Tioga and Venango Streets Passenger Railway Co. signed by George D. Widener - Died on the Titanic - 1902 dated Autographed Stock Certificate

Stock signed by George D. Widener who died on the Titanic! Rare!

George Dunton Widener (June 16, 1861 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Widener was born in Philadelphia on June 16, 1861. He was the eldest son of Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896) & Peter Arrell Brown Widener (1834–1915), an extremely wealthy streetcar magnate.

He joined his father's business & eventually took over the running of the Philadelphia Traction Company, overseeing the development of cable & electric streetcar operations. He also served on the board of directors of several important area businesses, including Philadelphia Traction Co., Land Title Bank & Trust Co., Electric Storage Battery Co., & Portland Cement Co. A patron of the arts, Widener was a director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1912, Widener, his wife, & their son Harry traveled to Paris, France, w/ original intentions to find a chef for Widener's new Philadelphia hotel, The Ritz Carlton. The Wideners booked their return passage on RMS Titanic. After the ship struck an iceberg, Widener placed his wife & her maid Amalie Gieger in a lifeboat. The women were rescued by the steamship RMS Carpathia, but Widener & his son Harry & their valet Edwin Keeping perished on the Titanic. The bodies of the father & son, if recovered, were not identified.