Gertrude Vanderbilt

1873 - 1942

• Born	09 Jan 1873	New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Apr 1942	New York   [3]
  Buried	20 Apr 1942	Bronx, New York, New York   [3]
  Person ID	I75	Vanderbilt
  Last Modified	21 Jul 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	Harry Payne Whitney,   b. 29 Apr 1872, New York, New York ,   d. 26 Oct 1930
  Married	25 Aug 1896	Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island   [4, 5]
  Notes	Married: The Aug. 25th wedding was ritualistic. The couple was legally married in New York prior.
  Children	1. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney   2. Flora Payne Whitney,   b. 1897,   d. 1986 > 3. Barbara Whitney,   b. 21 Mar 1903,   d. Dec 1982, New York City, New York
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2008
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney wearing a jeweled gown and tiara and holding a peacock feather fan. Published in: Vogue, Jan. 15, 1917. (from Library of Congress Prints & Photgraphs Online Catalog)
  		Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.12374
  		Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Repository: Archives of American Art.Collection: Charles Scribner's Sons Art Reference Department Records, c. 1865-1957. http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2978061656/

  
  

  Documents

  Obituary: Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney Source: Mrs. H.P. Whitney, Wealthy Sculptor, Dies in NY, (Dallas Morning News, 19 Apr 1942).

  
  

  Headstones

  Grave Monument: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

  
  

• Notes

  Bio from FindAGrave - Artist. A sculptor and patron of the arts, she maintained a studio in Greenwich Village and founded the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931. Her works of hers include "Aztec Fountain" and "Titanic Memorial" in Washington, D. C., "Buffalo Bill Cody" in Cody, Wyoming, and "Peter Stuyvesant" in New York City. A great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, she was involved in a bitter custody battle for her niece, Gloria Vanderbilt, in 1935. Born: FindAGrave & Wikipedia have 1875 as birth year.

  
  

• 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. has 1876 as birth year. [S91] Whitney Rites Tomorrow, (New York Times, 19 Apr 1942). [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. [S90] Vanderbilt-Whitney Wedding, (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 Aug 1896), http://is.gd/YEx..