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Family tree of John D. ROCKEFELLER. Industrialist, Businessman. Born John Davison ROCKEFELLER. American oil industrialist, investor, and philanthropist. Born on July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York, USA , United States . Died on May 23, 1937 in The Casements, Ormond Beach, Florida, USA
The Rockefeller family originated in Rhineland in Germany and family members moved to the Americas in the early 18th century, while through Eliza Davison, with family roots in Middlesex County, New Jersey, John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr. and their descendants are also of Scots-Irish ancestry.
Genealogy for John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. (1839 - 1937) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
John D. Rockefeller III, John Jr's eldest child, was born in New York in 1906. He followed in his father's philanthropic endeavors. John III graduated from Princeton University in 1929 with a degree in economics, and he also served in the Navy during World War II.
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the patriarch, made the family fortune through the oil business and became the world’s first billionaire (1916). Although Rockefeller was born (1839) to a family of modest means, he managed to save money and embark on several enterprises as an adult.
Rockefeller had an elder sister named Lucy and four younger siblings: William Jr., Mary, and fraternal twins Franklin (Frank) and Frances. His father was of English and German descent, while his mother was of Ulster Scot descent. [22] .
John D. Rockefeller Family Tree along with family connections to other famous kin. Genealogy charts for John D. Rockefeller may include up to 30 generations of ancestors with source citations.
John D. Rockefeller (1839‑1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world’s wealthiest men as America's first billionaire and a major philanthropist.
During the 70 years between oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, Sr.'s emergence as the richest man in the world (c. 1901) and grandson Nelson A. Rockefeller's service as the first U.S. vice president who was appointed, not elected, to that office (1974-77), the Rockefeller family stood as the very epitome of extraordinary wealth and influence, not ...
Genealogy for John D. ROCKEFELLER (1912 - 1929) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.