Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor (September 22, 1830 – October 30, 1908) was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of...
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and yachtsman who was a member of the prominent Astor family. His wife, Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, served as the leader of New York society's "Four...
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social affairs. He was the father of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, who married William Backhouse Astor Jr. Schermerhorn was born on April 9, 1783, in Hyde...
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husband and widower of Margaret Astor Ward Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830–1908): widow of William Backhouse Astor Jr. James John Van Alen (1848–1923):...
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Abraham Schermerhorn and the paternal grandfather of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor. Schermerhorn was born in New York City in what was then the Province...
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early 1890s, in the Astor family, William Waldorf Astor's mansion was next door to that of his aunt, Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, on the block later...
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of William Backhouse Astor Jr., a businessman, collector, and racehorse breeder/owner, and Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn, a Dutch-American socialite...
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(1876–1929), socialite Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), socialite, doyenne of Gilded Age New York society John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) business...
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horse breeder/owner William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) and socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn (1830–1908), while her maternal grandparents...
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Backhouse Astor Jr. for $190,941.50. He had married Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, who would be known as "the Mrs. Astor". Between 1888 and 1890, Mrs. Astor hired...
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could be accommodated in the ballroom of Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor). Through his associations with members of high society...
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John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV, the only son of businessman William Backhouse Astor, Jr. and socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn. During their courtship...
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who married socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn (1830–1908) on September 20, 1853, and had five children. Henry Astor III (1830–1918), who married...
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Ava Lowle Willing (redirect from Ava Astor)
Colonel John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864–1912), son of William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) and Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn (1830–1908), at her...
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society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society...
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McAllister, a number supposedly taken from the capacity of Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor's ballroom. Novelist Edith Wharton described Rutherfurd as...
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politician, and railroad magnate (d. 1906) September 22 – Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, prominent American socialite (d. 1908) October 10 – Queen...
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guests included: Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, known simply as Mrs. Astor, costumed as Mary, Queen of Scots, her son John Jacob Astor as Henry IV of...
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prominent families. He was a grandnephew of Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, known as "the Mrs. Astor". Among his ancestors were Thomas Welles, a...
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Waldorf-Astoria (1893–1929) (category Astor family)
Jacob Astor erected a home at the northwest corner of 33rd Street. William Waldorf Astor, motivated in part by a dispute with his aunt Caroline Webster Schermerhorn...
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philanthropist Richard Upjohn, architect Mahlon Van Horne, politician Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, socialite Charles D. Barney, socialite, banker, founder...
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wife, Carrie Astor Wilson, the youngest daughter of William Backhouse Astor Jr. and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, "The Mrs. Astor of the 400"....
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Waldorf Astoria New York (category Astor family)
with gables and turrets". William Astor, motivated in part by a dispute with his aunt Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, had built the Waldorf Hotel next...
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James Roosevelt Roosevelt (category Astor family)
Helen Schermerhorn Astor (1855–1893), the second daughter of businessman William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) and socialite Caroline Webster Schermerhorn...
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Art William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1849), son of William Backhouse Astor Sr. and husband of Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, co-founder of The Four...
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The Public Theater (redirect from Astor Library Building)
Public's headquarters is located at 425 Lafayette Street in the former Astor Library in Lower Manhattan. The building contains five theater spaces, and...
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married Helen Schermerhorn Astor, the second daughter of businessman William Backhouse Astor Jr. and socialite Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor. Through...
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secretaries in The Bourne Legacy (2012). As of 2022, she portrays Caroline Schermerhorn Astor in the HBO series The Gilded Age. Murphy, the eldest of seven...
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Wilson, married Caroline "Carrie" Astor, youngest daughter of William Backhouse Astor Jr. and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn of the Astor family. She eloped...
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Architecture and High Society (2009). Mooney, James E. "Astor [née Schermerhorn] Caroline (Webster)" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia...
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