| ![Show Contents]() Vanderbilt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
Netherlands Vanderbilt RankingIn the United States, the name Vanderbilt is the 14,159th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
| Vanderbilt migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Vanderbilt Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Adriaen Teunisz VanDerBilt, who arrived in New York in 1640 2
- Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt, who landed in New York, NY in 1640 2
Vanderbilt Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- W W Vanderbilt, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
| Vanderbilt migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Vanderbilt Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Mrs. Fanny Vanderbilt U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Vanderbilt (post 1700) | + |
- Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (1924-2019), American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite, member of the Vanderbilt family of New York and the mother of CNN television anchor Anderson Cooper
- Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880-1925), American millionaire equestrian, father of fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt
- W. Henry Vanderbilt, American politician, Member of Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1879 4
- Summer Vanderbilt, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 2008 4
- Samuel Vanderbilt, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1988 4
- John Vanderbilt (1819-1877), American politician, Member of New York State Senate 2nd District, 1852-53 4
- John Vanderbilt, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Richmond County, 1829 4
- John Vanderbilt Jr., American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from New York County, 1810-11 4
- John Vanderbilt, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Kings County, 1784-86; Member of New York State Senate Southern District, 1786-90 4
- George O. Vanderbilt, American politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Mercer County, 1874-75, 1924; Member of New Jersey State Senate from Mercer County, 1884-86 4
- ... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
| Historic Events for the Vanderbilt family | + |
- Mr. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, American 1st Class Passenger from New York, New York, USA, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and died in the sinking 5
| Suggested Readings for the name Vanderbilt | + |
- Commodore Vanderbilt and his Family by Dorothy Kelly.
- Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt by Arthur T. Vanderbilt.
- Some Descendants of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt by Jean M. Rand.
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/
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