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Cathleen was born on January 23, 1904, in Manhattan, New York City. She was the only daughter of Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880–1925) and his first wife, Cathleen (née Neilson; 1885–1927). [2] Her father had a country home known as Sandy Point Farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (January 14, 1880 – September 4, 1925) was a member of the Vanderbilt family. He was the father of Gloria Vanderbilt and maternal grandfather of Anderson Cooper. An avid equestrian, Vanderbilt was the founder and president of many equestrian organizations. He gambled away most of his inheritance.
Isabelle and her brother inherited wealth, and the family mansion, from the estates of their parents and their grandfather. [8] They were well connected in New York society, being related to many of the old and wealthy American families including Vanderbilt, Stuyvesant, Livingston, Remsen, Neilson, Hunter, Delafleld, Lawrence, Wells and Leverich. [9]
Vanderbilt, based in New Jersey at the time, flouted the law, steaming in and out of the harbor under a flag that read, "New Jersey Must Be Free!" He also hired the attorney Daniel Webster to argue his case before the United States Supreme Court ; Vanderbilt won, thereby establishing an early precedent for the United States' first laws of ...
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Alice Vanderbilt's husband died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 12, 1899, in their New York home at 1 West 57th Street. [12] His estate at the time of his death was appraised at $72,999,867 (equivalent to $2.67 billion [13] in 2023 dollars [13]), $20 million of which was in real estate.