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    Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor (September 22, 1830 – October 30, 1908) was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of...
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    and yachtsman who was a member of the prominent Astor family. His wife, Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, served as the leader of New York society's "Four...
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    social affairs. He was the father of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, who married William Backhouse Astor Jr. Schermerhorn was born on April 9, 1783, in Hyde...
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    Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson (October 10, 1861 – September 13, 1948) was an American heiress, social leader, and prominent member of New York society...
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  • Abraham Schermerhorn and the paternal grandfather of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor. Schermerhorn was born in New York City in what was then the Province...
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    secretaries in The Bourne Legacy (2012). As of 2022, she portrays Caroline Schermerhorn Astor in the HBO series The Gilded Age. Murphy, the eldest of seven...
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    husband and widower of Margaret Astor Ward Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830–1908): widow of William Backhouse Astor Jr. James John Van Alen (1848–1923):...
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    Backhouse Astor Jr. for $190,941.50. He had married Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, who would be known as "the Mrs. Astor". Between 1888 and 1890, Mrs. Astor hired...
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    society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society...
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    double mansion for Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the widow of real estate heir William Backhouse Astor Jr., and her son John Jacob Astor IV. Construction...
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