Ancestry of
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- William Avery Rockefeller
- Mother:
- Eliza Davison
- Birth Date:
- 8 Jul 1839
- Birth Location:
- Richford, Tioga, New York
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 23 May 1937
- Death Location:
- The Casements, Ormond Beach, Volusia, Florida
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
- Notes:
Founder and Chairman of Standard Oil and Co-Founder of the University of Chicago.
John Davison Rockefeller
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Marriages for John Davison Rockefeller
- Spouse:
- Laura Celestia Spelman
- Marriage Date:
- 8 Sep 1864
- Marriage Location:
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
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Sources for John Davison Rockefeller
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/23/2012).
- 2 NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 71.
- 3 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 327.
- 4 Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Marriage record for John D. Rockefeller and Laura C. Spelman.
- 5 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #92955, Membership application for Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.
- 6 Abel, Jules, The Rockefeller Billions: The Story of the World's Most Stupendous Fortune, New York: The Macmillan Company (1965).
- 7 Avery, Elroy McKendree and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, The Groton Avery Clan, Cleveland: n. p. (1912), Vol. 1, p. 587.
- 8 Eldridge, William Henry, Henry Genealogy: The Descendants of Samuel Henry of Hadley and Amherst, Mass., 1734-1790 and Lurana . . ., Boston, Massachusetts: Press of T. R. Marvin and Son (1915), 74-75.
- 9 Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/07/2017).
- 10 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 434.
- 11 Rockefeller, Henry Oscar, Rockefeller Genealogy, New York, New York: Rockefeller Family Association (ca.1954-1965), 200-202.
- 12 Sweet, Homer De Lois, The Averys of Groton, Syracuse, New York: Rice-Taylor Print. Co. (1894), 0605.
- 13 Wikipedia, "John D. Rockefeller", (accessed 11/23/2012).