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Patrick Stephens Ltd. London, Penguin. A Biographical Sketch of one of America's richest families. Worcester Evening Gazette 20 April Pres. Ambassador to Italy, Germany, and Turkey. Lorna Graev is active socially in raising money for charity in New York City. Henry B. In August Dr. Former Rhode Island Governor and Mrs. Livingston Beeckman also gave a large dinner for Diana at Land's End.
Frederick's father was a prominent banker and horseman. Frederick and Diana Davies had a daughter Diana, possibly another daughter, and divorced in The same year Diana married her second husband, Princeton graduate George F.
George's brother Clenindin Ryan Jr. They had six children. The Ryan name is prominent to this day and weddings of Thomas Ryan's descendants are usually posted in the New York Times. Grant of Chestnut Hill, at a large ceremony in Newport in The marriage took place at Mr. The New York Times reported Mr.
Jones later remarried so this marriage also ended in divorce. Widener, Jr. Widener's grandaughter. Thayer of Palm Beach. Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, R. Her Vaucluse estate was purchased by the Van Beuren family, descendants of the Campbells soup family, who own it to this day.
The house itself was destroyed by fire in the late 's. Today Diana's descendants live up and down the East Coast. Their most famous horse was probably Jaipur, winner of the Belmont Stakes in George Widener held numerous positions with thoroughbred organizations and was honorary chair of the Jockey Club. He also held executive positions with the Westchester Racing Association which owned and operated Belmont Park. He never entered a horse in the Kentucky Derby, saying that the race was too early in the season for 3 year olds.
Widener was a very well known philanthropist and served as trustee on the boards of museums, art centers, and hospitals in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D. The plus page volume provided genealogical information on the above families along with many others related by marriage. The book contains dozens of family crests and elaborate charts and there are numerous chapters which detail the direct lineage to George Jr.
To say this work is detailed is an understatement. Jessie Sloane Dodge Widener died at age 84 on March 11, , her husband's 79th birthday. Widener passed away at the Miami Heart Institute in Florida where she had been a patient for 2 weeks. She and her husband had been married for over 50 years. Her obituary states that prior to her death she had frequently been seen in the Widener box at Hialeah during the racing season.
Linda Grant, Mrs. Messmore Kendall, Mrs. Warwick Neville, and Mrs. Alexandra Dewey all of the Philadelphia area. In his will in part he directed that " He and his wife had no children of their own so he left the bulk of his vast estate to his nephew and only immediate relative, Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. Widener's obituaries in various newspapers described him as "patrician", the last representative of a bygone, genteel era, an immaculately tailored gentleman who was highly regarded in the horse racing world due to his distinguished manner.
She attended private school, spent a year at the Sorbonne in Paris, and was a Philadelphia debutante. In her parents announced her engagement to James C. Gentle, son of Mr. James C. Gentle of Brookline, Mass. James was a University of Pennsylvania graduate and member of the U. Olympic Soccer Team in Los Angeles. Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. On June 5, he married Edith B. Robb of Ardmore. Dixon was well known in Philadelphia as a horse owner and breeder, businessman, and former owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, the NBA team which he purchased in and sold in He and his wife Edith were patrons of the arts and regularly donated to and raised money for numerous charities, educational and medical institutions.
In upon the death of his uncle George D. Erdenheim Farm is one of the last large undeveloped parcels of land in Montgomery County and controversy has arisen over the future development of the property with developers on one side and local community groups on the other who favored Dixon for holding onto the property despite numerous offers from developers.
As was his uncle, Dixon was described as "patrician" and was highly regarded in Philadelphia as a philanthropist. Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. Funeral services were held at St. His death was prominently noted in newspapers from Palm Beach to Maine, where he had a summer home.
He was involved in boards, directorships, and charities too numerous to mention. Every obituary that was published was highly complimentary of this extraordinary gentleman who was described as wealthy but humble and highly regarded by all he met. He left part of his Erdenheim estate to his daughter Ellin and the rest of the property has been in the news in the local area as preservation efforts are underway by several local groups as well as by Montgomery County officials to save this magnificent piece of history.
This conflicted with the fact that Joseph was very status conscious. He attended Harvard and briefly went to the University of Pennsylvania where he studied architecture. Joseph never shared his father and brother's avid interest in the business world instead focusing on art and horse racing. The latter interest would influence his nephew, his children, and their descendants to the present day, as the Widener, Dixon, and Wetherill names became synonymous with thoroughbred hose racing.
Joseph and his family moved to Lynnewood Hall with the rest of the Wideners at the turn of the century. When PAB died in , Joseph became administrator of the family business and, upon inheriting his father's vast estate, one of the richest men in America. He rather quickly set about downsizing PAB's Lynnewood Hall art collection from paintings, housed in one big gallery, to about paintings, split up between several different galleries in which he played music from phonographs he concealed in the walls.
He also added to the collection with select items and opened the Lynnewood Hall galleries to the public. While in London, upon learning that Queen Mary was interested in art, he wrote to her asking permission to send her a catalog of his art collection. The Queen accepted his offer and returned the favor in by sending him a catalog of the Buckingham Palace collection.
Although he never met Queen Mary, she sent him autographed photos of herself and King George along with an annual Christmas card. In his will PAB granted Joseph custody of the collection and the authority to give it as a gift to the public in Philadelphia, Washington, or New York.
President Coolidge and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon desired that Widener donate the collection to the American public, promising that it would be displayed in a new museum in Washington, D. In Joseph Widener agreed to the plan and made the donation in memory of his father. President Roosevelt formally announced the donation at the dedication ceremony for the National Gallery of Art in March Joseph with unknown friend, at the races,s. For the next 15 years or so, Joseph Widener bred and raced championship race horses and associated with high society both in the racing world and in fashionable resorts such as Palm Beach.
The couple stayed in Cabin C , while Harry was in C Mrs Widener and Gieger were helped into Lifeboat 4 after more than an hour's wait by the men. They then stood back to await their fate. After losing her husband and son to the sea, Mrs Widener devoted herself to charitable work.
The fact that the sinking is well progressed is also emphasised in occupant Mrs. The C-deck portholes were quickly disappearing beneath the surface…. As boat No.
We even have evidence from Second Officer Lightoller himself, who admitted that though No. That was through my fault. It was the first boat I had lowered. I was intending to put the passages in from A deck. On lowering it down I found the windows were closed.
In fact, greaser Ranger stated that they were 50 to yards 46 — 91 metres away when the ship broke in two, before which they would have been much closer Walter Lord, The Night Lives On
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