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Coat of Arms of Philip Pieterse Schuyler. The Schuyler family (/ˈskaɪlər/; Dutch pronunciation: ) was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States (especially New York City and northern New Jersey), in leading government and business in North America and served as leaders in ...
The Van Rensselaer family (/ ˈ r ɛ n s l ər,-s l ɪər /) is a family of Dutch descent that was prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in the area now known as the state of New York. Members of this family played a critical role in the formation of the United States and served as leaders in business, politics and society.
The Cuomo family (/ ˈ k w oʊ m oʊ / KWOH-moh, Italian:) is an American political family. It includes Mario Cuomo and Matilda Cuomo (née Raffa) and their five children: Margaret, Andrew, Maria, Madeline Cuomo, and Christopher. Mario Cuomo and his son Andrew Cuomo both have served as governor of New York.
The family also maintains influence in Manhattan, The Bronx, Westchester County, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Atlanta, and have ties to the Rizzuto crime family in Quebec. The Bath Avenue Crew operated in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York City; The Colombo crime family operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long
William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1904) was an American politician, the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City, and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company. [ 1 ] Early life
Colombo renamed the family as the Colombo family. At 41 years old, Colombo was the youngest boss in New York at the time. He was also the first New York Mafia boss to have been born and raised in the United States. Having risen to the top of the family at such a young age, Colombo knew that he had a potentially long reign ahead of him.
Caroline Schermerhorn Astor and her guests at a New York City ball in 1902. The Vanderbilts, as members of socialite New York through the copious amounts of money that the family had earned rather than inherited, represented a type of wealth that was abhorrent to Astor and her group. Lina Astor found railroad money distasteful. [22]
The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, [1] its members included signers of the United States Declaration of Independence (Philip Livingston) and the United States Constitution (William Livingston).