Rockefeller family is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes.
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10 Facts About Rockefeller family
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The Rockefeller family had a long association with, and control of, Chase Manhattan Bank.
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The Rockefeller family originated in Rhineland in Germany and family members moved to the Americas in the early 18th century, while through Eliza Davison, with family roots in Middlesex County, New Jersey, John D Rockefeller and William Rockefeller Jr.
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Rockefeller family originated in the Rhineland region in Germany and can be traced to the town Neuwied in the early 17th century.
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The American family branch is descended from Johann Peter Rockefeller, who migrated from the Rhineland to Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania around 1723.
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Rockefeller family had six children with his first wife Eliza Davison, a daughter of a Scots-Irish farmer, the most prominent of which were oil tycoons John D Rockefeller and William A Rockefeller Jr.
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The records of the Rockefeller family archives relating to both the Rockefeller family and individual members' net worth are closed to researchers.
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John D Rockefeller gave away US$540 million over his lifetime, and became the greatest lay benefactor of medicine in history.
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Rockefeller family archives are held at the Rockefeller Archive Center in Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, NY.
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