Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying 18-year-old socialite Madeleine Talmage Force. To make the news even more ...

John Jacob Hard, age 80 of Maryville, TN died at 4:05 pm Friday, January 31, 2025 at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, TN. John was born August 14, 1944 in St. Louis, MO, a son of Samuel ...

John Jacob Astor IV, when the so-called “indestructible” Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, taking the lives of about 1,500 souls. Many stories have been written ...

John Jacob Bausch was born in Gross Suessen, Germany in 1830. He was 18 when he moved to Berne, Switzerland, where he found work in an optical shop designing camera lenses. The following year, in 1849 ...

The actor played John Jacob Astor IV in the film and told TV Insider that he always knew the movie would be a hit, even when others were doubtful. “I’m the only one who did,” he admitted.

This article is written by William Roka, a historian with the South Street Seaport Museum. Titanic and New York City, ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – John Jacob Farcus, 73 of Youngstown, passed away on Sunday morning, February 2, 2025. John will always be remembered for his smile and the way he always ...

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It is a slightly longer walk from Eurostar than the hotels I mentioned above, but not by much. The building was constructed in 1907 by John Jacob Astor IV, who owned the Waldorf-Astoria in New York at ...