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16. Apr. 2010 · Shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century. As a boy, he worked with his...
Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt was childless when he committed suicide, in 1882, and George Washington Vanderbilt died during the Civil War, before having any children. All of the Vanderbilt multimillionaires descend through the oldest son Billy and his wife.
2. Apr. 2014 · On December 19, 1813, much to the dismay of his parents, Vanderbilt married his first cousin, Sophia Johnson. The couple would eventually have 13 children, with 11 surviving to adulthood. As...
12. Apr. 2024 · Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American shipping and railroad magnate who acquired a personal fortune of more than $100 million. The son of an impoverished farmer and boatman, Vanderbilt quit school at age 11 to work on the waterfront. In 1810 he purchased his first boat with money borrowed from his.
1 Leben. 1.1 Anfänge. 1.2 Der Reeder. 1.3 Der Eisenbahnkönig. 2 Familie. 3 Vermögen und Erbe. 4 Eisenbahngesellschaften. 5 Siehe auch. 6 Literatur. 7 Weblinks. 8 Einzelnachweise. Leben. Anfänge. Vanderbilt kam als viertes Kind und zweiter Sohn von Cornelius und Phebe Vanderbilt (geb. Hand) zur Welt.
11. Mai 2018 · Personal Life. Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794, at Port Richmond on Staten Island, New York. Although his father was from a long line of Dutch farmers, he also had a side business in commercial boating. Young Cornelius developed a great love for the water and quit school at the age of 11 to work for his father. Five years later ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794, in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, to Cornelius van Derbilt, a seaman, and his wife, Phebe Hand. He had many siblings but most of them died at a young age. At the age of 11, Vanderbilt left school and started working, as a boy, on his father's ferry in New York Harbor.
