Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
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- 3rd Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper — 6th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 48
- Father:
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Mother:
- Phoebe Hand
- Birth Date:
- 27 May 1794
- Birth Location:
- Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 4 Jan 1877
- Death Location:
- New York, New York
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp (Staten Island), Richmond, New York
- Spouse Name:
- Sophia Johnson
- Marriage Date:
- 19 Nov 1813
- Marriage Location:
- Tottenville, Staten Island, New York
- Child:
William Henry Vanderbilt (Ahnentafel No:24 )
- Notes:
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Vanderbilt University is named after Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Additional marriages for Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Spouse:
- Frank Armstrong Crawford
- Marriage Date:
- 21 Aug 1869
- Marriage Location:
- Tecumseh House, London, Ontario, Canada
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Sources for Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 1 American Biographical Library, Entry for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/01/2014).
- 3 NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 22.
- 4 New York World (New York, New York), 13 SEP 1899, pp. 1-2, Obituary for grandson Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- 5 Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 2nd Ed., Philadelphia: Porter and Coates (1891), 162.
- 6 Crawford, Robert Leighton, Laurus Crawfurdiana: Memorials of that Branch of the Crawford Family Which Comprises the Descendants of John . . ., New York: Edward O. Jenkins, Printer (1883), 71-72.
- 7 Effingham de Forest, Louis, ed., Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, New York: Printed by order of the Society (1923), 47.
- 8 Wikipedia, "Cornelius Vanderbilt", (accessed 12/01/2014).
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