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  1. William Avery Rockefeller was born in Ancram, New York. [3] He was the eldest son of businessman/farmer Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (September 24, 1783 in Albany, New York – September 28, 1857 in Richford, New York) and Lucy Avery (February 11, 1786 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts – April 6, 1867).

  2. 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.

  3. Jun 14, 2019 · William Avery Rockefeller’s son would go on to become one of the richest men of all time. Famously money-hungry, John D. spoke admiringly of his father’s piles of cash long after he had made a ...

  4. William Rockefeller. William Rockefeller (born May 31, 1841, Richford, N.Y., U.S.—died June 24, 1922, Tarrytown, N.Y.) was an American industrialist and financier, a member of the famed Rockefeller family, and known in conjunction with his older brother, John D. Rockefeller, for his role in the establishment and growth of the Standard Oil ...

  5. Brief Life History of William Avery. When William Avery Rockefeller was born on 8 August 1896, in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, William Goodsell Rockefeller, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth “Elsie” Stillman, was 24. He married Florence Lincoln on 9 February 1918, in Manhattan, New York City ...

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  6. Jun 9, 2022 · William was born in 1810. He is the son of Godfrey Rockefeller and Lucy Avery . 1837: William Avery Rockefeller, Sr. married Eliza Davison on February 18 in Niles, Cayuga County, NY. [1] Appeared in the 1850 Canada Census in Clarke, Durham, Canada West. The household included: William age 40, occupation yeoman [sic farmer]; Roena age 33; James ...

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  8. Rockefeller was born on September 11, 1903, to Percy Avery Rockefeller and Isabel Goodrich Stillman. [2] His paternal grandparents were William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and Almira Geraldine Goodsell. His maternal grandfather was James Jewett Stillman (1850–1918), the chairman of the board of directors of the National City Bank . [ 3 ]

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