 1809              |
|                                |                                   |_Elizabeth BUSSING __
|                                |                                     (1752 - 1809) m 1771
|_Caroline Webster SCHERMERHORN _|
  (1830 - 1908) m 1853           |
                                 |                                    _Henry WHITE ________
                                 |                                   | (1763 - 1822)       
                                 |_Helen Van Cortlandt WHITE ________|
                                   (1792 - 1881) m 1809              |
                                                                     |_Anne VAN CORTLANDT _+
                                                                       (1766 - 1814)

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