Vanderbilt, William Henry (1901-1981)
- Name:
- Vanderbilt, William Henry (1901-1981)
- Born:
- 11/24/1901
- Birthplace:
- New York, NY
- Died:
- 1981
- Death Location:
- Williamstown, MA
- Residence:
- Williamstown, MA
- Nationality:
- American
- Father:
- Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwynne (1877-1915)
- Mother:
- Vanderbilt, Ellen French (1879-)
- Relations:
- Co-inheretor of the Vanderbilt fortune
Grandparents: Ellen Tuck (1838-1915) and Francis Ormond French (1837-1893)
Great-grandparents: Sarah Ann Nudd (-1847) and Amos Tuck (1810-1897); Elizabeth Smith Richardson (1805-1861) and Major Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870) - Spouse:
- Helen
- Children:
- (several children)
- Notes:
- William Vanderbilt's mother, Ellen "Elsie" French (dau. of Ellen Tuck & Francis Ormond French), first married Alfred G. Vanderbilt (1877-1915) in 1901, and divorced him in 1908. Both would re-marry; Ellen's second marriage was to Paul FitzSimmons.
William's father, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, was the inheritor of the family's fortune; he had several more children after his marriage to Ellen French. Alfred died in 1915 in the Lusitania disaster; he was said to have helped save many lives.
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