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John Jacob ASTOR IV #55928
13 JUL 1864 - 15 APR 1912
Personal Information
- BIRTH: 13 JUL 1864, New York, New York, New York, USA
- DEATH: RMS Titanic
15 APR 1912, North Atlantic Ocean
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
Family 1 :
Family 2 :
_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)