William Kissam Vanderbilt

United States Railroad Manager and Horse Breeder

Male

Born Dec 12, 1849

Hometown New Dorp, Staten ...

Died Jul 22, 1920

Death Place France

William Kissam Vanderbilt was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. He managed railroads and was a horse breeder.

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Alva Belmont
Married

Family

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William Kissam Vanderbilt

d.1920

parents

William Henry Vanderbilt
Father, d.1885

children

Consuelo Vanderbilt
Daughter, d.1964
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
Son, d.1970
William Kissam Vanderbilt II
Son, d.1944

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La Naissance Du Sport Automobile Sport Vox
Google News - Aug 29, 2011

Disputée à Long Island, dans l'état de New York, elle fut créée à l'initiative de William Vanderbilt, héritier de la famille Vanderbilt, dont le patriarche Cornelius Vanderbilt, parmi les plus riches de l'Histoire des Etats-Unis avec John Rockefeller,
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Brownstone: The Imperishable Product Of The Jurassic Age Patch.Com
Google News - Aug 23, 2011

George Pullman's home in Chicago was also made from brownstone, as was William Vanderbilt's palatial home on Fifth Avenue in New York City. In fact, of the more than 9100 brownstone buildings in the Big Apple in 1880, about 80 percent of them were 100
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Editorial | Sunday In The City; Have You Picnicked At The Tank Farm?
NYTimes - Aug 07, 2011

Back when colonial New Yorkers first sweltered in their budding city, one peppercorn per year was the bargain fee negotiated for renting Gotham’s first official park, Bowling Green, in 1733. There were grandiose municipal plans to add grass, trees and a wooden fence “for the Recreation and Delight of the Inhabitants of this City.”
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â€˜newâ€™ Madison Square Garden Opens Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Google News - Jun 16, 2011

It was built to replace a grimy, drafty Garden opened by William Vanderbilt on May 31, 1879, and demolished in 1889. The new building was designed in a Moorish style by Stanford White and erected at a cost of $1 million. It was topped by a reproduction
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1849 Birth Born on December 12, 1849.

TWENTIES

1875 25 Years Old Vanderbilt's first wife was Alva Erskine Smith (1853–1933), whom he married on April 20, 1875. … Read More

1877 27 Years Old Consuelo Vanderbilt was born on March 2, 1877, followed by William Kissam Vanderbilt II on March 2, 1878, and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt on July 6, 1884. … Read More

FORTIES

1895 45 Years Old 1 More Event

Alva divorced Vanderbilt in March 1895, at a time when divorce was rare among the elite, and received a large financial settlement reported to be in excess of $10 million. The grounds for divorce were allegations of Vanderbilt's adultery. Alva remarried to one of their old family friends, Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, on January 11, 1896.

1896 46 Years Old In 1896, he built the American Horse Exchange at 50th Street (Manhattan) and Broadway.

FIFTIES

1903 53 Years Old In 1903, Vanderbilt married Anne Harriman, daughter of banker Oliver Harriman. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1911 61 Years Old In 1911 he leased it (and eventually sold it to) the Shubert Organization who then transformed it into the Winter Garden Theatre. … Read More

1920 71 Years Old William Kissam Vanderbilt died in Paris, France on July 22, 1920. … Read More

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