They're the "Magnificent" family written about by Booth Tarkington in a 1919 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
[DOC] [TLE] Booth Tarkington - Wikipedia [PAR] Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869  May 19, 1946) was an American 
novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and 
Alice Adams.