John Jacob Astor IV
American
Lineage
- Father William Backhouse Astor Jr
- Mother Caroline Schermerhorn Astor
- Sister: Charlotte Astor Drayton
- Sister: Emily Astor Van Alen
- Son: Vincent Astor
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1904/00/00 | The Pavilion is completed for John Jacob Astor | Home | Astor Courts | Rhinebeck, NY | |||
1906/10/23 | Hotel opens | Owner | Knickerbocker Hotel | New York City | |||
1912/04/10 | First-class passengers, John Jacob Astor with his young pregnant wife, Madeleine, his valet and her maid and nurse, boarded the TITANIC at Cherbourg. | 1st Class Passenger | |||||
1912/04/15 | On the Boat Deck, John J Astor helps his wife Madeline into lifeboat No 4 and ask Charles Lightoller whether he might go. Astor lights a cigarette and leans over the rail: "Good bye, dearie. I'll join you later." | Died | Sinking of the RMS Titanic | ||||
1912/04/22 | John Jacob Astor's body is recovered from the sea by the crew of the cable-ship MACKAY-BENNETT chartered by the White Star Line. | In Memoriam | Sinking of the RMS Titanic | ||||
1912/05/01 | John Jacob Astor's body is returned to New York. | In Memoriam | |||||
1912/05/04 | The funeral for John Jacob Astor is held at the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. | In Memoriam | Rhinebeck, NY | New York | |||
1912/05/04 | A special train carries the body of John Jacob Astor and mourners to Trinity Church Cemetery in Manhattan where his body is interred. | In Memoriam | Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery | New York City |
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