Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, III

1873 - 1942

• Title	Brig. Gen.
  Suffix	III
  Born	12 Dec 1873	New York City, New York   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	01 Mar 1942	Miami, Dade County, Florida   [3, 4]
  Buried	New York
  Person ID	I74	Vanderbilt
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Cornelius Vanderbilt, II,   b. 27 Nov 1843, New York ,   d. 12 Sep 1899, New York
  Mother	Alice Claypoole Gwynne,   b. abt. 1845, Ohio ,   d. 22 Apr 1934, New York
  Married	1867
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Grace Wilson,   b. Oct 1870, New York
  Married	03 Aug 1896	New York, New York   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Cornelius Vanderbilt, IV,   b. Apr 1898, New York   2. Grace Vanderbilt,   b. Sep 1899, New York
  Photos		Homestead Resort Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III went here for their honeymoon and were frequent visitors - http://is.gd/tegF
  Last Modified	9 May 2009
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Cornelius Vanderbilt III Picture from obituary in Dallas Morning News - 2 Mar 1942.
  		Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt Picture from obituary in New York Times - March 2, 1942.
  		Cornelius Vanderbilt III Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2948783559/
  		Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Source: "Energetic Son of the House of Vanderbilt." Bourbon News [Paris, KY] 26 Aug. 1904. Library of Congress Chronicling America. http://tinyurl.com/q8x6z6

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1900 NY Census: Cornelius & Grace Vanderbilt Enumeration Date: 8 Mar 1900 Enumeration District: 741 Sheet: 16B Location: Manhattan, New York, New York #156 1. Cornelius - Head, born Dec 1873, age 26, married 4 years, industry - Railroads 2. Grace - wife, born Oct 1872, age 29, married 4 years, mother of 2, 2 still alive 3. Cornelius Jr. - son, born Apr 1898, age 2 4. Grace - daughter, Sep 1899, age 8 months Also in the household are several servants. Link to full image.
  		1910 NY Census: Cornelius & Grace Vanderbilt Enumeration Date: 21 Apr 1910 Enumeration District: 1167 Sheet: 11B Location: Manhattan, New York, New York Family lives at 677 Fifth Avenue 1. Cornelius - Head, age 36, occupation - capitalist, finance industry. father born in NY, mother born in OH, married 13 years 2. Grace- wife, age 38, married 13 years, mother of 2 kids, 2 kids still alive 3. Cornelius Jr. - son, age 11 4. Grace - daughter, age 10 The family also has several servants living in the household. Link to full image.
  		1920 NY Census: Cornelius & Grace Vanderbilt Enumeration Date: 19 Jan 1920 Enumeration District: 796 Sheet: 15A Location: Manhattan, New York, New York Family lives on 5th Avenue 1. Cornelius - Head, age 46 - capitalist/financier 2. Grace - wife, age 48 3. Cornelius Jr. - son, age 21 - newspaper journalist 4. Grace - daughter, age 20 Family has several servants Link to full image.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] Famous Families of New York, Hamm, Margherita Arlina., (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1902.), http://is.gd/9wA., 209, 1902. [S36] Duyckinck, Whitehead Cornell, and John Cornell. The Duyckinck and Allied Families Being a Record of the Descendants of Evert Duyckink Who Settled in New Amsterdam, Now New York, in 1638., Duyckinck, Whitehead Cornell; Cornell, John, (Tobias A. Wright, 1908.), http://books.google.com/books?id=8k9KAAAAMAAJ., 87. [S114] "Cornelius Vanderbilt III." Wikipedia. 27 Nov. 2008 . [S89] Vanderbilt, 68, Inventor, Solider Dies, (Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar 1942). [S132] "Miss Wilson Married; Now the Wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr." New York Times 4 Aug. 1896. NYT Archive. http://is.gd/teey. [S135] "Energetic Son of the House of Vanderbilt." Bourbon News [Paris, KY] 26 Aug. 1904. Library of Congress Chronicling America. http://tinyurl.com/q8x6z6.