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40. My great great great grandmother's sister, Sophia Johnson,

Mon May 5, 2025, 02:31 AM

May 2025

married Cornelius Vanderbilt and bore all 13 of Vanderbilt's children.

Brayton Van Pelt is my great great grandfather:

"Brayton Douglass Van Pelt,

son of Jacob Van Pelt

and Eleanor Johnson, nephew of

Sophia Johnson that m. Cornelius Vanderbilt

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147900773/brayton_douglass-van_pelt

Sophia and Eleanor Johnson are first cousins of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

My great great great grandmother is a cousin and sister in law of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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