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William Kissam Vanderbilt I was born on December 12, 1849, in New Dorp, New York, on Staten Island. His parents were Maria Louisa Kissam and William Henry Vanderbilt , the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt , an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family who was the richest American after he took over his father's fortune in 1877 until his own death in 1885.
He was born on October 26, 1878, in New York City, [1] the second child and first son of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. His maternal grandfather was Murray Forbes Smith. Known as Willie K., he was a brother to Harold Stirling Vanderbilt and Consuelo Vanderbilt.
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The progenitor of the Vanderbilt family was Jan Aertszoon or Aertson (1620–1705), 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 name of Jan's village, in the genitive case, was added to the Dutch "van" ("from...
Amy Vanderbilt(1908–1974) — believed to be a descended from either a brother or a cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833–1893): husband of Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt ShepardFrank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt (1839–1885): 2nd wife of Cornelius VanderbiltAssociates
The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the Vanderbilt family.
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Not much is known about William K. Vanderbilt lll short life ending with a tragic accident in 1933. A look at news reports from The New York Times and The Brooklyn Eagle from November 16th, 1933. Greg O. William Kissam Vanderbilt III, born October 26th, 1907, was Willie K. Vanderbilt Jr's (ll) only son of his three children.
William K. Vanderbilt. Two men named William Kissam Vanderbilt were prominent members of the Vanderbilt family, descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt. William K. Vanderbilt was the son of William Henry Vanderbilt and a grandson of "Commodore" Vanderbilt. He took an interest in managing the family`s railroad until middle age, and spent his later ...
William Kissam Vanderbilt II (26 October 1878 – 8 January 1944) was a motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. Born on October 26, 1878, in New York City, the second child and first son of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith.
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The second son of William Henry Vanderbilt, from whom he inherited $55 million, and grandson of "The Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, William Kissam Vanderbilt was for a time active in the management of the family railroads, though not much after 1903. His sons, William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944) and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884–1970), were the last to be active in the railroads ...
