The evening world., 1912-05-08
MILLIONS PILED ON MILLIONS
BY TT YEARS Of AST0RS
Fortunes Founded by Ragged German Immi-
grant Boy Reach $4,000 900 in Hands
of Expatiate William Waldorf and
8 Youthful William Vincent. >,

sailed overseas 20 tend the knee ana
VOW allegiance to a British k.ng. There
WASN'T the proper aristocrstic atmo.
sphere In this country. Since the fan
Of 1890 he has lived In London. return.
Ing only once after the death Of his wife.
He bought from the DUKE OF West.
minister the great estate OF Cnveden on
the Thames. near Windsor. and a pala-
tia town house in London. He has
Invested millions IN England without
selilng Q lot Of his vast real estate
holdings in New York. Nor has he been
able to spend more than q small part
Of his income abroad. while still q
British subject he maintains the pos
session OF ono OF the three or four
greatest American fortunes. and when
he dies his son Waldorf will likely In.
her!t a fortune OF considerably moro
than 100000 900 American dollars. To-
gethsr waldorf and Vincent Astor will
keep on passing down the bulk OF It
to Just . son each. II won't be- many
generations before there II sure
enough Astor Millionaire.
PUBLICATION OF PEDIGREE
MADE THE WORLD LAuoH.
Not long after william waldorf A.
tor became ons of the great landed pro-
prsters q the British Empire he set
the world laughing by publishing In the
Pail Mail Magazine. which he pur-
chased. . nv and highly edifying As
that the family Wss descended from enc
Pedro AfAstofSs Of CASTLE. Crusader.
who was killed st Jerusalem In hoo. e..
perts who vent deep iato the ~eensaiogi-
oal dope on which this pedigree Wal
founded declared II was . Joke. n Ad-
vtsed Mr.. Astos that II he would -
hack 70 the German butcher. whose con
cams 70 America IN . ragged suit with
. string Of sausaSes 10 maintain him.
+! hs would ana Q trusr II not % elegant
/ hersidic emblem.
The mama viacent Astor 10 not. .
family name. 20 far ~ the male ltpe
OWiss Count Rump6. who married nies
Elisa Astor bach In IN. There 10 no
record Of n other Astor 70 whom the
noRI Wos attached. - w. tH
WiiWam B. AStor married ~learsarst
IAsmstrope, daughter Of Gen. John Arm
YtrpnS. HIS daughter. Emily Astor.
sister Of the third Jehn J9sob Aston
sn0 aunt Of william waldorf Aston.
u,arrisd Samuel ward. Of "a old sd
a~r4stecraio New York family. . 0ueh
older asd more asisteesasie family -
e .tS1s family, Margaret Astor WAre.
nsrYisd sohn' winthrop chan,sr. And
from that marriage the present iargs
Chaaler anl Chalonsr family VA
sppunG. Hna CAVALIER Was the Atoot
tn.and.0ut addifien to that 6sHnSe q
the Aston family ~ marriase.
Dorothea Aotot. . sister o. WIt1Au
D. Astos. married walter Leaeoeh u
isi3. 4 daughter Of this marr1a9e.
Louisa lAnsdon. married pslanesy
Kane. father Of waiter Langdoa Ksse
married ndear Morris Phelps.
ONE BRANCH UNITED TO THu
hE1IY oRIgN FAMILY.
Another brasch Of the Lansdon fam.
~ was seeanty united 10 the family Of
Hetty 0foou. Wha IAngdou marte6
Matthew with. ~ Matthew WiMs'i
sou. Matthew Astee Wits. married ~
W Green IN ~.
Tho thsre - ths vaa Aisn: wl'son
Astos family, which = m~ultiplyini
much fsstss lhas the Aston thsaAssivss
tChsrIotte Augusta Astor. daughter .b
Wivuam Astor and sislss Of the late,
Col. Astes. masstsd J. Coleman Drattoi
n IN. TAls aArrtAas eeeuited., In hsl
hsang cot on IN w. fathers vii Will
the Income a comparatively small
trust fund-Atout Si.ooe.oe0. 6hA marriet
George Ostivy HaiS IN ~ asv thrs'
living chudrsa are Caroline Asoor Dray
ton. VINO married william Philiips Il
iSa0: Henry Coleman Draytoa. WAo mas
49, NAAAs. A-- AZ Uyl0en =
Aston DrAytsA.
Csroiins ~ssnsrmsraora Astes. anoths
astse Of thA late Coz. Astos. mssrs'
olarshali Or~s Wilson In loA. and ~:
I have tive aAtidvsn. NarshaA Op0s Wu
con jH. eNl Wehaed Thoratou WoleoA.
Emily Astsr. stlil another AanOAtse Q
william Aston. married JGmes y. Va,
= Allen n U7esThsrs ere thsee GAndrea Q
this mashaHs~Nasy. James cad easaA
!. TEE foustA daughter ~ william Astss
Hslsa Astse. Wsgyisd JAnss Roosevelt
Roosevelt N is7e snd they hsvs ~
Shii1rss, James Roosevelt Roosevelt \
: and Helen Rsbssca Roosevelt, JaMs
RoossvAt Roosevelt 10 a Of ne sxsss
I tors VITO viii adRisintsv the estate Q
Z Col, Astes. =
TSs only woman Of the Astov famii
\ Who assumed great social promtnsns
I, was Mrs. William Aston, mothsv o
Col AstoY, She wAs Cardiac schsrmsg
: horn. Of an Old and wealthy New Yos
> family, when she vas married, In ~
= She died fouy pears ESQ. Fov man
years before hsS death Mys, wiliiaS
Aston was TsGasded ~ the isadsv q
New York so1isty, II was tRouuat Z
the time Of hef deafa that hes 4suehtSs
b fn-law. Mrs, Ava wftti'n3 Astos, Jntst
K aspire 10 hsr leadership, bot owing I
n the breach that wac growing betwss
/. Col. Astor and his hsst wife a. tbs
!, time she toois s'Nso,1tNy ~ step IL ths
direction. on the contrary avoidin
Y social prominence ss much a. possible
Ava LOWE WILING, ons NJ the moi
y beautiful IN Philadelphia al
New York society, wa married 20 Co
n Aston IN 1871, She obtained hes d.voys
4 In 1919, q little more thsa . year an,
I hey motter-n-iaw's dsata, Coz. As.l
!, married Madeleine Taimags Force Seq
D. 1911.
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