1895 Stock Certificate Signed by GEORGE WIDENER Died in RMS Titanic Sinking!

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1895 Philadelphia Traction Company Stock Certificate Signed by RMS Titanic Victim George Dunton Widener
Early Philadelphia trolley company. Certificate is hand-signed by magnate George Dunton Widener. Widener was the son of P.A.B. Widener and inherited the massive estate when his father died. In March 1912, George travelled to Paris with his wife and son Harry Widener, to find a new chef for his famous hotel in Philadelphia, the Ritz Carlton. Sadly, when returning from this trip, they decided to return on the maiden voyage of the ill-fated Titanic. George and his son Harry perished in the Atlantic, his wife was a survivor who made it onto a lifeboat. Nice bold signature. Orange, 100 share certificate issued in 1906, just a few years before the epic disaster.  Serial number 15029, issued to M.P, Heraty on Jan. 24, 1895. Signatures from Titanic victims are highly sought after!
George Dunton Widener
(June
16, 1861 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman who died in the
sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Early life
Widener was born in Philadelphia on June 16,
1861. He was the eldest son of Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896) and Peter
Arrell Brown Widener (1834–1915), an extremely wealthy streetcar
magnate.
Career
He joined his father’s business and eventually took over
the running of the Philadelphia Traction Company, overseeing the development of
cable and electric streetcar operations. He also served on the board
of directors of several important area businesses, including Philadelphia
Traction Co., Land Title Bank and Trust Co., Electric Storage Battery Co.,
and Portland Cement Co. A patron of the arts, Widener was a director of
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
RMS Titanic
In 1912, Widener, his wife, and their son Harry traveled
to Paris, France, with original intentions to find a chef for
Widener’s new Philadelphia hotel, The Ritz Carlton. The Wideners
booked their return passage on RMS Titanic. After the ship struck
an iceberg, Widener placed his wife and her maid Amalie Gieger in a
lifeboat. The women were rescued by the steamship RMS Carpathia, but
Widener and his son Harry and their valet Edwin Keeping perished on the
Titanic. The bodies of the father and son, if recovered, were not
identified.
Personal life
In 1883, he married Eleanor Elkins, the daughter
of his father’s business partner, William Lukens Elkins. Together,
they had two sons and a daughter:
Harry Elkins Widener (1885–1912), who died aboard the
Titanic.
George Dunton Widener Jr. (1889–1971), who
married Jessie Sloane Dodge (1883–1968) in 1917.
Eleanor Widener (1891–1966), who married Fitz
Eugene Dixon on June 19, 1912. Eleanor sued Dixon for divorce in 1936.
After Widener and his son’s death aboard the Titanic, a
memorial service was held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Elkins Park,
Pennsylvania, where stained glass windows were dedicated in their
memory.
Descendants
He was the maternal grandfather of Fitz Eugene Dixon
Jr. (1923–2006). Dixon, who lived in Philadelphia, owned the Philadelphia
76ers and was a part owner of the Eagles, the Phillies and
the Flyers.
Residence
Widener had commissioned Horace Trumbauer to
design and oversee construction of Miramar, a 30,000-square-foot
(2,800 m2) French neoclassical-style mansion bordering Bellevue Avenue
on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Intended as a
summer home, it was still in the design stage at the time of his death.
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