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Alta Rockefeller Prentice (April 12, 1871 – June 21, 1962) was an American philanthropist and socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
2 de oct. de 2021 · Alta Rockefeller Prentice, 91, last surviving of John D. Rockefeller's five children, and Governor Nelson Rockefeller's aunt, who, in the family tradition of philanthropy, shared her wealth with settlement houses, hospitals and museums; after a long illness; in Manhattan.
When Alta Rockefeller was born on 12 April 1871, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, John Davison Rockefeller Sr., was 31 and her mother, Laura Celestia “‘Cettie” Spelman, was 31. She married Ezra Parmalee Prentice on 17 January 1901, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Ezra Parmelee Prentice (1863-1955), eldest son of Sartell and Mary Isham Prentice; m., Jan. 18, 1901, Alta Rockefeller (1871-1962), dau. of John D. Rockefeller. Children of Ezra and Alta: John Rockefeller Prentice (1902-1972) Mary Adeline Prentice (1907-1981), m. 1937, Benjamin Davis Gilbert (1907-1992) Spelman Prentice (1911-2000)
This Marmon was built for Alta R. Prentice, John D. Rockefeller's youngest daughter, as a gift from her husband, Ezra R. Prentice. He ordered two special Marmon Sixteens in 1932 both built on 154-inch chassis (up from the standard 145) with Waterhouse coachwork – a 4-door convertible sedan and a 4-door phaeton.
Kert, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 76-77, cites the phrase from a 1988 personal correspondence between herself and Spelman Prentice, Alta and Parmalee's son. However, Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , 106-7, used the same phrase in his 1956 book.
John Rockefeller Prentice (December 17, 1902 – June 13, 1972) was an American attorney and member of the prominent Rockefeller family. He was born to Chicago lawyer Ezra Parmalee Prentice and Alta Rockefeller Prentice in New York. Prentice's maternal grandfather was the Standard Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937).
