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Her Family was part of the Episcopel church that the Astor Family were also members of. It is unknown when exactly when John Jacob Astor and Madeleine origionally met. There is some documentation showing that he hosted her family at Bar Harbor in September On April 14, aboard the Titanic John Astor reported to his wife that the ship appeared to have hit an iceberg, but that the damage didn't appear to be extensive.

Though he then helped strap her to a lifeboat where she gave Filly Aks, son of Leah Aks, her fur shawl to help him keep warm. John is believed to have cut a extra lifeboat strap with a knife showing Madeline what it was made of. After which they went down to sit down in the Gymnasium. When it was time to get off the sinking Titanic Madeline, her maid and her nurse climbed through the first class promenade to get on lifeboat 4, which was lowered to block A to allow more people to get on.

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John hoped to board to help her since she was considered 'in a delicate condition'. The request was denied by Second Officer Charles Lightoller.. John and his valet passed away when the Titanic sunk, while Madeleine and the rest of lifeboat 4 were rescued by the RMS Carpathia. When Madeleine returned, she was kept in strict isolation with her first social function not occurring until end of May when she held a luncheon at her mansion.

On August 14, , Madeleine gave birth to Jakey at her Fifth Avenue mansion she raised him as an Astor for 4 years until her second marriage. They had no children. On April 27, , Madeleine's husband, John Jacob Astor's carat gold watch fetched the highest ever price for a piece of Titanic memorabilia. The watch was recovered from John Jacob's body, restored and worn by his son, Vincent.