Samuel Waldo Vandivert of New York, New York County, NY was born on August 7, 1915 in Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey United States to Virginia Wilson Vandivert and Roderick Mclean Vandivert. Samuel Vandivert had siblings Roderick M Vandivert Jr and William W Vandivert. He married Laura Jean Vandivert and they later divorced. He would also marry Elizabeth (Lex) Ingalls and they later divorced. Samuel Vandivert died at age 74 years old on March 20, 1990 in New York, NY.