Meet John Jacob Astor IV. Richest man on the Titanic. My Granny’s old boss.
We bumped into him at the New York Public Library, and thanked him for the existence of our own dynasty.
Great-Granny Hannah left Roscommon for America in 1904. For #9 of 18 children on a few acres, what else?
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We bumped into him at the New York Public Library, and thanked him for the existence of our own dynasty.
Great-Granny Hannah left Roscommon for America in 1904. For #9 of 18 children on a few acres, what else?
#nypl
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Rhinebeck NY, not the Newport, RI estate, as far as I know.
Young Hannah lost her job. Young Madeleine sailed to London with her 47-year-old husband.
Bodies broken on rich men’s corner-cutting. Livelihoods lost to their whims.
She sailed home to Ireland, then made her way back to Roscommon.
Madeleine was pregnant, and they wanted a natural-born American child.
Good to fulfill any eligibility requirements for President, I suppose. They had more money that Joseph Kennedy ever would, and presidencies were still a bargain then.