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Alta Rockefeller Prentice (April 12, 1871 – June 21, 1962) was an American philanthropist and socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
When Alta Rockefeller was born on 12 April 1871, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, John Davison Rockefeller Sr., was 31 and her mother, Laura Celestia “‘Cettie” Spelman, was 31. She married Ezra Parmalee Prentice on 17 January 1901, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
- Female
- Ezra Parmalee Prentice
Alta Rockefeller Prentice, 91, last surviving of John D. Rockefeller's five children, and Governor Nelson Rockefeller's aunt, who, in the family tradition of philanthropy, shared her wealth with settlement houses, hospitals and museums; after a long illness; in Manhattan.
Oct 2, 2021 · Alta Rockefeller Prentice, 91, last surviving of John D. Rockefeller's five children, and Governor Nelson Rockefeller's aunt, who, in the family tradition of philanthropy, shared her wealth with settlement houses, hospitals and museums; after a long illness; in Manhattan.
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Col. Ezra Parmalee Prentice
- Ohio
- April 12, 1871
Ezra Parmelee Prentice (1863-1955), eldest son of Sartell and Mary Isham Prentice; m., Jan. 18, 1901, Alta Rockefeller (1871-1962), dau. of John D. Rockefeller. Children of Ezra and Alta: John Rockefeller Prentice (1902-1972) Mary Adeline Prentice (1907-1981), m. 1937, Benjamin Davis Gilbert (1907-1992) Spelman Prentice (1911-2000)
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She was the third daughter of philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller (1839—1937) and Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman (1839—1915). Alta married attorney Ezra Parmalee Prentice (July 29, 1863 — 1955), son of Sartell Prentice and Jemima Parmalee, in 1901.
