Virginia Purdy Barker was born in New York City in 1853.
She was the youngest granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Her mother, Katherine Juliette Vanderbilt Lafitte (formerly Katherine J. Vanderbilt Barker), moved her family to Bordeaux, France when Virginia was very young, and it is there that she was educated.
Bacon's father, Smith Barker, died when she was a child.
Virginia Purdy Barker was born in New York City in 1853. She was the youngest granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Her mother, Katherine Juliette Vanderbilt Lafitte (formerly Katherine J. Vanderbilt Barker), moved her family to Bordeaux, France when Virginia was very young, and it is there that she was educated. Bacon's father, Smith Barker, died when she was a child.
Virginia P. Bacon