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1. Okt. 2014 · 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, especially in the political atmosphere of bank failures ...
20. Dez. 2023 · William Kissam Vanderbilt (December 12 1849 – July 22 1920) 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.
William Kissam Vanderbilt passed away while in France on July 22, 1920. His remains were returned home and buried in the Vanderbilt mausoleum of the Moravian cemetery in the community of New Dorp, Staten Island, New York. He had lived to age 70, a ripe old age for Vanderbilts. Many of his predecessors had lived much shorter lives.
14. Juni 2022 · Biography . William Kissam Vanderbilt was born on 12 December 1849 to William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam.. Appeared in the 1850 U. S. Census in Southfield, Richmond, New York. The household included: Wm. age 29, occupation farmer; Maria L. age 28; Cornelius age 6; Margaret age 5; William age 0; Alex Holmes age 28; Thos Holmes age 26; Washington Holmes age 23; Agustus Holmes age ...
William Kissam Vanderbilt (12 décembre 1849, Staten Island - 22 juillet 1920, Paris) est un homme d'affaires et éleveur de chevaux américain, membre de l'importante famille Vanderbilt. Biographie. Second fils de William Henry Vanderbi ...
William Kissam Vanderbilt [1878-1944] spent many of his earliest days sailing around the world on his father’s various yachts. Young William was educated by tutors, attended St. Mark’s Preparatory School, and studied at Harvard. When he was twenty years old, he met Virginia Graham Fair, known as Birdie. She was several years older and had ...
21. März 2012 · Crowned with two cupolas, the impressive building was funded by William Kissam Vanderbilt and finished in 1900. It served the university 57 years. When Vanderbilt opened its doors in 1875, there ...
