Gould family
| Gould family | |
|---|---|
| Current region | New York, U.S. |
| Place of origin | Suffolk, England |
| Founded |
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| Founder | Nathan Gold |
| Connected families | Beresford family Drexel family House of Talleyrand-Périgord |
| Estate(s) | Lyndhurst; Hempstead House; George J. Gould House |
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The Gould family is a wealthy American family that came to prominence in the late 19th century. The family's fortune was primarily earned through a railroad empire built by Jason "Jay" Gould, a notorious "robber baron" during the Gilded Age. At its height, this network comprised the Denver & Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Wabash, Texas Pacific, Western Maryland and International-Great Northern railroads among others.[1][2]
By the early 20th century, the Goulds lost control over virtually all these railroads largely due to mismanagement by Jay's son, George Jay Gould.[3] Despite losing the source of much of their wealth, subsequent generations of the family continue to be involved in business, politics and philanthropy.
Family tree[edit]
- Jay "Jason" Gould
- George Jay Gould
- Kingdon Gould Sr.
- Silvia Annunziata Gould (1919–1980),
- Edith Kingdon Gould
- Kingdon Gould Jr.
- Kingdon Gould III (b.1948)
- Harold Thorne Gould (b.1949)
- Frank Jay Gould (b.1952)
- Candida Gould (b.1954)
- Caleb Comstock Gould (b.1956)
- Annunziata Octavia Gould (b.1960)
- Thalia Thorne Gould (b.1963)
- Jay Gould II
- Jay Gould III (1920–1987)
- Anne Elena Gould (1954–1990)
- Jay Gould IV (1961–2016)
- Jay Gould III (1920–1987)
- Marjorie Gwynne Gould
- Edith Kingdon Drexel (1911–1934)
- Anthony Joseph Drexel IV (1912–1948)
- Marjorie Gould Drexel (1916–1947)
- Helen Vivien Gould
- Eileen Vivien de la Poer Beresford (1912-?)
- Catherine Moya de la Poer Beresford (1913–1967)
- Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford (1915–1992)
- George Jay Gould II (1896–1963)
- George Jay Gould III (1918–1985)
- Maughan Carter Gould (1920–1986)
- Howard Jay Gould (1928–1998)
- Patrick Jay Gould (1934–2018)
- Edith Catherine Gould
- Stuyvesant Wainwright (1921–2010)
- Caroline DePeyster Wainwright (1924–1969)
- Carroll Livingston Wainwright Jr. (1925–2016)
- Gloria Gould
- Gioia Bishop (1925–1990)
- Kingdon Gould Sr.
- Edwin Gould
- Edwin Gould Jr. (1894–1917)
- Frank Miller Gould (c.1895–1945)
- Marianne Alice Gould (1925–1957)
- Edwin Jay Gould (1932–1993)
- Helen Miller Gould
- Howard Gould
- Anna Gould
- Marie Louise de Castellane (b. 1896)
- Boniface, Marquis de Castellane (1896–1946)
- Georges Paul Ernest de Castellane (1897/9–1944)
- Georges Gustave de Castellane (c. 1898–1946)
- Jay (Jason) de Castellane (1902–1956)
- Frank Jay Gould
- Dorothy Gould Burns (1904–1969)
- Rolande Graffenried de Villars (b. 1925)
- Dorothy Graffenried de Villars (b. 1927)
- Helen Margaret Gould (1902–1985)
- Helen Daniele de Montenach (b.1924)
- George Frank de Montenach (1926–1991)
- Francoise Florena de Montenach (b.1929)
- Francis Edouard Maret (b.1944)
- Dorothy Gould Burns (1904–1969)
- George Jay Gould
Network[edit]
Associates[edit]
The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the Gould family.
Businesses[edit]
The following is a list of companies in which the Gould family have held a controlling or otherwise significant interest.
- Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad[5]
- Central Railroad of New Jersey[6]
- Colorado Fuel and Iron
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad[6]
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway[7][6]
- International—Great Northern Railroad[2][8]
- Kansas Pacific Railway[9]
- Manhattan Railway Company
- Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad[6][10]
- Missouri Pacific Railway[1][11][8]
- New York World[9]
- Parking Management Inc.[12]
- Rutland and Washington Railroad[13]
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway[8][2]
- Tenth National Bank[14]
- Texas and Pacific Railway[1][8]
- Virginia Railway & Power Company
- Wabash Railroad[15][1]
- Western Maryland Railroad[2]
- Western Pacific Railroad[4]
- Western Union[16][9]
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad[2]
Philanthropy & Miscellaneous Nonprofit Institutions[edit]
- American Yacht Club (New York)
- Capital Crescent Trail
- Glenelg Country School
- Gould Memorial Library
- Hall of Fame for Great Americans
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Morris, Charles M. (2005). The Tycoons:How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy. New York City, NY: Henry Holt and Company. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-8050-8134-3.
- ^ a b c d e Keys 1907, p. 8441.
- ^ Treese, Lorett (2006). Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape. Stackpole Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8117-3260-4.
- ^ a b Farnsworth, Robert S. (2017). The Grand Western Railroad Game: The History of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroads. Volume I: The Empire Years: 1850 Up to the Great War. Dorrance Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-4809-2707-0.
- ^ White, Henry Kirke (1895). History of the Union Pacific Railway. University of Chicago Press. p. 52.
- ^ a b c d Steinmetz, Greg (2023). American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune. Simon & Schuster. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-9821-0741-3.
- ^ Drury 2007, p. 305.
- ^ a b c d Vivian, Julia L. (1995) [1905]. "Jay Gould". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ a b c Douglas 2007, p. 494.
- ^ Young, Jan (2016) [2009]. Studebaker and the Railroads - Volume 2. Lulu.com. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-557-09383-0.
- ^ Solomon, Brian (2014). North American Railroads: The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Voyageur Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7603-4736-2.
- ^ Kelly, Jacques (2018). "Kingdon Gould Jr., Former Ambassador and Astute Parking Lot Investor, Dies at 94". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Lynch, Denis Tilden (1927). "Boss" Tweed: The Story of a Grim Generation, Volume 25. Boni and Liveright. p. 105.
- ^ White, Trumbull (1893). Wizard of Wall Street and his wealth, or, The life and deeds of Jay Gould. J.C. Yorston. p. 481.
- ^ Treese, Lorett (2012) [2003]. Railroads of Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8117-0011-5.
- ^ Kohn, George C., ed. (2001). The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal. Infobase Publishing. pp. 159–160. ISBN 0-8160-4420-1.
Sources[edit]
- Douglas, George H. (2007). "Geography and Railroad Development". In Middleton, William D.; Smerk, George M.; Diehl, Roberta L. (eds.). Encyclopedia of North American Railroads. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3.
- Drury, George H. (2007). "Colorado & Southern Railway". In Middleton, William D.; Smerk, George M.; Diehl, Roberta L. (eds.). Encyclopedia of North American Railroads. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3.
- Keys, C.M. (January 1907). "The Sick Man of the Railroad Powers". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XIII: 8441–8442.