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    • The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York Cit… See more

    History

    The progenitor of the Vanderbilt family was Jan Aertszoon or Aertson (1620–1705), a Dutch farmer from the village of
    Starting … See more

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    • Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) See more

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    Current regionUnited States East Coast
    Earlier spellingsVan der Bilt, van Derbilt
    EtymologyVan der Bilt ("from de Bilt")
    Place of originDe Bilt, Netherlands
    Cornelius Vanderbilt and his descendants (by year of birth)

    1. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), 1st generation
    2. William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885), 2nd generation, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt
    3. Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (1830–1882), 2nd generation, son of Corn… See more

    Other Vanderbilt descendants, but not of Cornelius Vanderbilt

    1. Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974) — believed to be a descended from either a brother or a cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt See more

    Spouses of descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt (by year of birth)

    1. Horace F. Clark (1815–1873): 1st husband of Maria Louisa Vanderbilt
    2. Nicholas B. La Bau (1823–1873): 1st husband of Mary Alicia Vanderbilt
    3. Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833–1893): husband of Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt … See more

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    The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the Vanderbilt family.
    • George G. Barnard
    • Horace Henry Baxter
    • August Belmont Jr.… See more

    Buildings, estates & historic sites

    • 1 West 57th Street
    • Biltmore Estate
    • The Breakers
    • Cathedral of All Souls (Asheville, North Carolina)… See more

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  1. The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy.

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    Beginning with the efforts of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) in the early 19th century, the Vanderbilt family amassed a fortune in the shipping and railroad industries. They became one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in the United States. Cornelius’s son William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–85) took over from his father.

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    Who were the Vanderbilts?
    The Vanderbilts, owners of a railroad empire brought to the top by ruthless patriarch Cornelius "the Commodore" Vanderbilt, were once the richest family on the planet.

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    Who are the Vanderbilt family?
    Branches of the family are found on the United States East Coast. Contemporary descendants include American art historian John Wilmerding, journalist Anderson Cooper (son of Gloria Vanderbilt), actor Timothy Olyphant, musician John P. Hammond, screenwriter James Vanderbilt, and the Duke of Marlborough James Spencer-Churchill.

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    Why was the Vanderbilt family considered a new-money family?
    The Gilded Age 's Vanderbilt family was considered a new-money family because, unlike the old-money families, the Vanderbilts were not prominent before the American Revolution. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the patriarch who amassed a large fortune in the shipping and railroad industries in the mid-1800s.

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    What did the Vanderbilt family do in the Gilded Age?
    The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy.

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    Where did Vanderbilt live?
    In the 1840s, Vanderbilt constructed a large brick home for his family at 10 Washington Place, in Manhattan’s present-day Greenwich Village neighborhood. Despite his growing wealth, the city’s elite residents were slow to accept Vanderbilt, considering him rough and uncultured.

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    Who inherited the Vanderbilts?
    Perhaps it's not that surprising, then, that the future Vanderbilts were unprepared to handle the family fortune. When his father passed in 1877, his eldest son William "Billy" Vanderbilt inherited the bulk of his estate, including the 87-percent stake in New York Central, according to Forbes.

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      As one of the richest Americans in history and wealthiest figures overall, Vanderbilt was the patriarch of the wealthy and influential Vanderbilt family. He provided the initial gift to found Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

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