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47. A Classification Of American Wealth : History And Genealogy Of The Wealthy Famil john jacob astor ( 17631848 ) , New York City, New York. Parents, JohannesJakob astor. john jacob astor II. Magdalen (astor) Bentzon Bristed (1788-1832). http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/encyclopedia/profile.asp?code=83

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A Classification of American Wealth History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America Part 1 : Colonial and Mercantile America Part 2 : America in the Gilded Age Part 3 : America in the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of American Wealth Info Site map Links ... american.wealth@raken.com Part I-Chapter 4 : New YorkCity Landlords John Jacob Astor « Previous Next » John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) : the richest man in America John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) emigrated from his hometown Waldorf in Germany, when he was 18 years old and first joined his older brother George Peter Astor, who was dealing in musical instruments in London. Two years later John Jacob Astor set on to America, where he first reached Baltimore and then settled in New York, his ultimate goal. At this time his sole capital was 50 $ and seven flutes, he had brought from England to sell in the New World Astor never forgot to concentrate on his core business, the fur trade. In 1808, he founded the American Fur Company, a business enterprise that was set with an initial capital of 500'000 $, then a sizeable fortune. Astor's plan was the concentration of American fur trade under the umbrella of this company to counter the influence of the British-Canadian Hudson Bay Company, a well structured organization which dominated trade in Canada and the North-West of America New Registration Dear visitor

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Descendants of John Jacob Astor and Sarah Todd With special thanks to Ronald Elward Last update on November 21st, 2002 John (Johann) Jacob Astor (1763-1848) [born in Waldorf near Heidelberg, Germany, emigrated to the USA in 1783, owner American Fur Company, built Astor House in New York], m.Sarah Todd 1.Magdalen Astor (1788-1832), m.1st 1807 Adrian Bentzon, m.2nd 1820 John Bristed (1778-1855) Geestelijke 1.1.John Jacob Astor Bentzon (1818- ) 1.2.Charles Astor Bristed (1820-1874), m.1st 1847 Laura Brevoort (1861), m.2nd Grace Ashburner Sedgwick (1833-1897) 1.2.1.John Jacob Astor Bristed (1848-1880) 1.2.2.Charles Henry Maine Bristed (1868-1936), m.1st 1894 Mary Rosa Donnelly (1866-1931), m.2nd 1932 Clementina Hill 1.2.2.1.Mary Symphorosa Bristed (1896- ), m.1941 George Kirchwey Livermore (1891- ) 1.2.2.2.Katherine Elizabeth Grace Bristed (1898- ), m. Charles Douglas Jackson 2.Sarah Astor (1790-1790) 3.John Jacob Astor II (1791-1869) 4.William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875) [president American Fur Company], m.1818 Margaret Rebecca Armstrong (1800-1872) 4.1.Emily Astor (1819-1841), m.1838 Samuel Ward Jr. (1814-1884), m.2nd 1843 Medora Grimes

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John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire Madsen, Axel Published by EH.NET (August 2001) Axel Madsen, John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire Reviewed for EH.NET by Ann Harper Fender, Department of Economics, Gettysburg College. Axel Madsen joins a long list of John Jacob Astor biographers. His bibliography contains more than a dozen histories of the self-made millionaire, his business activities, or his family. Astor family friend Washington Irving penned the first with the elderly tycoon's blessing and assistance: a chronicle of Astoria, the failed venture on the Pacific coast that was published in 1836 as Astoria: Adventure in the Pacific Northwest . Madsen relies heavily on these secondary sources, citing especially the journalist James Parton's 1865 Life of John Jacob Astor as a major source. What motivated Astor might be forever unknown; the economic historian can still wish for more details about his business transactions, gleaned from whatever business records remain. Madsen mentions that most of Astor's business papers were destroyed after his death, hinting that this might have been deliberate. He also refers to the business archives of the American Fur Company, however, as well as to business documents in various public libraries. Whether these can be mined for more insights into Astor's success is not clear. How Astor's descendants spent the fortune that John Jacob earned occupies the last portion of the book. The reader sometimes suspects that the author is more comfortable with the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries than with the eighteenth and early nineteenth. Madsen has written numerous biographies, focusing from such twentieth century business figures as Coco Chanel and William Durant to Hollywood stars such as Barbara Stanwyck, John Huston, and Billy Wilder. In the Astor biography, the text several times gives a date such as 1911 when 1811 clearly is intended, perhaps an unintentional looking ahead to the society page antics of future Astors. An economic historian wonders what comparisons Madsen could make between Astor and the other business tycoons about whom he has written. Or between young companies operating, albeit loosely, under the laws of the U.S. and those operating under British royal charters.

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You are in: Museum of History Hall of North and South Americans John Jacob Astor Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. 6 vols. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 was the "most-quoted" biographical source for 19th and early 20th America. Appleton's, due to its age, reflects the bias and prejudice of late 19th Century America. It is also estimated that 100 to 200 of the 35,000 biographies are entirely fictitious. Additionally, the OCR technology used to transfer the text to the web was, at best, only a 99% accurate. We rely on volunteers to edit and update these historic biographies on a continual basis. If you are interested in editing and updating this biography please Click Here Virtual American Biographies Over 30,000 personalities with thousands of 19th Century illustrations, signatures, and exceptional life stories. Virtualology.com welcomes editing and additions to the biographies. To become this site's editor or a contributor Click Here or e-mail Virtualology here A B C ... Z Click on an image to view full-sized John Jacob Astor TM Start your search on John Jacob Astor Other educational search engines: Ask Jeeves for Kids Britannica.com

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