Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877 - 1915)

Born 20 Oct 1877 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen Tuck (French) Fitzsimons — married 11 Jan 1901 (to about 1908) in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Descendants

Died 7 May 1915 at age 37 in at sea, RMS Lusitania, Atlantic Ocean

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Biography

Alfred Vanderbilt is Notable.

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Sr., was an extremely wealthy American businessman and sportsman, and a member of the famous Vanderbilt family.^[1]

Alfred was aboard the Lusitania. He went down with the ship off the coast of Cork County, Ireland.^[2] As reported by The New York Times, he had given up his life-jacket to a woman with an infant, and was last seen buckling her into the life-jacket. He did this knowing that he could not swim and would surely drown.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gwynne_Vanderbilt_I (accessed January 31, 2018).
2. ↑ "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9S-VWLF : 9 September 2015), Alfred G Vanderbilt, 27 May 1915; citing Death, Lusitania, , , Atlantic Ocean, Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society and Oliver Museum and Underwood Museum, Yates.

• "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27BY-7MD : 11 February 2018), Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 20 Oct 1877; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 219194 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,120.

"New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQYV-MS2M : 21 January 2020), Cornelius Vanderbilt in entry for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, .

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSKK-M71 : accessed 31 October 2020), Alfred Vanderbilt in household of Alice Vanderbilt, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 9 New York City Ward 29, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 779, sheet 17B, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,115.

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-4WTR : 16 March 2018), Alfred G Vanderbilt, 1915; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #48801, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 233, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-CQVF : 5 August 2020), Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, ; Burial, New Dorp, Richmond (Staten Island), New York, United States of America, Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum; citing record ID 14195076, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
• Wikidata: Item Q321781