This farsighted venture of Cornelius, yielded It's all part of the family tree. 50 years later and in control of such wealth, the Commodore invested They had 13 children together: Phebe Jane Vanderbilt (18141878) Ethelinda Vanderbilt (18171889) Eliza Vanderbilt (18191890) William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt (18211885) Emily Almira Vanderbilt (18231896) Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt (18251912) Maria Louisa Vanderbilt (18271896) Frances Lavinia Vanderbilt (18281868) Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (18301882) George Washington Vanderbilt I (18321836) Mary Alicia Vanderbilt (18341902) Catherine Juliette Vanderbilt (18361881) George Washington Vanderbilt II (18391864)[12]:927 In addition to running his ferry, Vanderbilt bought his brother-in-law John De Forest's schooner Charlotte and traded in food and merchandise in partnership with his father and others. He encouraged his wife to pursue her art. [6], After Thomas Gibbons died in 1826, Vanderbilt worked for Gibbons' son William until 1829. considerable generosity when it came to worthy causes such as endowing But he proved himself a good businessman, and eventually became the head of the Staten Island Railway. [18], New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Vanderbilt used the leverage of a lawsuit to recover his losses, but he and Gould became public enemies. While it may have been a period of excitement for Gloria, 1978 brought more tragedy into her life. Cornelia was raised at Biltmore. Vanderbilt took control of the company just before these developments were announced. Featuring famous relatives, descendants still living today, and more, this list has it all. Anderson Cooper [1967] Anderson Cooper, son of Gloria Laura Vanderbilt [1924], is currently the only known prominent and active descendant of the famous Vanderbilt family, which had its origin with Cornelius Vanderbilt [1794-1877], the shipping and later the railroad tycoon of the nineteenth century. But the new Nicaraguan government refused to allow Vanderbilt to restart the transit business, so he started a line by way of Panama, eventually developing a monopoly on the California steamship business. In 1969 she was elected to the Fashion Hall of Fame. He also went to Washington, D.C., to hire Daniel Webster to argue the case before the Supreme Court. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. An advertising campaign blitz and personal appearances ensured the gilded name of Vanderbilt appeared on the backsides of women across the country. Later, his son William Henry Vanderbilt donated a further 4 acres (1.6ha). According to one version of events, he borrowed $100 from his mother to purchase a periauger (a shallow draft, two masted sailing vessel). Cornelius VanderbiltCornelius Vanderbilt I (May 27, 1794 January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquets ( A sobriquet is a nickname or a fancy name, usually a familiar name given by others as distinct from a pseudonym assumed as a disguise, but a nickname which is familiar enough such that it can be used in place of a real name without the need of explanation.) Vanderbilt's father. Together they raised Vanderbilt's two sons with Stokowski and had two of their own . Called the "trial of the century" by the press, the court proceedings were the subject of wide and sensational press coverage due to the wealth and prominence of the involved parties, and the scandalous. Age: Dec. at 93 (1899-1992) Birthplace: Roslyn, New York That all changed on April 28, 1898, when he proposed to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser. When her father died while she was a toddler, she and her half-sister became the subject of a custody suit between her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who ultimately gained custody. Gloria Vanderbilt with . Their mother described it to be a psychotic episode that resulted from an allergic reaction to the anti-asthma medication, Salbutamol. In early 1853, he took his family on a grand tour of Europe in his steamship yacht, the North Star. Vanderbilt appealed his own case against the monopoly to the Supreme Court, which was next on the docket after Gibbons v. Ogden. Vanderbilt became the richest American after he took over his father's fortune in 1877 until his own death in 1885, passing on a substantial part of the fortune to his wife and children, particularly to his sons Cornelius II and William. That same year, the military adventurer, William Walker, took control of Nicaragua. This would make him the second-wealthiest person in American history, after John D. 14 East 16th Street", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanderbilt_family&oldid=1142373855, 17th-century Dutch emigrants to North America, Wikipedia articles that are excessively detailed from February 2023, All articles that are excessively detailed, Wikipedia articles with style issues from February 2023, Articles needing additional references from June 2019, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. In 1988 her 23 year-old-son Carter Cooper was visiting Gloria at her home in New York when completely out of the blue, the young man awoke from a fitful nap and ran to her terrace. On November 11, 1833, he was a passenger on a Camden & Amboy train that derailed in the meadows near Hightstown, New Jersey when a coach car axle broke because of a hot journal box. In 1870, he consolidated two of his key lines into the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, one of the first giant corporations in United States history. He also bought a church for $50,000 for his second wife's congregation, the Church of the Strangers. 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 (May 27, 1794 - January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquet Commodore, [1] was an American entrepreneur. The lives of Cornelius Commodore and The Vanderbilts' prominence lasted until the mid-20th century, when the family's 10 great Fifth Avenue mansions were torn down, and most other Vanderbilt houses were sold or turned into museums in what has been referred to as the "Fall of the House of Vanderbilt".[1][2]. (Although his daughters and Cornelius received bequests much smaller than those of their brothers, these made them very wealthy by the standards of 1877 and were not subject to inheritance tax.). In his will, he disowned all his sons except for William, who was as ruthless in business as his father and the only one Cornelius believed capable of maintaining the business empire. Job Summary. A maid testified to seeing the glamorous widow Vanderbilt bathing her feet in Champagne and gave evidence of an apparent lesbian relationship with a member of the British royal family, the marchioness of Milford Haven (ne Nadjeda, Countess Torby, who married a nephew of Queen Mary); her mother eventually lost custody to Gloria's aunt Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney but litigation continued. He chose to be buried there. The Vanderbilt Family Mausoleum was designed in 1885 by architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted. Occupation Entrepreneur Spouse Sophia Johnson (17951868) (his first cousin) Frank Armstrong Crawford (18391885) m. 1869 Children Phebe Jane (Vanderbilt) Cross Ethelinda (Vanderbilt) Allen Eliza (Vanderbilt) Osgood William Henry Vanderbilt Emily Almira (Vanderbilt) Thorn Sophia Johnson (Vanderbilt) Torrance Maria Louisa (Vanderbilt) Clark Niven Frances Lavinia Vanderbilt Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt George Washington Vanderbilt 18321836 Mary Alicia (Vanderbilt) LaBau Berger Catherine Juliette (Vanderbilt) Barker LaFitte George Washington Vanderbilt Parents Cornelius Vanderbilt Phebe Hand, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, Born: 7 May 1795 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, Died: 1868 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, Marriage: 19 Nov 1813 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA View Info, Phebe Jane Vanderbilt F 7 Nov 1814 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, Ethelinda Vanderbilt F 1817 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, William Henry Vanderbilt M 8 May 1821 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, Emily Almira Vanderbilt F 1823 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt F 9 Mar 1825 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, Maria Louisa Vanderbilt F 1827 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, Eliza Vanderbilt F 1828 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt M 29 Dec 1830 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, Mary Alicia Vanderbilt F 1834 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, Catherine Juliette Vanderbilt F 23 Aug 1836 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, Born: 13 Jan 1839 in Mobile, [county], Alabama, USA, Died: 4 May 1885 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, Marriage: 21 Aug 1869 in Tecumseh Hotel, London, Ontario, Canada. ne Cross, Ethelinda Allen, Elizabeth Eliza Osgood, Emily Elmira Thorn, Sophia Johnson Torrance, Maria Louisa Vanderbilt, Frances Lavinia Eleanora Van Duzer, Mary Polly Simonson, Charlotte Egbert, Jacob Hand Vanderbilt, Jane Barton, son to distribute among his most valued friends. Welcome to the Vanderbilt Family page at Surname Finder, a service of Genealogy Today. Father of Phebe Jane Gross; Elizabeth Osgood; William Henry 'Billy' Vanderbilt; Emily Almira Thorn; Sophia Johnson Torrance and 7 others; Maria Louisa Clark; Frances Lavinia Vanderbilt; Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt; Ethelinda Allen; Mary Alicia La Bau; Catherine Juliette Lafitte and George Washington Vanderbilt less In fact this was not the last time that Gould would serve to challenge a Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt eventually drove the Collins Line into extinction. In early 1853, he took his family on a grand tour of Europe in his steamship yacht, the North Star. During the 1850s, he also bought control of a major shipyard and the Allaire steam engine works in Manhattan. He avoided capture by those who sought to arrest him and impound the ship. The court battle lasted more than a year and was ultimately won outright by William Henry Vanderbilt, who then increased the bequests to his siblings and paid their legal fees. He bought control of the Hudson River Railroad in 1864, the New York Central Railroad in 1867, and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway in 1869. 6 replies. The year before, the Lumets divorced and Gloria, at age 40, married editor-writer Wyatt Emory Cooper. Family tree of Cornelius VANDERBILT Industrialist, Businessman Born Cornelius VANDERBILT II American socialite, heir, and businessman Born on November 27, 1843 in Staten Island, New York, USA , United States Died on September 12, 1899 in New York City, New York, USA Born on November 27 35 Deceased on September 12 35 Family tree Report an error Once in charge of the Harlem, Vanderbilt encountered conflicts with connecting lines. George Washington Vanderbilt who died in 1864 at the age of 25 just two years after his namesake was born. 939 Sq. So he negotiated with Costa Rica, which (along with the other Central American republics) had declared war on Walker. This brought him into direct conflict with Jay Gould and James Fisk Jr, who had just joined Drew on the Erie board. The progenitor of the Vanderbilt family was Jan Aertszoon or Aertson (16201705), a Dutch farmer from the village of De Bilt in Utrecht, Netherlands, who emigrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherland as an indentured servant to the Van Kouwenhoven family in 1650. The Commodore had lived in relative modesty considering his nearly unlimited means, splurging only on race horses, leaving his descendants to build the Vanderbilt houses that characterize America's Gilded Age. While he was away, White conspired with Charles Morgan, Vanderbilt's erstwhile ally, to betray him, and deny him money he was owed by the Accessory Transit Company. [16], Though Vanderbilt had relinquished his presidency of the Stonington Railroad during the California gold rush, he took an interest in several railroads during the 1850s, serving on the boards of directors of the Erie Railway, the New Jersey Central, the New Haven and Hartford, and the New York and Harlem (popularly known as the Harlem). The only child of American railroad heir Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880-1925) and his wife, Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan (1904-1965), a beautiful Swiss-born socialite of American, Chilean, Spanish, and Irish descent, little Gloria became heiress to a four million dollar trust fund on her father's death when she was 2 years old. Gloria Vanderbilt received her education at the Art Students League in New York City, studying drawing, anatomy and painting. in order to build a ferry service on New York Bay. Alfred's eldest son, from his first marriage, Leopold Stanislaus "Stan" Stokowski (born 1950), Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper (born 2022), Countess Cornelia "Gilia" Szchnyi (19081958), Countess Alice "Ai" Szchnyi (19111974), Tobias Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone (born 1998), Countess Sylvia Anita Gabriel Denise Irene Marie "Sylvie" Szchnyi (19181998), Countess Ferdinandine "Bubby" Szchnyi (19232016), This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 01:36. All of the Vanderbilt multimillionaires descend through oldest son William Henry. When he passed away in January of 1877, he left 95% of his money to his eldest son William Henry Vanderbilt. In the 1840s, Vanderbilt constructed a large brick home for his family at 10 Washington Place, in Manhattan's present-day Greenwich Village neighborhood. She is many times an author and in 1994 created the anniversary graphic design for the Northwood University 25th annual Distinguished Womens celebration. He bought control of the Hudson River Railroad in 1864, the New York Central Railroad in 1867, and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway in 1869. Edmund Randolph, a close friend of Walker's, coerced the Accessory Transit's San Francisco agent, Cornelius K. Garrison, into opposing Vanderbilt. When the Commodore departed, Click the feathers to go to the Highlander site old, Apr 10 1945 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Feb 20 1924 - New York City, New York, United States, June 17 2019 - New York City, New York, United States, Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, Mercedes Gloria Vanderbilt, Mexico, April 22 was disclosed today that Orchestra Leader, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, "organization, and reaction of delegates, May 4 1945 - Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, Apr 23 1945 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, gossip :losely linked their names. William Henrys beloved trotting horses. They moved into a boarding house on Broad Street in Manhattan. But the new Nicaraguan government refused to allow Vanderbilt to restart the transit business, so he started a line by way of Panama, eventually constructing a monopoly on the California steamship business. [13] During the 1850s, Vanderbilt also bought control of a major shipyard and the Allaire Iron Works, a leading manufacturer of marine steam engines, in Manhattan. the Metropolitan Opera in 1883. Biltmore House officially opened to family and friends on Christmas Eve, 1895. He was deeply involved in the operation of the Metropolitan Opera, in collecting art, and in racing yachts. in Manhattan. He was also known as a philanthropist, displaying When Vanderbilt returned from Europe, he retaliated with a rival line to California, cutting prices until he forced Morgan and White to pay him off. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney family. I found a photo of her in a New York newspaper, The Evening World. Vanderbilt also outfitted a major expedition to New Orleans. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York City; luxurious "summer cottages" in Newport . estate that would rival none other. At the age of 16 Vanderbilt decided to start his own ferry service. For donating the Vanderbilt, he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. I will ruin you. Brother of Mary Polly Vanderbilt; Charlotte De Forest Egbert; Phoebe Laura Vanderbilt; Jacob Hand Vanderbilt; Phoebe Vanderbilt and 1 other; and Eleanor Vanderbilt less, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt. In 1829, Vanderbilt struck out on his own to provide steam service on the Hudson River between Manhattan and Albany, New York. [14], In November 1855, Vanderbilt began to buy control of Accessory Transit once again. New York Central Railroad. From Manhattan it ran up to Chatham Four Corners, New York, where it had a connection to the railroads running east and west. After his father's death in 1885, he lived with his mother at 640 Fifth Avenue until his own townhouse at 9 West 53rd Street was . Family (1) Spouse Oliver Belmont ( 11 January 1896 - 10 June 1908) (his death) View Site. in Staten Island, New York, USA , United States, Died on January 04, 1877 Market Realist is a registered trademark. In 1979, Murjani proposed launching a line of designer jeans carrying Gloria's brand. On March 30th, Paul and Gladys Szpry unceremoniously vacated their family's third-floor apartment of the Breakers, the iconic Gilded Age mansion constructed by their great-grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, in 1893. Volume - Jan 11 1877, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Birth of William Henry 'Billy' Vanderbilt, New York, Richmond County, New York, United States. He operated sailing schooners, which is where he gained his nickname of "Commodore.". This list includes the names of each famous person in the Vanderbilt family, along with information like where each person was born. Garrison brought Charles Morgan in New York into the plan. In the 1970's, she began her fashion empire by licensing her name with a line of scarves. Ancestry [13] During the 1850s, he also bought control of a major shipyard and the Allaire Iron Works, a leading manufacturer of marine steam engines, in Manhattan. Ms. Crawford herself was 43 years younger than her husband-to-be, Vanderbilt. To accomplish this, he undercut prices and also brought a landmark legal case Gibbons v. Ogden to the United States Supreme Court to overturn the monopoly. During He gave large gifts to the New York Public Library, Columbia University, and the American Fine Arts Society.

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