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The Vanderbilts were once the wealthiest family in the United States. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest American until his death in 1877. After that, his son William Henry Vanderbilt acquired his father's fortune, and was the richest American until his death in 1885.
Gertrude Vanderbilt was born on January 9, 1875, in New York City, the second daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1852–1934), and a great-granddaughter of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt. Her older sister died before Gertrude was born, but she grew up with several brothers and a younger sister. [1]
Vanderbilt was born in New York City, the third son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934). His siblings were Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874), William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892), Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942), Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880–1925) and Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (1886 ...
A letter written by Titanic survivor Lucy Lady Duff-Gordon is slated to hit the auction block in Boston.
Dean died of pneumonia on the morning of 31 May 2009, aged 97 at a care home in Ashurst, Hampshire; [2] [20] her death coincided with the 98th anniversary of the Titanic's launch on 31 May 1911. She was cremated, and on 24 October 2009, her ashes were scattered from a launch at the docks in Southampton where the Titanic set sail. [21]
Cornelius Vanderbilt II only spent one summer in the Breakers before he had a stroke in 1896 and died three years later. The Breakers had a total of 20 bathrooms. A bathroom at the Breakers.
Get a closer look at one of the most beautiful ships to ever exist with these rare photos. First-Class Bedroom. There were 840 guest bedrooms — 416 in first-class, 162 in second-class, and 262 ...
Numbers 324 and 325 were unused, and the six bodies buried at sea by the Carpathia also went unnumbered. [8] Several recovered bodies were unidentifiable and thus not all numbers are matched with a person. Upon recovery, the bodies of 209 identified and unidentified victims of the sinking were brought to Halifax, Nova Scotia.