Peerage Record – 12669

     Claire McGinnis was born on 7 March 1929 at San Francisco, California, U.S.A.² She was the daughter of Felix Signoret McGinnis and Clara Leonhardt.² She married, firstly, Ivan Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky, son of Sergei Platonovich Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky and Ava Alice Muriel Astor, on 10 October 1949 at New York City, New York, U.S.A.^1,2 She and Ivan Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky were divorced in 1956.¹ She married, secondly, Garrick C. Stephenson.² She died on 13 April 2015 at age 86.
     From 10 October 1949, her married name became Obolensky.¹ From 24 May 1991, her married name became Stephenson.²

     Princess Sylvia Obolensky was born in 1932.¹ She is the daughter of Sergei Platonovich Obolensky, Prince Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky and Ava Alice Muriel Astor.¹
     She was educated at The Brearly School, New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Philip John Ryves Harding married Ava Alice Muriel Astor, daughter of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Loel Willing, in 1940.¹
     He was a journalist.¹

     Alice Harding was born circa 1947.¹ She is the daughter of Philip John Ryves Harding and Ava Alice Muriel Astor.¹

     Madeleine Talmadge Force married, firstly, Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV, son of William Backhouse Astor, Jr. and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, in September 1911.¹ She married, secondly, William L. Dick after 1912.¹
     From September 1911, her married name became Astor.¹ From after 1912, her married name became Dick.¹

     William L. Dick married Madeleine Talmadge Force after 1912.¹
     He was a banker.¹

     John Jacob Astor VI was born posthumously in 1912.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV and Madeleine Talmadge Force.¹ He married, firstly, Ellen Tuck French, daughter of Francis Ormand French and Eleanor Livingston Burrill, on 1 July 1934.¹ He and Ellen Tuck French were divorced in 1943.¹ He married, secondly, Gertrude Gretsch in 1946.¹ He and Gertrude Gretsch were divorced in 1954.¹ He married, thirdly, Dolores Fullman on 6 August 1954.¹

     Ellen Tuck French was born in 1916.² She is the daughter of Francis Ormand French and Eleanor Livingston Burrill.^1,2 She married, firstly, John Jacob Astor VI, son of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor IV and Madeleine Talmadge Force, on 1 July 1934.¹ She and John Jacob Astor VI were divorced in 1943.¹ She married, secondly, Raymond Richard Guest, son of Hon. Frederick Edward Guest and Anne Phipps, on 30 April 1953.³
     Ellen Tuck French also went by the nick-name of Tucky.¹ From 1 July 1934, her married name became Astor.¹ From 30 April 1953, her married name became Guest.

     Francis Ormand French was born on 12 September 1837.² He married Ellen Tuck on 5 March 1861.²
     He lived at New York, U.S.A.^G.³

     William Backhouse Astor was born in 1935.¹ He is the son of John Jacob Astor VI and Ellen Tuck French.¹ He married Charlotte Fisk.¹