The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12

be at her house party was. according to
custom, presented othe Prince fro his
approval. He ran his pencil through the
name OF Mr.. Astar. remarking:
"No, not that Mr.. Astor. He hores
me-"
1t would be impossible to repeat here
the thousand ne acts Of snobbery and
foolishness Of which Mr.. Astor has been
! guilty. To gain an insight into his mind
! 1t Is well to read his article in the June
number of his Pail Mall Magazine. II
| purports to be ap photographed sketch
of his great grandfather. 1t is a mix
ture OF whining snobbery and unreason-
ableness.
! 1t begins very appropriately with an
| expression of contempt fro Hawthorne,
Emerson, Thoreau and those highminded
Americans who tried a life Of plain liv-
ing andNhigh thinking.
1t expresses doubt as to the future Of
the country. Mr.. Astor repeats an alleged
remark OF his father:
at Is enough to make one wish to
abandon such a country" Mr.. Aston
add: IAN opinion which subsequently
learnt to share"
But the most astonishing feature ,of the
article is the table which purports 20
make out long noble pedigree for the
Aston. Here 1t Is:
Pedro D'Astrcga (of Castile).-FoIlowed
Raymond. Count of Toulouse. to France
after the war In Spain. 1855. against the
| Moors, who were commanded by Yusuf
/ Tashafin, Moslem King of the Almoravids
Of Morocco. Received a grant Of land In
Langeudoc from Count Raymond. whom
| he followed as a crusader othe Holy
Land. where he was killed at the taking
of erusalem, 100. A Spanish Queen
granted to one of his ancestors the arms
| of falcon argene on a gloved hand Tin
Acknowledgement of the recapture of her
| favorite falcon. The recipient adopted as
his name the Spanish word Azor (the
goshawk).
Pierre D'Astrog-Served under Simon
de MMontfort, Comte de Toulouse. at the
| battle Of Maret. 1913 in which the king
of Arragon was killed.
Bernard D'Astrog-Acrusader serving
under Alphonse Comte de Toulouse.
Guillaume D'Astrog-Present at the
Manifroid de Chateauneuf
Pierre D'Astrog-Seigneur IN 1898 in
Gascony and Flanders.
Bernard D'Astrog-Served against the
English in 1889 and 1885,
Adhemar D'Astrog-Served in 1928 In
Gascony and Flanders.
Pierre D'Astrog-seigneur de Montbar-
tier, Guienne, 1890, 1895.
Jean acquese D'Astrog-Married Anne
de Montclair. served against the English
in 1440, AZ, 80
Jean Jacques D'Astrog-Married Jeanne
de Verdale.
Jacques D'Astrog-Knigt OF the order of
st. John Of Jerusalem.
Antoine D'Astrog-Baron de Montbar
tier CHaute Garonne). Served in Italy
under Francois Her. Married Marguerite,
daughter Of Roger, Baron of Montespan.
December 1O.15O5.
Antonio D'Astrog-Seigneur de Mont
BARTER and governor in the Diocese OF
Toulouse Married GabrilIe de Gorien de
LUX in 1853. His will is dated February
q, 1851. The Chateau de Montbartie-.
GuIenne, was destroyed by the Lgue in
Ell.
Joseph DAstrog-Marquis de Rogue
pine Married Mremonde de Nun. Nov.
10. 1892, Compile d'Aubraede. Bigoorre by
gift of Raymond de GOirans his aunt |
Dame DAubarede.
Felix Astor-son Of the foregoing. born |
al Nussolch. 1898. Married Eva Dorathae |
Freund in 1879. Died at Waldorf near |
Heidelberg. Baden, August 1o17c5.
Johann Jacob Astor-Born July Z, 1921 |
Married Marie Magdalena Vorfelder. July |
s, 1856 Died at Waldorf April 1s 1916.
John Jacob Astor-Born at Waldorf, !
July II. 17G3. Removed 20 America in /
17S4 Married Sarah Todd September 49, /
17S5. Died in New York March %. 1919.
On English heraldic authority. Mr.. La
throp Wilmington. has investigated this |
pedigree by going TO the French arch
ieves and other original sources Of infOr-
nation and found II to be a collection Of /
nonsense. containing several falsiied |
dates 1 nOrder 10 make II seem probable. |
The D'Astrog's from whom Mr.. Actor |
claims descent. were indeed a great and |
fam us family in France and remained |
sentatives in the female line.
None OF the D'AstrpE'sI however. Ned l
to Germany after the revocation Of the /
Edict of Nantes. for they had all jcyfulIy /
turned Catholics There was never any /
Jean Jacques D'Astrog. as alleged by Mr.. |
Astor's pedigree. The combination OF /
Christian names is apparently forged to
suggest likeness TO John Jasob Aston"
The D'Astrog who was Conte d'Auba-ede
etc. In 1885. the date Of the revocation OF
the Edict Of Nantes. was named Bernard
So far from fleein gto Germany. he was
governor Of the Isle de Re under Louis
XIV. He vas succeeded by his brother.
Jacques. who also cid not fee. but was
Northumberland Of the arIniese Of the
king and governor Of the city II Blaye.
Mr. Astor's pedigree would have US be-
lieve that hi sancestors who lived IN a
peasants hut in Waldorf. Germany. was
a son Of one OF the great mobiles OF Louis
XIV.
Mr. Wilmington concludes that - Mr.
Aston is descended from French Hugh
enot at all he is descended from one Of
the common Astrogs OF Astrucs. who
were as thick as peas In the South Of
France. At the time OF the Revocation
the common people stood by their faith
much more sieadfastIy than the Hugsa-
not noodles But, Of course. NJ. Aston
would be ashamed OF them.
There are some points IN Mr. Asto-'s
pedigree over which he might have been
expected 10 throw a veil Tsus Felix As
tor marriss Eva porothsa Frsund In liz
and his son. John jacob Aston s. BORN