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Four years after Colonel Astor's death, Astor married her childhood friend, banker William Karl Dick (May 28, 1888 – September 5, 1953), on June 22, 1916, in Bar Harbor, Maine, and honeymooned in California. He was a vice-president of the Manufacturers Trust Company of New York and a part owner and director of the Brooklyn Times. As stated in ...
Dick was born in at his parents' townhouse in Brooklyn, New York on May 12, 1919. [2] His parents were William Karl Dick [3] and Madeleine Talmage Force. [4] Madeleine survived the RMS Titanic sinking where her first husband John Jacob Astor IV died, [5] and had a posthumously born son named John Jacob Astor VI with him.
John Jacob Astor VI (August 14, 1912 – June 26, 1992) was an American socialite, shipping businessman, and member of the Astor family.He was dubbed the "Titanic Baby" for his affiliation with the RMS Titanic; Astor was born four months after his father, Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, died in the sinking of the Titanic.
Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire, on 30 March 1874, [8] into a family that had operated cotton-spinning mills in Lancashire since the late 18th century. His mother, Sarah Jane Lightoller (née Widdows), died of scarlet fever shortly after giving birth to him.
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, [1] the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.
The Four Hundred was a list of New York 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 was filled by three women: Mamie Fish, Theresa Fair Oelrichs, and Alva Belmont, [2] known as the "triumvirate" of American society. [3]
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Janne Mortil (born December 14, 1967) is a Vancouver-based Canadian actress probably best known for playing Madeleine Astor in Titanic (1996) and Michelle Dupont in the television series Side Effects, for which she was nominated for a Gemini, and Detective Tricia Kelsey in Street Justice (1991–1993).