Daniel Torrance (1815-1885)
Vice-President of the New York Central Railroad
He was born and grew up at Saint-Antoine Hall, Montreal. He went to New York City for the family shipping business where he married Sophia, daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. They were the parents of three children: (1) Adelaide, Mrs Meredith Howland (2) Alfred Torrance, "the gentleman rider" whose wife, Louise, remarried his cousin Frederick William Vanderbilt (3) Marie, Mrs John Aspinwall Hadden.
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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 11/10/2018 and last updated on 02/09/2023.
Image Courtesy of the McCord Museum, Montreal; Torrance Family Genealogy