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The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the United States.
Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was an American socialite and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. Noted forebears [ edit ] He was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt , who bequeathed him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt (who ...
The Vanderbilt mausoleum, designed by Richard Morris Hunt and constructed in 1885–1886, [3] is part of the family's private cemetery adjacent to Moravian cemetery. Hunt's design was inspired by the 12th-century Romanesque Saint-Gilles-du-Gard Abbey near Arles, France. The landscaped grounds around the mausoleum were designed by Frederick Law ...
Cornelia was born at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina on August 22, 1900. [4] She was the daughter, and only child, [5] of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914) and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958). [6] Her father, the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa ( née Kissam) Vanderbilt, built a 250-room ...
Portrait of Alice Vanderbilt, c. 1895. With her daughter Gertrude in 1895. While teaching Sunday school at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City, she met Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam. They were married on February 4, 1867, at the Church of the Incarnation on Madison ...
Maria Louisa Kissam. Relatives. Herbert M. Harriman (brother-in-law) Signature. William Kissam Vanderbilt I (December 12, 1849 – July 22, 1920 [1]) was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and horsebreeder. Born into the Vanderbilt family, he managed his family's railroad investments. [2]
Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman. He was a member of the Vanderbilt family .