Mary Rockefeller

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Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller (June 17, 1907 – April 21, 1999) was the first wife of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, a Governor of New York. He served, after their divorce, as the 41st Vice President of the United States.

Biography

Known as Tod to her family, she was born in Philadelphia. Her father, Percy Hamilton Clark, was an attorney and noted cricketer, and her mother was Elizabeth Williams Roberts, daughter of George B. Roberts, a former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

She married Nelson Rockefeller on June 23, 1930, at St. Asaph's Episcopal Church in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, with a reception at the home of her parents, a few days after Nelson had graduated from Dartmouth College. They had five children: Rodman Rockefeller, Ann Rockefeller, Steven Clark Rockefeller, and twins Michael Clark Rockefeller and Mary Rockefeller.

Tod Rockefeller divorced her husband on March 16, 1962.^[1] A year later, Happy Murphy became the governor's second wife.

Mary Todhunter Rockefeller died in New York City in 1999 at the age of 91.^[2]

References

↑ "Rockefeller, Second Wife Expecting Baby In June". New York Times. January 1, 1964. Retrieved 2010-12-09. "Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, is a father-to-be. ... Rockefeller, 55, is a grand-father. He and his first wife, Mrs. Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller, who divorced him in Reno, Nev., on March 16, 1962, ..."
↑ Eric Pace (22 April 1999), "Mary C. Rockefeller, Governor's Former Wife, Dead at 91", New York Times: C23, retrieved 17 December 2009, "Mary Clark Rockefeller, who was prominent in the education of nurses and was New York State's First Lady when she was married to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, died yesterday at her home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She was 91. ..."

Honorary titles
Preceded by Marie Harriman	First Lady of New York 1959–1962	Succeeded by Margaretta Rockefeller

v t e Rockefeller family

Patrilineal Ancestors	Johann Peter Rockefeller (1681—1763, arrived in America c. 1723) Peter Rockefeller (1711—1787) m. Mary Bellis (1723—1772) William Rockefeller (1750—1793) m. Christina Rockefeller (1754—1800) Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (1784—1857) m. Lucy Avery (1786—1867) William Avery Rockefeller (1810—1906) m. 1st Eliza Davison (1813—1889), m. 2nd Margaret L. Allen (1834—1910)

William Avery Rockefeller (1810—1906)	Lucy Rockefeller Clorinda Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller (m.) Laura Celestia Spelman Cornelia Rockefeller William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. (m.) Almira Geraldine Goodsell Mary Ann Rockefeller Franklin Rockefeller Frances Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller (1839—1937) William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. (1841—1922)	Elizabeth Rockefeller (m.) Charles Augustus Strong Alice Rockefeller Alta Rockefeller Edith Rockefeller (m.) Harold Fowler McCormick John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (m.) Abigail Greene Aldrich Lewis Edward Rockefeller Emma Rockefeller (m.) David Hunter McAlpin William Goodsell Rockefeller (m.) Sarah Elizabeth Stillman John Davison Rockefeller II Percy Avery Rockefeller (m.) Isabel Goodrich Stillman Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller (m.) Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr.

Elizabeth Rockefeller (1866—1906) Alta Rockefeller (1871—1962) John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874—1960)	Margaret Rockefeller Strong John Rockefeller Prentice Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller (m. 1st) David Milton (m. 2nd) Irving H. Pardee (m. 3rd) Jean Mauzé John Davison Rockefeller III (m.) Blanchette Ferry Hooker Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (m. 1st) Mary Todhunter Clark (m. 2nd) Margaretta Large Fitler Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (m.) Mary French Winthrop Aldrich Rockefeller (m. 1st) Jievute Paulekiute (m. 2nd) Jeannette Edris David Rockefeller (m.) Margaret McGrath

William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870—1922) Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878—1934) Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller (1882—1973)	Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller (m.) Helen Gratz James Stillman Rockefeller John Sterling Rockefeller Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (m.) Frederic Walker Lincoln IV Avery Rockefeller Winifred Rockefeller Faith Rockefeller Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr.

John Rockefeller Prentice (1902—1972)	Abra Prentice

John Davison Rockefeller III (1906—1978) Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908—1979) Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910—2004) Winthrop Aldrich Rockefeller (1912—1973) David Rockefeller (1915) Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller (1899—1983)	John Davison Rockefeller IV Hope Aldrich Rockefeller Alida Ferry Rockefeller Rodman Clark Rockefeller Ann Rockefeller Steven Clark Rockefeller Michael Clark Rockefeller Mary Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Jr. Mark Fitler Rockefeller Laura Spelman Rockefeller Marion French Rockefeller Lucy Rockefeller Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, Jr. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller David Rockefeller, Jr. Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller Neva Rockefeller Margaret Dulany Rockefeller Richard Gilder Rockefeller Eileen Rockefeller Godfrey Anderson Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller IV (1937)	Justin Aldrich Rockefeller

Rodman Clark Rockefeller (1932—2000)	Meile Louise Rockefeller Peter Rockefeller Stuart Rockefeller

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Persondata
Name	Rockefeller, Mary Todhunter
Alternative names
Short description	First Lady of New york
Date of birth	June 17, 1907
Place of birth
Date of death	April 21, 1999
Place of death

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