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Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, to Mary More (1798–1841) and John Burr Gould (1792–1866). [5] His maternal grandfather, Alexander T. More, was a businessman, and his great-grandfather, John More, was a Scottish immigrant who founded the town of Moresville, New York.
She married George Jay Gould I (1864–1923), a financier and railroad executive who led both the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad. Gould was the son of Jay Gould, who is considered one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age. [8] Together, George and Edith had the following children: [9]
Gould married his second wife, Edith Kelly, in 1910, divorcing in 1919. [5] [6] Edith was the sister of Hetty Kelly, who was Charlie Chaplin's first true love. [7] Gould was married to his third wife, Florence La Caze (1895–1983), from 1923 until his death. [8] Together Gould and La Caze collected Impressionist artworks. [9]
Portrait of Miss Edith Gould, by Artúr Lajos Halmi, c. 1914. Edith was born aboard her father's yacht, Sybarite, on August 3, 1901, while it was anchored off Cold Spring Harbor and was flying the British flag. She was one of seven children born to millionaire George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) and actress Edith Kingdon Gould (1864–1921).
Though Fisk was admired by the working class of New York and the Erie Railroad, he achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City. On ...
He was one of seven children born to millionaire George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) [1] and former actress Edith Kingdon Gould (1864–1921). [2] Among his siblings were Kingdon Gould Sr. , Jay Gould II , Marjorie Gwynne Gould (wife of Anthony Joseph Drexel III ), Helen Vivien Gould (wife of John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies ), Edith Catherine ...
Jay Gould, CEO of the digital advertising company Yashi, knows a thing or two about creating a favorable work environment. His company was named one of the Best Places to Work in New Jerseyin 2015.
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.