Lila Vanderbilt Sloane
1878 - 1934 (56 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Lila Vanderbilt Sloane was born in 1878 (daughter of William Douglas Sloane and Emily Thorn Vanderbilt); died in 1934.
2. William Douglas Sloane was born on 29 Feb 1844 in New York City, USA (son of William Sloane and Euphemia Douglas); died on 19 Mar 1915 in Aiken, South Carolina, USA. Notes:
He was the third son
William Douglas Sloane (February 29, 1844 ? March 19, 1915) was an American businessman, sportsman, philanthropist, and member of New York society during the Gilded Age
His grandchildren include Adele Hammond, paternal grandmother of actor Timothy Olyphant; Alice Frances Hammond, wife of jazz musician Benny Goodman; Rachel Hammond, cattle breeder and wife of Manley D. Breck; and John Henry Hammond, talent scout
Died:
Sloane died of a kidney ailment on March 19, 1915 in Aiken, South CarolinaWilliam married Emily Thorn Vanderbilt in 1872. Emily (daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam) was born in 1852; died in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Emily Thorn Vanderbilt was born in 1852 (daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam); died in 1946. Children:
- Florence Adele Sloane was born in 1873; died in 1960.
- Emily Vanderbilt Sloane was born in 1874; died in 1970.
- 1. Lila Vanderbilt Sloane was born in 1878; died in 1934.
- William Douglas Sloane, Jr. died in 1884.
- Malcolm Douglas Sloane was born in 1885; died in 1924.
Generation: 3
4. William Sloane was born in 1810 (son of John Sloane and Jane Mary Lammie); died in 1879. Notes:
Emigrants from Kilmarnock, Scotland
Among his children was:
John Sloane, who married Adela Berry;
Douglas Sloane;
Mary Elizabeth Sloane;
Henry Thompson Sloane, who married Jessie Ann Robbins (who later divorced him so she could marry Perry Belmont); and
Euphemia (n?e Sloane) Coffin, who married Edmund Coffin and was the mother of Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin and William Sloane Coffin Sr.
Evidently his descendents include jazz legend Benny Goodman and actor Timothy Olyphant.William + Euphemia Douglas. Euphemia (daughter of David Douglas and Margaret) was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; died on 24 May 1886 in Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Euphemia Douglas was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (daughter of David Douglas and Margaret); died on 24 May 1886 in Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA. Children:
- 2. William Douglas Sloane was born on 29 Feb 1844 in New York City, USA; died on 19 Mar 1915 in Aiken, South Carolina, USA.
6. William Henry Vanderbilt was born on 8 May 1821 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; died on 8 Dec 1885. Notes:
an American businessman and philanthropis, he inherited nearly $100 million from his father. The fortune had doubled when he died less than nine years later.
William + Maria Louisa Kissam. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Maria Louisa Kissam Notes:
Billy and Maria together, they had nine children:
Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843? 1899) who married Alice Claypoole Gwynne; they were the parents of Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt as well as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and paternal grandparents of Gloria Laura Vanderbilt.
Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt (1845? 1924) who married Elliott Fitch Shepard in 1868; they were the parents of Alice Vanderbilt Shepard and Elliott Fitch Shepard, Jr.
Allen William Vanderbilt (1846? 1847) who died at age 11 months.
William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849? 1920) who married (1) Alva Erskine Smith and (2) Anne Harriman Sands Rutherfurd.
Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852? 1946) who married William Douglas Sloane (1844? 1915) and later Ambassador Henry White.
Florence Adele Vanderbilt (1854? 1952) who married Hamilton McKown Twombly.
Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856? 1938) who married Louise Anthony Torrance.
Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt (1860? 1936) who married William Seward Webb.
George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862? 1914) who married Edith Stuyvesant Dresser.Children:
- 3. Emily Thorn Vanderbilt was born in 1852; died in 1946.
Generation: 4
8. John Sloane Notes:
of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland?
or of Mauchline, Scotland?John + Jane Mary Lammie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Jane Mary Lammie Children:
- 4. William Sloane was born in 1810; died in 1879.
10. David Douglas Notes:
of Dunfermline, Scotland
David + Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Margaret Children:
- 5. Euphemia Douglas was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; died on 24 May 1886 in Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA.