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William Kissam Vanderbilt II (Jr.), dit « Willie K. », né le 2 mars 1878 à New York et mort le 8 janvier 1944 dans la même ville (à 65 ans), était entre autres un pilote automobile et un skipper américain, ayant aussi eu un temps quelques intérêts dans le monde hippique.
Harold S. Vanderbilt was the last of the Vanderbilts to be actively involved in the railroad empire founded by his great grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his grandfather, William Vanderbilt during the nineteenth century. His parents were William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith.
9 de jun. de 2010 · Willie K. Vanderbilt II: A Biography. Paperback – Illustrated, June 9, 2010. by Steven H. Gittelman (Author) 4.5 9 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
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At a party for one of William Henry Vanderbilt's daughters, Smith's best friend, Consuelo Yznaga introduced her to William Kissam Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. On April 20, 1875, William and Alva were married at Calvary Church in New York City. [citation needed] The couple had three children: [citation needed] Consuelo ...
23 de sept. de 2018 · Born in 1878, William Kissam Vanderbilt II was the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the fabled Commodore, who had first built the family's staggering fortune through steamship and railroad lines. Willie K. did his turn as a rail executive, too, serving for a time as president of the New York Central. He married a woman whose father had ...
5 de dic. de 2023 · Mr. Russell more closely parallels Cornelius Vanderbilt than William Kissam Vanderbilt, who was actually a prominent Gilded Age figure. George Russell, like Cornelius Vanderbilt, is himself a robber baron who is making his fortune by buying railroads and building new railroads to out-compete other businessmen who won’t sell to him.
5 de jul. de 1970 · He was born July 6, 1884 in Oakdale L. I., the youngest of three children of William Kissam Vanderbilt. His father died in 1920, leaving an estate appraised three years later at $54,530,966.
