1895 - 1948 (52 years)
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Name |
Peter Arrell Brown Widener |
Suffix |
II |
Birth |
25 Jun 1895 |
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
20 Apr 1948 |
Lankenau Hospital, Bryn Mawr |
Person ID |
I105724 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Family |
Gertrude Thomson Douglas, b. Abt 1899 d. 3 Feb 1970, Lowell Hotel, East 63rd Street, New York, USA (Age ~ 71 years) |
Marriage |
- 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.
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Children |
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Family ID |
F38567 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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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.
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