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| 1792/09/19 | Sarah Cox Todd Astor, wife of John Jacob Astor, gives birth to a son, William Backhouse Astor in New York City. William is named after William Backhouse, a New York merchant and friend of his father. | Born | |||||
| 1818/05/20 | Margaret Alida Rebecca Armstrong, daughter of John Armstrong and Alida Livingston Armstrong, marries William Backhouse Astor. | Groom | |||||
| 1833/00/00 | William B Astor inherits $500,000 from his uncle, Henry Astor a celebrated butcher in the Bowery, and soon begins construction on a mansion at 32 Lafayette Place (lost, now 419 Lafayette St). | Life | LaGrange Terrace | New York City | |||
| 1836/06/25 | William Backhouse Astor Sr buys Rokeby mansion from John Armstrong for $50,000. | Home | Rokeby | Red Hook | |||
| 1848/00/00 | William B Astor gives 95-acres of the southernmost portion of his estate, Rokeby, as a wedding present to his daughter Laura E Astor and her husband Franklin H Delano. Mr Astor will give 5 more acres after the mansion is completed. | Father of the bride | Steen Valetje | Red Hook | |||
| 1851/00/00 | Land for Mrs Astor's Orphan Asylum is purchased by William B Astor from Henry Beekman Armstrong and wife Mary Drayton Armstrong. The land had been in the Astor family since granting of the Schuyler Patent by the Crown in 1688. | Benefactor | St Margaret's Home | Red Hook | |||
| 1863/07/21 | John Murphy, a laborer, is arrested by the Tenth Precinct Police and charged with riotous conduct on a complaint by Wm B Astor, of No 32 Lafayette-place (lost, now 419 Lafayette St). | Victim | LaGrange Terrace | New York City | New York City Draft Riots | ||
| 1875/11/00 | William Backhouse Astor is buried at Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum in Manhattan, New York City. | In Memoriam | Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery | New York City | |||
| 1875/11/20 | William Backhouse Astor takes ill. | Health | |||||
| 1875/11/24 | William Backhouse Astor dies in his Lafayette Place mansion (lost, now 419 Lafayette St) at the age 83. "Mr Astor was in his usual good health, except for a slight cold, until Saturday last week." - The New York Times | Died | LaGrange Terrace | New York City | |||
| 1877/00/00 | Reredos and altar are instaled in memory of William Backhouse Astor Sr, designed by architect Frederick Clarke Withers, 1876-1877. | In Memoriam | Trinity Church | New York City |
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