Family: Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt/Sophia Johnson (F8)

• Father | Male Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	27 May 1794	Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
  Died	04 Jan 1877	Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
  Buried	07 Jan 1877	Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
  Married	19 Dec 1813  [1, 2, 3]
  Other Spouse	Frank Armstrong Crawford | F17
  Married	20 Aug 1869	London, Ontario, Canada
  Father	Cornelius Vanderbilt | F1 Group Sheet
  Mother	Phebe Hand | F1 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Sophia Johnson

  
  

  Born	abt. 1795	New York
  Died	17 Aug 1868	New York
  Buried		Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
  Father	Nathaniel Johnson | F7 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eleanor Vander Bilt | F7 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female > Phebe Jane Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	07 Nov 1814	New York
  Died	1878
  Buried
  Spouse	James Madison Cross | F18
  Married	1834

  
  

  Child 2 | Female > Ethelinda Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	08 Mar 1818	New York
  Died	25 Feb 1889	New York
  Buried	28 Feb 1889
  Spouse	Daniel Bricknell Allen | F9
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Male > William Henry Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	08 May 1821	New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey
  Died	08 Dec 1885
  Buried		Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
  Spouse	Maria Louisa Kissam | F16
  Married	1840

  
  

  Child 4 | Female > Emily Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	1823	New York
  Died	05 Dec 1896
  Buried
  Spouse	William Knapp Thorne | F10
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Eliza Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	1828	New York
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	George Archer Osgood | F11
  Married	1846

  
  

  Child 6 | Female > Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	1830	New York
  Died	24 Feb 1912	New York, New York
  Buried
  Spouse	Daniel Torrance | F12
  Married	1849

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Marie Louise Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	1835	New York
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Horace F. Clarke | F13
  Married
  Spouse	Robert Nivens | F21
  Married

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Frances Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	abt. 1829	New York
  Died	abt. 1869
  Buried

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	abt. 1830	New York
  Died	02 Apr 1882	New York
  Buried		Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
  Spouse	Ellen Williams | F19
  Married		Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

  
  

  Child 10 | Female Maria Elecia Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	1834	New York
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Nicholas B. La Bau | F14
  Married

  
  

  Child 11 | Female > Katherine Juliette Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	1834	New York
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Smith Barker | F15
  Married	1850
  Spouse	Gustave Lafitte | F20
  Married

  
  

  Child 12 | Male George Vanderbilt

  
  

  Born	abt. 1839	New York
  Died		Paris, France
  Buried

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Vanderbilt Home: 640 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY
  		Original Vanderbilt Home - Bellona Hotel Before the addition. Link sent by Chuck Heller 4/27/09. http://kenlew.com/collections/postcards/nb/nb225-l.jpg
  		Bellona Hotel Link sent 4/27/09 by Chuck Heller http://www.nbfpl.org/postcards/pc88.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  1846 - moved to the residence at No. 10 Washington Place. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Croffut, W. A. The Vanderbilts and the Story of Their Fortune. London: Belford, Clarke, 1886. , 24. [S21] Vanderbilt Legend: the Story of the Vanderbilt Family, , Andrews, Wayne, (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1941.), http://tinyurl.com/2qku8p., 9, 1941. [S32] Bayles, Richard M. History of Richmond County: (Staten Island) New York, from Its Discovery to the Present Time. Ann Arbor, Mich: University Microfilm International, 1981, 589. [S1] Croffut, W. A. The Vanderbilts and the Story of Their Fortune. London: Belford, Clarke, 1886. , 37, 1886.