Astor, John Jacob IV

John Jacob IV Astor,
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Name	Astor, John Jacob IV Gender: M
born on	13 July 1864 at 12:30 (= 12:30 PM )
Place	Rhinebeck, New York, 41n56, 73w55
Timezone	LMT m73w55 (is local mean time)
Data source	Accuracy in question Rodden Rating C Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	21°29' 09°29 Asc. 22°57'

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John Jacob IV Astor

Biography

American great grandson of the founder of the Astor family fortune. After graduating Harvard, he managed real estate, wrote a sci-fi novel and invented various devices, including a marine turbine and a bicycle brake. During the Spanish-American War, he financed his own Army battalion out of his $87 million fortune.

Astor's first marriage, to Ava Willing, lasted ten years and produced two kids. His second marriage, to Madeleine Force in 1911, caused a scandal. She was 18 at the time and he, 46. To escape wagging tongues, they took an extended cruise on the magnificent ship, the Titanic. They boarded at Cherbourg with an entourage that included a manservant, a maid, a nurse and his Airedale. First-class staterooms like theirs, with richly paneled suites containing working fireplaces and separate quarters for their servants, cost as much as $4,000 for the voyage, equivalent to a staggering $50,000 in the '90s. Madeleine was five months pregnant by then and they wanted their baby to be born in the U.S.

When the fabled ship hit an iceberg, on 14 April 1912, Madeleine was put into a lifeboat. When Astor was turned away, as a gentleman, he stepped back, lit a cigarette and tossed his gloves to his wife.

Several days later his partly crushed, soot-stained body was found floating in the Atlantic with $2,500 in a pocket. Experts believe Astor may have been hit by a falling smokestack.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Historic: Titanic Sinking (born 15 April 1912). Notes: Victim

• parent->child relationship with Astor, Ava (born 7 July 1902)

• parent->child relationship with Astor, John Jacob VI (born 14 August 1912)

• parent->child relationship with Astor, Vincent (born 15 November 1891)

• other kin relationship with Astor, John Jacob (born 17 July 1763). Notes: Great grand-son

• role played of/by Braeden, Eric (born 3 April 1941). Notes: 1997 film "Titanic"

Events

• Death by Accident 14 April 1912 (Sinking of Titanic, age 47)
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Source Notes

Church of Light from Mrs. Wiemmer. Date check in "Americana," place given as Denbigh

Categories

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Drowned in the sinking of the Titanic)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Inheritance

• Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy ($87 million)

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Marine turbine, bicycle brake)

• Notable : Book Collection : American Book