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"William Kissam Vanderbilt was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. The second son of William Henry Vanderbilt, from whom he inherited $60 million, he was for a time active in the management of the family railroads, though not much after 1903. His sons William Kissam Vanderbilt II and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt were the ...
8. Jan. 2024 · William Kissam Vanderbilt II died on January 8, 1944, of a heart ailment and was interred in the Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum on Staten Island, New York. His death marked the end of an era of glamorous and adventurous lifestyles led by the Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age and early 20th century【 38†source 】.
William Vanderbilt nait à New Brunswick, au New Jersey [1] le 8 mai 1821. En 1841 il épouse Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896), fille d'un ministre presbytérien. En 1877, il hérite de son père, le « Commodore » Cornelius Vanderbilt, magnat des chemins de fer, environ 100 millions de dollars. Lorsqu'il meurt à son tour neuf ans plus tard, cette somme atteignait 194 millions.
William Kissam Vanderbilt. 1 reference. retrieved. 7 August 2020. WeRelate person ID. William_Vanderbilt_(2) 0 references. WikiTree person ID. Vanderbilt-139. subject named as. William Kissam Vanderbilt I (12 Dec 1849 - certain 22 Jul 1920) 0 references . ...
His parents were William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. Following the death of his father in 1920, Harold Vanderbilt inherited, among others equity in nine railway companies including the famous New York Central Railroad System. He served as a director and member of the executive committee of the New York Central System until 1954 ...
Idle Hour. 150 Idle Hour Boulevard, Oakdale, Long Island, New York. Built in 1900, for William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849-1920). After the original Idlehour burned down in 1899, Vanderbilt wasted no time in employing the son of its architect, Richard Howland Hunt, to build him this L-shape Beaux-Arts mansion slightly closer to the Connetquot River.
9. Juni 2010 · The Vanderbilts were one of the great American families of the industrial era. This book explores the life of one of its lesser-known scions of the fourth generation, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, known simply as Willie K. An inheritor, not a builder, Willie K. lacked the drive and ambition necessary for furthering the Vanderbilt dynasty ...
- Steven H. Gittelman
