Ancestry of
Nelson Rockefeller

41st U.S. Vice-President

John Davison Rockefeller

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• • Grandfather of Nelson Rockefeller — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • William Avery Rockefeller 
  • Mother:
  • Eliza Davison   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Jul 1839 
  • Birth Location:
  • Richford, Tioga, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 May 1937 
  • Death Location:
  • The Casements, Ormond Beach, Volusia, Florida 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Laura Celestia Spelman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Sep 1864 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio 
  • Child:

  John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Founder and Chairman of Standard Oil and Co-Founder of the University of Chicago.

• 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).