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William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier. Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller. He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
The Rockefeller family originated in Rhineland in Germany and family members moved to the Americas in the early 18th century, while through Eliza Davison, with family roots in Middlesex County, New Jersey, John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr. and their descendants are also of Scots-Irish ancestry.
Mar 22, 2023 · A historic Philadelphia-area estate owned by descendants of the Rockefeller family of oil magnates has sold for $24 million, according to Zillow. William Rockefeller Jr., who helped build...
Dec 4, 2013 · Details started to trickle out Tuesday about the engineer at the center of Sunday’s New York train derailment. William Rockefeller Jr., or Billy, has worked as a locomotive engineer for...
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., sells the Pocantico family estate to his sons and begins the final disposition of his fortune, giving $73 million to charity and $57 million to the Rockefeller...
William Avery "Devil Bill" Rockefeller Sr. (November 13, 1810 – May 11, 1906) was an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con artist who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston.
Rockefeller's correspondence with his docile son John D. Jr. is surprisingly eloquent. Between the lines, these letters reveal the strong personalities and the sometimes strained...
Jul 7, 2024 · A standoff ensued, and the state militia ultimately set fire to the makeshift settlement where thousands of workers and their families had been living. Some 60 people were killed, including two women and 11 children. Rockefeller Jr. was said to have worked his entire life to reclaim the Rockefeller name through charity work.
Jul 13, 1998 · The key to his personality, Mr. Chernow said, was the figure of his father, William Avery Rockefeller, a snake-oil salesman and adulterer who left his family penniless. A sexually profligate...
Jul 17, 2006 · Arkansas Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller, a reserved billionaire rancher who was more likely to sport a Timex watch and decorate his state office in castoffs than advertise his status as heir to an...
