Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-04-18 | Page 8 | Young Astor, Heir of Millions, Will Marry Heiress of Milions

oo Young Astor, Heir of Millions, Will Marry Heiress of Milions. NEW YORK, April 17. Society is expecting the, formal announcement jn a few-days' of .thjo engagement , of two of its most conspicuous young members. After an ardent youthful courtship of nearly aycar it is tacitly tac-itly admitted, that W. iYJnceut Aory only son 'of Colonel John Jacob As"-' Cor, who has won the heart and baud of Mlsa Catherine L Hamersley, who, with her brother, L. Gordon, inherited millions from several members of their family Vincent Astor, his father's T chum and destined to be the principal heir of the hundred or more millions of real estate In the family, Is oria of the most sensibly educated young men of jLbe city;. Instea'd or the frills of society his training has been practical, prac-tical, fitting him lo take chargo some day of tho Immense estate which will como to hlmndcr the custom of the A6tor family It is u tradition of this family that the head of It personally directs his vast property, devoting constant study to Its Improvement Miss Catherine Hamersley Is one of the two children of the late J Hooker Hamersley, who, marrying late In life, died about nine years ngo His wlfo soon followed him oo