Virtual Cemeteries by John Astor
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Mrs Astor's 400

A Virtual Cemetery created by John Astor

77 memorials

When asked how many people were in New York City society, Ward Mcallister, Social Arbiter of New York City, claimed only 400 people made the list, 215 families. "If you go outside that number" he said "then that person either makes himself uncomfortable or those around him". It just so happened that this was the precise number of people Mrs Astor could fit comfortably in her New York City ballroom. When reporters asked for a list, he gave it to them. This is the list.

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Gwendolen King Armstrong

2 Oct 1876 – 2 Sep 1968

Gwendolen King Armstrong was born Maud Gwendolen...

Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Plot info: Section C, Lot 34, 35, 36, Grave 3

Caroline Astor

22 Sep 1830 – 30 Oct 1908

Socialite. Daughter of a wealthy merchant family...

Hamilton Heights, New York County, New York, USA

Plot info: Westerly Division, Lots 827-839, Astor Mausoleum

Mrs Charlotte Augusta Gibbes Astor

27 Feb 1825 – 12 Dec 1887

Socialite; Philanthropist. Mrs. Astor, nee...

Hamilton Heights, New York County, New York, USA

Plot info: Riverside Drive section

John Jacob Astor III

10 Jun 1822 – 22 Feb 1890

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General,...

Hamilton Heights, New York County, New York, USA

Plot info: Westerly Division, Lots 743-786

John Jacob Astor IV

13 Jul 1864 – 15 Apr 1912

Businessman, Titanic Disaster Victim. A...

Hamilton Heights, New York County, New York, USA

Plot info: Westerly Division, Lots 827-839, Astor Mausoleum

William Backhouse Astor Jr

12 Jul 1829 – 25 Apr 1892

William Backhouse Astor Jr. was born on July 12,...

Hamilton Heights, New York County, New York, USA

Plot info: Westerly Division, Lots 827-839, Astor Mausoleum

Georgette Wetmore Sherman Brown

13 Jul 1872 – 25 Apr 1960

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Winthrop A Chandler

1 Mar 1863 – 28 Sep 1939

Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

Edith M Cushing

1881 – 2 Feb 1961

Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA

George B. DeForest

Sep 1857 – 27 Mar 1940

Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Plot info: Section K, Lot 46

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

23 Apr 1834 – 5 Apr 1928

United States Senator, President and Board...

Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York, USA

Plot info: Evergreen Section, Plot 150

Elisha Dyer IV

23 Oct 1862 – 2 Jun 1917

Socialite. He gained recognition as an American...

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Plot info: Dyer Family Lot, Section 196