The Astors and all things Italianate

Luigi Speranza

--- Beechwood, the Metropolitan Opera (The New York Academy of Music).

William Backhouse Astor, Jr. (1829–1892), 2nd son of William

married Caroline Webster Schermerhorn

Children:

1. Emily Astor (1854–1881), married 1876, James John Van Alen (1848–1923)
--- Children: James Laurens Van Alen (1878–1927), married 1910, Margaret Louise Post (1876–1969)

1.Louise Astor Van Alen (1910–1997), married 1st 1931 (div 1932), Alexei Mdivani (1905–1936); married 2nd 1936, Sergei Mdivani (1903–1936); married 3rd 1947, Alexander Saunderson (1917–2004)


2.Susan Astor (1945-2009)
1.Charles Astor (born 1970), married 1990, Madeleine Bundy (born 1969)
1.Dakota Astor (born 1992)
2.Helen Schermerhorn Astor (1855–1893)
3.Charlotte Augusta Astor (1858–1920)
4.Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1861–1948)
5.John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912), died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic
1.William Vincent Astor (1891–1959), son by 1st wife
2.Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–1956), daughter by 1st wife
3.John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992), son by 2nd wife