Peter Arrell Brown Widener, II
1895 - 1948 (52 years)
Generation: 1
1. Peter Arrell Brown Widener, II was born on 25 Jun 1895 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA (son of Joseph Early Widener and Ella Pancoast); died on 20 Apr 1948 in Lankenau Hospital, Bryn Mawr. Notes:
PAB II followed in his father's footsteps and bred and raced championship race horses for decades beginning after World War I. He and his wife were prominent in racing circles both as owners as well as hosts of numerous functions, on the racetrack and off. In March 1939 PAB II took over as president of Hialeah Park from his father and also assumed control and ownership of Elmendorf Farm in Kentucky.
PAB II left his estate to his family having created trust funds for his wife and daughter and willing his racing farm to his son PAB III.Family/Spouse: Gertrude Thomson Douglas. Gertrude (daughter of Curtis Noble Douglas and Nancy Sherman Thomson) was born about 1899; died on 3 Feb 1970 in Lowell Hotel, East 63rd Street, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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The wedding of PAB II and Gertrude took place in the Rembrandt Room at Lynnewood Hall, which housed 14 paintings by the artist of that name, in front of 20 family members and friends. The newlyweds set sail on the Berengaria to spend their honeymoon in Europe.- Peter Arrell Brown Widener, III
- Ella Widener was born on 14 Jun 1928; died on 6 May 1986 in American Hospital, Paris, France.
2. Joseph Early Widener Joseph + Ella Pancoast. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Ella Pancoast Children:
- 1. Peter Arrell Brown Widener, II was born on 25 Jun 1895 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA; died on 20 Apr 1948 in Lankenau Hospital, Bryn Mawr.
- Josephine "Fifi" Pancoast Widener was born in 1902 in Philadelphia, USA; died on 6 Mar 1961; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.