Views: 44,474 Noted High Society Playboy and Titanic Survivor Brings Notoriety to  Bernards Township. It’s a fun story, but you have to hang in there. First, we must provide a little background about John’s father, who didn’t survive the Titanic disaster. In 1909, John Jacob Astor IV divorced his wife, Ava, and, two years later, … Continue reading Titanic Survivor Astor and Basking Ridge