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    Lynnewood Hall, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Their children were Harry Elkins Widener, George Dunton Widener Jr., and Eleanor Widener Dixon. In 1912 she...
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    Harry Elkins Widener, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Widener's "vast and...
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    Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built...
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  • Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891–1966) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the daughter of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins Widener...
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  • of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins, and brother to Harry Elkins Widener (1885-1912) and Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891-1966). His grandfathers,...
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    George Dunton Widener (June 16, 1861 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Widener was born in Philadelphia...
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    Hustle Eleanor Elkins Widener, founder of Widener Library at Harvard University to honor her son Harry Elkins Widener, grandson of Peter A. B. Widener and...
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    Widener (1861–1912), married Eleanor Elkins (1862–1937), began construction of Miramar, died aboard the RMS Titanic (grandson) Harry Elkins Widener (1885–1912)...
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    University's principal library, the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, was built with a gift from Eleanor Elkins Widener as a memorial to her son, Harry, Class...
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    Miramar (mansion) (category Widener family)
    still being designed when George Widener and his son Harry died aboard the RMS Titanic. His widow, Eleanor Elkins Widener, survived the sinking; construction...
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