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When Mary Adeline Prentice was born on 29 November 1907, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, her father, Ezra Parmalee Prentice, was 44 and her mother, Alta Rockefeller, was 36. She married Benjamin Davis Gilbert on 16 October 1937, in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 ...
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Mary Adeline Prentice Gilbert. Mary Adeline Prentice Gilbert (November 29, 1907 - 1981) was the second child of Ezra Parmalee Prentice (1863-1955) and his wife Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871-1962). John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), the co-founder of Standard Oil is her maternal grandfather. She married Benjamin Davis Gilbert on October 16, 1937 ...
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The Rockefeller family originated in the Rhineland region in Germany and can be traced to the town Neuwied in the early 17th century. The American family branch is descended from Johann Peter Rockefeller, who migrated from the Rhineland to Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania around 1723. In the US, he became a plantation owner and landhold...
The combined wealth of the family—their total assets and investments plus the individual wealth of its members—has never been known with any precision. The records of the family archives relating to both the family and individual members' net worth are closed to researchers. From the outset, the family's wealth has been under the complete control o...
The family was heavily involved in numerous real estate construction projects in the U.S. during the 20th century. Chief among them: 1. Rockefeller Center, a multi-building complex built at the start of the Depression in Midtown Manhattan. The construction of Rockefeller Center was financed solely by the family 2. International House of New York, N...
Over the generations, the family members have resided in some notable historic homes. A total of 81 Rockefeller residences are on the National Register of Historic Places. Not including all homes owned by the five brothers, some of the more prominent of these residences are: 1. One Beekman Place - The residence of Laurance in New York City. 2. 10 W...
A trademark of the dynasty over its 140-plus years has been the remarkable unity it has maintained, despite major divisions that developed in the late 1970s, and unlike other wealthy families such as the Du Ponts and the Mellons. A primary reason has been the lifelong efforts of "Junior" to not only cleanse the name from the opprobrium stemming fro...
Ancestors
1. Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (1783–1857) (m. 1806) Lucy Avery (1786–1867) (ten children) 1.1. William Avery Rockefeller Sr. (1810–1906) (m. 1837) Eliza Davison (1813–1889) (eight children) 1.1.1. Lucy Rockefeller (1838–1878) (m. 1856) Pierson D. Briggs 1.1.2. Clorinda Rockefeller (c. 1838–?, died young) (daughter from Nancy Brown) 1.1.3. John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (1839–1937) (m. 1864) Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman(1839–1915) 1.1.4. Cornelia Rockefeller (c. 1840–?) (daughter from Nancy Br...
Descendants of John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
The total number of blood relative descendants as of 2006 was about 150. 1. Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller (1866–1906) (m.1889) Charles Augustus Strong (1862–1940) 1.1. Margaret Rockefeller Strong (1897–1985) (m.1st.1927) George de Cuevas (1885–1961), (m. 2nd 1977) Raimundo de Larrain 2. Alice Rockefeller (1869–1870) 3. Alta Rockefeller (1871–1962) (m.1901) Ezra Parmelee Prentice (1863–1955) 3.1. John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972) (m.1941) Abra Cantrill (1912–1972) 3.1.1. Abra Prentice Wil...
Descendants of William Avery Rockefeller Jr.
An article in The New York Timesin 1937 stated that William Rockefeller had, at that time, 28 great-grandchildren. 1. Lewis Edward Rockefeller (1865–1866) 2. Emma Rockefeller McAlpin (1868–1934) 3. William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) (five children) 3.1. William Avery Rockefeller III (1896–1973) (three children) 3.1.1. Elsie Rockefeller m. William Proxmire 3.2. Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller (1899–1983) (seven children) 3.2.1. Godfrey Anderson Rockefeller (1924–2010) 3.3. James Stillman Ro...
John Rockefeller Prentice (1902-1972) Mary Adeline Prentice (1907-1981), m. 1937, Benjamin Davis Gilbert (1907-1992) Spelman Prentice (1911-2000) John Rockefeller Prentice (1902-1972), son of Ezra and Alta Rockefeller Prentice, m. 1941, Abra Blanche Cantrill (1912-1972). Children of John and Abra: Abra Prentice (b.1942), m. Jon S. Anderson, m ...
Mary was born in 1907. She is the daughter of Ezra Prentice and Alta Rockefeller. She passed away in 1981. No more info is currently available for Mary Prentice. Can you add to her biography? Sources . Michael Gabbard, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Michael and others. ↑ Entered by Michael Gabbard, Dec ...
Gilbert, Benj D; M A Prentice. One of the most important weddings of the Autumn took place here this afternoon when Miss Mary Adeline Prentice, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Parmalee Prentice ...
