Claire McGinnis1

F, #126681, b. 7 March 1929, d. 13 April 2015
Last Edited=11 Jun 2017
     Claire McGinnis was born on 7 March 1929 at San Francisco, California, U.S.A.2 She was the daughter of Felix Signoret McGinnis and Clara Leonhardt.2 She married, firstly, Ivan Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky, son of Sergei Platonovich Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky and Ava Alice Muriel Astor, on 10 October 1949 at New York City, New York, U.S.A.1,2 She and Ivan Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky were divorced in 1956.1 She married, secondly, Garrick C. Stephenson.2 She died on 13 April 2015 at age 86.
     From 10 October 1949, her married name became Obolensky.1 From 24 May 1991, her married name became Stephenson.2

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.

Princess Sylvia Obolensky1

F, #126682, b. 1932
Last Edited=15 Jun 2017
     Princess Sylvia Obolensky was born in 1932.1 She is the daughter of Sergei Platonovich Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky and Ava Alice Muriel Astor.1
     She was educated at The Brearly School, New York City, New York, U.S.A.G.1

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Philip John Ryves Harding1

M, #126683
Last Edited=10 Aug 2004
     Philip John Ryves Harding married Ava Alice Muriel Astor, daughter of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Loel Willing, in 1940.1
     He was a journalist.1

Child of Philip John Ryves Harding and Ava Alice Muriel Astor

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Alice Harding1

F, #126684, b. circa 1947
Last Edited=10 Aug 2004
     Alice Harding was born circa 1947.1 She is the daughter of Philip John Ryves Harding and Ava Alice Muriel Astor.1

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Madeleine Talmadge Force1

F, #126685
Last Edited=10 Aug 2004
     Madeleine Talmadge Force married, firstly, Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV, son of William Backhouse Astor, Jr. and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, in September 1911.1 She married, secondly, William L. Dick after 1912.1
     From September 1911, her married name became Astor.1 From after 1912, her married name became Dick.1

Child of Madeleine Talmadge Force and Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]


William L. Dick1

M, #126686
Last Edited=10 Aug 2004
     William L. Dick married Madeleine Talmadge Force after 1912.1
     He was a banker.1

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

John Jacob Astor VI1

M, #126687, b. 1912
Last Edited=25 Oct 2015
     John Jacob Astor VI was born posthumously in 1912.1 He is the son of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV and Madeleine Talmadge Force.1 He married, firstly, Ellen Tuck French, daughter of Francis Ormand French and Eleanor Livingston Burrill, on 1 July 1934.1 He and Ellen Tuck French were divorced in 1943.1 He married, secondly, Gertrude Gretsch in 1946.1 He and Gertrude Gretsch were divorced in 1954.1 He married, thirdly, Dolores Fullman on 6 August 1954.1

Child of John Jacob Astor VI and Ellen Tuck French

Child of John Jacob Astor VI and Gertrude Gretsch

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Ellen Tuck French1

F, #126688, b. 1916
Last Edited=17 May 2020
     Ellen Tuck French was born in 1916.2 She is the daughter of Francis Ormand French and Eleanor Livingston Burrill.1,2 She married, firstly, John Jacob Astor VI, son of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV and Madeleine Talmadge Force, on 1 July 1934.1 She and John Jacob Astor VI were divorced in 1943.1 She married, secondly, Raymond Richard Guest, son of Hon. Frederick Edward Guest and Anne Phipps, on 30 April 1953.3
     Ellen Tuck French also went by the nick-name of Tucky.1 From 1 July 1934, her married name became Astor.1 From 30 April 1953, her married name became Guest.

Child of Ellen Tuck French and John Jacob Astor VI

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S1602] Dottie Hood, "re: Ellen Tuck French," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 4 February 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ellen Tuck French."
  3. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

Francis Ormand French1

M, #126689, b. 12 September 1837
Last Edited=10 Dec 2017
     Francis Ormand French was born on 12 September 1837.2 He married Ellen Tuck on 5 March 1861.2
     He lived at New York, U.S.A.G.3

Children of Francis Ormand French and Ellen Tuck

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S1602] Dottie Hood, "re: Ellen Tuck French," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 4 February 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ellen Tuck French."
  3. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 173. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

William Backhouse Astor1

M, #126690, b. 1935
Last Edited=10 Aug 2004
     William Backhouse Astor was born in 1935.1 He is the son of John Jacob Astor VI and Ellen Tuck French.1 He married Charlotte Fisk.1

Children of William Backhouse Astor and Charlotte Fisk

Citations

  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 171. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]