Engagement of George Jay Gould's Eldest Daughters is Announced at a Dance", "Lady Decies Dies at 38 in London. First Became Ill in March. Granddaughter of Financier, 36, Succumbs at Estate in East Hampton. White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 03:29. [14], He died of pneumonia on May 16, 1923, on the French Riviera after contracting a fever in Egypt where he visited the tomb of Tutankhamun. Jay Gould was born on May 27, 1836 in Roxbury, New York, United States (56 years old). Unfortunately, Gould died prematurely in 1892m so his contact with Tiffany would have been brief. Oftentimes the family trees listed as still in progress have derived from research into famous people who have a kinship to this person. Lyndhurst will be closed to all visitors from March 22nd - April 21st due to a private event. Jay’s oldest son, George, inherited the family fortune. Gould's estate in Lakewood Township, New Jersey is now the site of Georgian Court University. Anecdotally, it appears Jay Gould may have started using the services of Tiffany at the time of redecoration of Lyndhurst in about 1882. Gould was born on February 6, 1864, the eldest son of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and Helen Day Miller (1838–1889). Jul 20, 2014 - Jay Gould's Circus, Glencoe Mn 1940's Circus family picture. Jay was raised at Manhattan, New York where his father was a stock broker. The micromosaic decoration of this chair relates closely to the inlaid Japanese lacquer owned by the Havermeyers. Join Facebook to connect with Jay Gould and others you may know. The Gould Fifth Avenue home and Lyndhurst, the country house, were likely Christian Herter’s last major commissions before his premature death in 1883. Unfortunately, an appropriately sized Tiffany lamp for such a screen no longer exists in the Lyndhurst collection. A native of Roxbury, New York, Jay Gould was born May 27, 1836, on a small farm operated by his parents, John Burr Gould and Mary (More) Gould. Genealogy for Jay Gould (1889 - d.) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Tiffany Studios, Arthur Saunders designer Blown and cased glass, 14 3/4 Inscribed: 1999H L.C. She was involved in numerous philanthropic works during her lifetime. [2] He was himself a railroad executive, leading the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and Manhattan Railway. In 1905 Jay Gould, then a youth of 16, startled the court tennis world by becoming runner-up in the annual tournament at Tuxedo Park. As a part of the remodeling, a series of internal transom windows in Japonesque style, depicting peacocks and birds of paradise, were installed in the bay windows. Jason Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, the son of Mary More (1798–1841) and John Burr Gould (1792–1866). Held in a Herter Brothers frame, this is one of three transom windows placed in the Lyndhurst parlor during Jay Gould’s redecoration. Associated Artists Printed cotton velvet, length 88 in. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. Wife of British Knight. In one of the Fifth Avenue bedrooms, Gould updated an Aesthetic Movement gas chandelier by adding simple favrile glass shades to the six upright gas sconces while replacing the hanging pull-down reading lamp segment of the fixture with a large dragonfly shade otherwise meant for a chandelier. This unusual chair comes from the home of Henry and Louisine Havermeyer, noted art collectors whose Old Masters and Impressionist paintings are among the finest holdings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collections. The church was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh of New York, who also designed the NYS Capitol, The Plaza Hotel, and Dakota Apartments. The Goulds and the Tiffanys both went to the Presbyterian Church in Irvington and in a surviving letter to the church, Helen Gould (Jay Gould’s daughter) referred to the “younger Tiffany” implying she knew both Louis C. Tiffany (who was twenty years her senior) and his father, Charles, the elder Tiffany. Wrote Autobiography Telling of Family Life ...", "Gloria Gould Barker Is Drowned In Swim Pool at Arizona Home. Jay Gould was a second son of his seven children, the eldest being Kingdon Gould, the present head of the family. It later merged with Park Presbyterian to form West-Park Presbyterian. Early History of the Gould family. He married Leta Ethelyn Wilder on 24 January 1914, in Kent, Michigan, United States. Select this result to view Jay M Gould's phone number, address, and more. 1877-1981, July 22, 1911, Image 7 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress", "Marjorie Gould to Wed A.J. Chairs with similar inlay were made for the Havermeyer Japonesque music room and sitting room and exist in a number of museum collections. At the same time, like her father, Helen seems to have been attracted to pieces that were noted in the press or at exhibitions for being the finest of their type. John LaFarge or circle (Possibly LaFarge Decorative Arts Company) and Herter Brothers Leaded glass in original mahogany frame. Against this backdrop, Jay Gould’s patronage of Tiffany remains uncertain. Officer In 1918", "Jay Gould Is Dead. Death Holds Up Litigation With Family Over His Father's Estate. His father was a farmer and a storekeeper, and Jay, as a small boy, grew up on a farm. He was self-taught in surveying and in his late teens he was employed making maps of counties in New York State. However, it appears Jay Gould was able to convince the Herters to work on his two mansions, although to a lesser extent than was involved in the massive Vanderbilt project. Gould was deeply religious and the biblical allusion would have appealed to her. Tiffany. When Erwin Jay Gould was born on 23 April 1894, in Tallmadge, Ottawa, Michigan, United States, his father, William Albert Gould, was 30 and his mother, Angie Lena Porter, was 22. The lamp may have been acquired by Jay Gould or his eldest daughter Helen as she began to update Lyndhurst. Gould had much of his correspondence and records destroyed upon his death, and the fire at Laurelton Hall, Tiffany’s sumptuous home on Long Island, destroyed many of his records as well. Jay is related to Diane M Gould and Barbara A Gould as well as 3 additional people. Additionally, his oldest son named George Jay Gould became a well-known owner and manager of several rail stations while his oldest daughter Hellen Miller Gould became a philanthropist.Jay was a man of religion and attended the West Presbyterian Church. His name was Jay Gould, and over his career, he made and lost several fortunes. It displays the refined orientalist aesthetic that Tiffany would introduce to the American public at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Leonard Gould was a self-taught man who took his son to the American Museum of Natural History when the boy was five years old. Documenting the possible relationship between Lyndhurst’s third owner Jay Gould and Louis C. Tiffany remains problematic. Then with the three children in tow, they moved to England. Upon his father's death George inherited the Gould fortune and his father's railroad holdings, including the DRGW and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Screen: Tiffany Studios Favrile glass, 7 1/2 x 5 in. Barker Drowns In A Pool. This rare enameled vase highlights Helen Gould’s penchant for purchasing fine and unique items from Tiffany. Jay Gould was very close to his wife and children and together, his family determined what charities they would fund. With His Second Wife and Her Children Near, He Yearned for His Sons. Lamp: Private Collection. Gould's maternal grandfather Alexander T. Jay Gould was born on May 27, 1836 in Roxbury, a village located in the Delaware County, New York. This is perhaps the largest and most impressive example of these complicated vases. Jay was born into a family of farmers, to Mary More and John Burr Gould and is of American and Scottish ancestry, and was a great-grandchild of John More who founded the city of Moresville, New York. Jayson Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, on May 27, 1836, the son of John Gould and Mary More. Although Tiffany may not have worked extensively with Jay Gould at Lyndhurst in the early 1880s, his Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company did provide a later memorial window for the Dutch Reformed Church in Roxbury, NY, Gould’s birthplace. Jay had several children and, among them, they married a Tallyrand, a Baron Decies, and a Drexel. This chair may have been maid for a second-floor sitting room. The family tree for Jay Gould is still in the early stages of research. Gould’s landscape window was massive, close to 10 feet high, and the reproduction in the exhibition was shown at half size. Most of the parlor furniture came from the Gould’s old Fifth Avenue home and was likely designed by the elder Gustave Herter. Was Noted As Hostess. Gould also purchased lamps from Tiffany Studios for Lyndhurst of which some remain in the collection. George Jay Gould I (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1923) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. Their matrimony ended after the death of Hellen in 1889. Although the sales catalog descriptions of most lots are cursory and few pieces are pictured, it is clear that Helen Gould owned both an aquamarine goldfish vase and an aquamarine lily vase. His father was a leading American railroad developer and speculator who has been referred to as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era. All rights reserved. They bear a close resemblance to John LaFarge’s work at the time with the decorating company he founded although no records exist that provide definitive proof. Jay married first to Jennifer Beryl Bruce on 21 September 1944 at Beverly Hills, California. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) Moth Screen: Lyndhurst, Lamp: Tiffany Studios Favrile glass, bronze base with rich brown-green patina, 26 x 20 in. The simple description of the former vase reads, “Ovoid vase with high flaring neck and circular foot, the interior made to simulate goldfish in water. Source citations are included at the bottom of the page. The remaining windows in the house have traditionally been ascribed to Tiffany by multiple scholars and stained glass restorers. At Lyndhurst he raised orchids in the spectacular greenhouse there and it was once said … Jay Gould, c.1877. Asbestos is a mineral that was widely usedfor centuries because of its fire resistance and durability. Gould had much of his correspondence and records destroyed upon his death, and the fire at Laurelton Hall, Tiffany’s sumptuous home on Long Island, destroyed many of his records as well. The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, NY. At Lyndhurst, the Herters clearly redecorated the parlor and likely added such touches as new fireplace surrounds and period lighting to some of the main rooms. George Jay Gould (1864–1923), his eldest son, also became a prominent railway owner and was president of the Missouri Pacific, the Texas and Pacific, and several other railways. While Helen Gould was happy to live with the decorations installed by her father at both Lyndhurst and Fifth Avenue, other New York collectors employed Tiffany to do complete redecorations of their homes. Sometimes the work was done with LaFarge and sometimes without him. George J. Gould To Be The Owner Of The Cup Defender", "George J. Gould Dies in Villa in France. Life for the family was difficult, and from an early age Gould resisted the idea of following his father into a profession that … Tiffany made such screens in a variety of patterns of which this is the most elaborate. Grandson Of Founder Of Family Fortune Dies. Just selling you hope so you do absolutely nothing as (((they))) continue asset stripping you until the day your family wakes up homeless in the gutter. Shade impressed: TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1531; base impressed: TIFFANY STUDIOS/ NEW YORK/443. The church was dedicated on October 13, 1894. Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941, in New York City, the son of Leonard and Eleanor (Rosenberg) Gould. Originally part of a pair, this small glass screen was meant to conceal the burning flame underneath a silver tea pot. Perhaps the most dramatic alteration that Helen Gould made to the decor of her Fifth Avenue mansion, originally installed in the 1880s by her father Jay Gould, was the addition of a monumental leaded-glass window from Tiffany Studios at the end of the home’s entry hall. They have also lived in Gardena, CA and Riverside, CA. This bullshit story is part of the City of London's Masonic Crown Shit Show. In addition, a photograph survives in the Lyndhurst archive showing an early Tiffany kerosene lamp set on a Chinese bronze vase base on a center table in the Lyndhurst library (see banner image). While in charge of the DRGW at the turn of the 20th century, he sent surveyors and engineers through California's Feather River canyon to stake out a route for the railroad to reach San Francisco, California. The family tree listed here should not be considered exhaustive or authoritative. Purchase a Daily Grounds Pass to explore Lyndhurst’s majestic Hudson River setting at your own pace. The church had burned in 1892, and Gould’s wife had recently passed away. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Christian Herter, the younger of the pair, led the three-year Vanderbilt project to completion in 1882 and it was supposed to be his last. Documenting the possible relationship between Lyndhurst’s third owner Jay Gould and Louis C. Tiffany remains problematic. His mother, Mary More, was the daughter of a businessman. His father, John Burr Gould, was a farmer and a storekeeper. Tiffany Studios Attributed to Clara Wolcott Driscoll Leaded glass, metal filigree, bronze, glass mosaic 19 x 14 in. It is unclear whether this was a deliberate collection or simply fine examples that were remnant when the business closed. Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company Prima vera and American Ash, varicolored wood and metal micromosaic marquetry, and glass ball in brass claw feet 35 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. Today this is called “trophy” collecting. 2021 National Trust for Historic Preservation and Lyndhurst. Was Edith Gould. This moth-shaped screen was hung from a lamp similar in shape to the poppy lamp shown here. All of the caskets are in wall crypts. Apr 26, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Vanessa Brodrick. Had Apparently Regained Health When He Suffered a Relapse", "Kingdon Gould, 58, Long A Financier. Jason "Jay" Gould is in the 1st generation of the family tree for Jay Gould (Ahnentafel #1). A smaller number consider the attribution too difficult to make. With the electrification of her mansion on Fifth Avenue and Lyndhurst, Helen Gould was quite content to retrofit gas light fixtures from the 1880s with Tiffany shades meant for new electric lighting. This example, one of the largest made, comes from a collection formed by Joseph Briggs, Tiffany’s mosaic studio foreman and later financial manager of Tiffany Studios after Louis C. Tiffany’s retirement from the business. Gould was born on February 6, 1864, the eldest son of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and Helen Day Miller (1838–1889). He was the son of Jay Gould, II and Anne Douglas Graham Gould. Helen Gould inherited large collections of fine and decorative arts from her father and was an aggressive collector. People Projects Discussions Surnames This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gould research. Interestingly, Jay Gould’s crypt is soldered closed. Placing these windows firmly in either the LaFarge or his decorating company may be impossible but in design and technique, the transom windows in the Lyndhurst parlor are clearly LaFarge-esque. His father was a court reporter and part-time, unpaid naturalist (student of nature). The designs for the windows that survive at Lyndhurst are believed to have been executed by Frederick Wilson from 1893-1894, right at the start of his work for Tiffany. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. After attending local schools, Jay enrolled at Hobart Academy in Hobart, New York, where he studied mathematics and surveying. Height 10 1/4 inches.” A similar aquamarine vase with a high neck came on the American auction market approximately a decade ago. Through legal wranglings led by E. H. Harriman, who at the time led both the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, Gould was forced to set up third-party companies to manage the surveying and construction to disguise his role. At that time, William H. Vanderbilt, Gould’s Fifth Avenue neighbor and competitor, was involved in constructing a massive triple house using the Herter Brothers firm as architects and decorators. The second best result is Jay M Gould age 60s in Lawndale, CA in the Lawndale neighborhood. He received some education in a local school. He married Edith Mary Kingdon (1864–1921), a stage actress, and had the following children:[4], George Gould also had a mistress, Guinevere Jeanne Sinclair (1885–1978), and had the following children with her:[13], After the death of his first wife in 1921, Gould married Sinclair on May 1, 1922. Drexel, Jr. In 1880, Gould purchased both a brownstone on Fifth Avenue in New York City and Lyndhurst, then located in Irvington, New York (now Tarrytown, New York) which was, so to speak, the Greenwich, CT of the Gilded Age. View the profiles of people named Jay Gould. The electric light bulb was considered so bright that these stained glass screens were used to prevent glare for eyes used to reading by gaslight. Copyright © Tiffany Studios Favrile glass, 12 x 7 1/8 in. Grandson of the Financier Had Held Championship for Quarter of Century", "The Colfax chronicle. Thus, the strongest link of Jay Gould working with Tiffany might relate to a possible commission of the decorative floral glass still extant at Lyndhurst. While neither Jay nor Helen Gould needed to use their collections to impress their peers – neither was voraciously social – they seemed to like knowing that they were getting the best pieces. Tiffany Studios, Agnes Northrop designer. Court Tennis Star. Each morning Mr. Gould held a family meeting, at which time his children could present options for charitable giving. Jay Gould is a Business, zodiac sign: Gemini.Find out Jay Gouldnet worth 2020, salary 2020 detail bellow. your own Pins on Pinterest It was displayed with Candace Wheeler portieres and a Herter Brothers Japonesque table from the Lyndhurst collection, this mise-en-scene recreates Gould’s interiors, a mix of long out-of-fashion decor combined with the latest in work from Tiffany. By the time of his death in 1892, he was believed to be worth over $100 million. Increasingly, however, a number of experts have moved attribution into the LaFarge category. The mineral could be found in everything from construction materials like roofing shingles to protective clothing and automotive parts. In later years, the DRGW and WP would work together on trains that were passed off to each other in Salt Lake City, Utah, including the prestigious passenger train, the California Zephyr. He started his education at local school at Roxbury. Gould was born in Roxbury in 1836 to a farming family. John Graham Hope DeLaPoer Horsley Beresford, "The Sloop Vigilant Sold. Although there is no firm documentation as to their designer, they clearly resemble the work of John LaFarge in both motif and work of glass. The route that Gould's engineers built became the WP mainline. This is a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Jay Ghoul House of Curiosities - CANCELLED. Jay Gould’s eldest daughter, Helen, who later married Finley J. Shepard, was given charge of the property upon her father’s death. LaFarge’s working methods at the time were somewhat complicated. Husband Is Distinguished Irish Peer", "Lady MacNeal Dies. Last Malady a Secret. While the Jay Gould/Louis Tiffany relationship may be impossible to substantiate, it is clear that Tiffany had a lasting relationship with Helen Gould who made many purchases for both Lyndhurst and the former Fifth Avenue Mansion. A number of members of the Gould family are entombed in the mausoleum including Gould’s wife, Helen, who died in 1889, and a number of their children. Former Helen Vivien Gould Was Principal in Brilliant International Wedding of 1911. Once On Rail Boards. Leaves $30,000,000. Helen Gould often updated her Fifth Avenue mansion by retrofitting old gas fixtures with Tiffany glass shades. Gould was a member of West Presbyterian Church at 31 West 42nd Street. This photograph is believed to have been taken shortly after Jay Gould’s death. His estate was valued at $15,054,627 but after debts were paid it was worth $5,175,590 in 1933 dollars.[15][2]. Victim Of Accident", "Gould Acknowledges Three Illegitimate Children In His Will", "Gould Gone for Good to live in England; Bride wed in tears", Newspaper clippings about George Jay Gould, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Jay_Gould&oldid=1001951740, 19th-century American railroad executives, American railroad executives of the 20th century, People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Inscribed Louis C. Tiffany. His father was of British ancestry and his mother was of Scottish ancestry. Russell Jay Gould is part of the Army Psychological Operations. Discover (and save!) Gould was first exposed to asbestos through his work in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) a… The Havermeyers employed Tiffany and Colman in 1891 to decorate their East 66th Street residence. Tiffany Studios Enamel on copper, 9 1/2 in. His father was a leading American railroad developer and speculator who has been referred to as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era.[3]. Jay attended University of California at Los Angeles, California and then served in the military during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Before Tiffany, Gould had worked extensively with the Herter Brothers. Nonetheless, Jay Gould probably knew the Tiffany family at a very early point in Louis C. Tiffany’s career. The new Herter parlor scheme was extensively documented by photographs, and the furniture still exists in the Lyndhurst collection. Jayson “Jay” Gould was born into a farming family in Roxbury, New York, on May 27, 1836. Helen Gould’s estate was sold in 1942 by the Kende Gallery at Gimbel Brothers Department Store. LaFarge was a lackluster businessman, increasingly in competition with Louis C. Tiffany, whose father was the successful businessman and founder of Tiffany & Company and who imparted strong competitive business skills to his son. Above is the home of the Jay Gould family at 47th street & Fifth Avenue.Jay Gould was considered one of the most cunning of all the robber barons of the Gilded Age, but at home on Fifth Avenue and at his country estate, Lyndhurst at Tarrytown, New York, he was a devoted husband and loving father. Jay Gould’s eldest son, George Jay, laid the corner stone on September 2, 1893 with a silver trowel made specifically for that purpose. If any of these materials become damaged, the dangerous asbestos fibers can easily be inhaled or ingested. Mrs. W.M. While the scene of a doe drinking from a stream is seemingly naturalistic, it is a visualization of a passage from the Psalms, “As my hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God” (Psalm 42:1). Supposedly, the church elders approached Gould about rebuilding the church just as Gould was asking Tiffany to design a memorial window for his late wife. Jay Gould married Hellen Day Miller in 1863, and as a couple, they had six children. He attended a local school and learned basic subjects. He realized at a young age, however, that farm work was not to his liking. Her Entertaining Was a Feature of British Capital. It is reminiscent of the patterns in Tiffany’s spectacular spiderweb lamps. Around the time of the Gould commission, LaFarge started his own decorating company which supplied designs and glass for window commissions.
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