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Grace Graham Vanderbilt (née Wilson; September 3, 1870 – January 7, 1953) was an American socialite. She was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt III . [1] She was one of the last Vanderbilts to live the luxurious life of the "head of society" that her predecessors such as Alice and Alva Vanderbilt enjoyed.
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.
Mrs. Grace Vanderbilt Stevens of 4 East 72nd Street, wife of Robert Livingston Stevens, a financier and real‐estate man, died yesterday at New York Hospital. Mrs. Stevens was the only daughter of...
Mar 8, 2013 · Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, called 'Her Grace', was the only lady ever able to replace THE Mrs Astor. The Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue was simply 'Lost in a sea of skyscrapers' Most of the furniture, because of it's history, was turned over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as there was no room for it at 1048 Fifth Avenue.
Brigadier General Cornelius Vanderbilt III died aboard his yacht from a cerebral hemorrhage while vacationing in Miami Beach, Florida in 1942. Grace Vanderbilt died on January 7, 1953. She was entombed beside her husband in the Vanderbilt Family Mausoleum in New Dorp on Staten Island, New York. Dates of rank
Back in 1896 when auburn-haired Grace Graham Wilson bagged young Cornelius Vanderbilt, most of New York's 400 agreed that it was a most unsuitable marriage. As a great-grandson of the tough...
Aug 18, 2012 · George Vanderbilt died without a son, so the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue, along with $1 million, passed to the eldest son of the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt III and his wife, Grace Wilson.
