Born in Manhattan, New York
Ancestors 
Daughter of Delancey Kane
and Louisa (Langdon) Kane
Sister of
Delancey Astor Kane, Samuel Nicholson Kane, John Innes Kane, Sybil Kent Kane and Woodbury Kane
Wife of
Augustus Jay
— married
3 Oct 1876 in New York City, NY
Descendants 
Mother of
Peter Augustus Jay and Delancey Kane Jay
Died
at age 78
in Manhattan, New York
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Nov 2008
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Biography
Emily Astor Kane, a sultry beauty known as “The Black Pearl” and a descendent of John Jacob Astor.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5Z6-LTS : accessed 1 October 2017), Emily A K Jay in household of Augustus Jay, Manhattan Ward 21, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 544, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1036; FHL microfilm 1,375,049.
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