Madeleine Talmage Force was an American socialite and a survivor of the RMS Titanic. She was also the widow and second wife of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV.
Madeleine Talmage Force was born on June 19, 1893, in Brooklyn, New York. She was the younger daughter of William Hurlbut Force and Katherine Arvilla Talmage . Madeleines elder sister Katherine Emmons Force was a real estate businesswoman and socialite. Through father William, she and Katherine had French ancestry and were grandnieces of builder Ephraim S. Force . Mother Katherine had Dutch ancestry.
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