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6 giorni fa · One of their daughters, Margaret, married William Backhouse Astor, Sr. of the wealthy Astor family. John Armstrong moved to New York and took up life as a gentleman farmer on a farm purchased from her family in Dutchess County.
2 giorni fa · Back in 1854, William Backhouse Astor Jr. gifted his wife Caroline Astor a parcel of land at 34th Street and 5th Avenue, on which one of the first 5th Avenue mansions was built.
4 giorni fa · His friends included Friedrich Gotthilf Osann, Karl Witte, Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen, and William Backhouse Astor Sr.: 151 He arrived at the newly founded University of Berlin for the winter semester of 1811–12.
5 giorni fa · The historic Astor Row in Harlem dates back to land purchased by John Jacob Astor in 1844 for the sum of $10,000 on what is now 130th Street between Lenox Avenue and Fifth Avenue in Harlem.
6 giorni fa · John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman, member of the Astor family; John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992) – socialite and businessman, member of the Astor family; Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman and philanthropist, member of the Astor family; William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman, member of the Astor ...
5 giorni fa · Astor was one of the many casualties of the doomed RMS Titanic. As per Astor’s will, his new wife was forced to give up the mansion, which went to Astor’s son from his first marriage, William ...
5 giorni fa · William Lloyd, who was a party to this fine, was afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph and one of the seven bishops of the trial of 1688. He was at this time tutor to the children of Sir William Backhouse ( Dict. Nat. Biog .).
