George G. Haven Jr. Explained

Birth Name:George Griswold Haven Jr.
Birth Date:14 June 1866
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Death Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Education:Hopkins Grammar School
Alma Mater:Yale University
Parents:George G. Haven
Emma Walton Martin Haven
Spouse:
    Children:3

    George Griswold Haven Jr. (June 14, 1866 – July 21, 1925) was an American businessman.[1]

    Early life

    Haven was born in New York City on June 14, 1866. He was the son of George Griswold Haven Sr. (1837–1908) and Emma Walton (née Martin) Haven (1840–1873).[2] Among his siblings was Cornelia Haven[3] (wife of Stephen Peabody),[4] Alice Griswold Haven (wife of John Nelson Borland),[5] and Joseph Woodward Haven.[6] His niece, Alice "Ella" Borland,[7] was married to Orme Wilson Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti under Franklin D. Roosevelt.[8]

    His father, a prominent New Yorker, came from a family that had settled in New England in the earliest times.[1] His maternal grandparents were Cornelia (née Walton) Martin and Isaac Parker, descendant of Joseph Martin, who came to the United States from the Canary Islands and settled in New York City.[1] In 1898, his father purchased the former Callender estate on Narragansett Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island from Mrs. Frances Ogden.[9] His grand-uncle was John N. A. Griswold.[9]

    George G. Haven Jr. attended St. John's Military School, in Ossining and the Hopkins Grammar School. He entered Yale College and graduated with the class of 1887. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Hé Boulé and Skull and Bones.[1]

    Career

    After his graduation, Haven returned to New York City to enter the Lehigh & Wilkes Barre Coal Company. Following in his father's footsteps, Haven became interested in railroads, his next job being secretary and treasurer of the St. Paul & Duluth and New York and Northern Railways. He later became general manager of New York & Northern.[1]

    In 1896, Haven joined the firm Strong, Sturgis & Company, whom he represented on the New York Stock Exchange.[1]

    He was a director of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad; the Texas & Pacific Railroad; the South Porto Rico Sugar Company; the Metallurgical Company; the Charleston & Ohio River Company; and the United States Mortgage & Trust Company. Haven also became a director of the Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Company in 1910, becoming a senior member and treasurer in 1914. He was appointed President in 1919, a position his father had held just over ten years ago.[10] Through the Metropolitan Opera, Haven became associated with such prominent New Yorkers as George F. Baker, J.P. Morgan, Otto H. Kahn and Robert F. Cutting.

    Personal life

    Haven was married twice. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Shaw Ingersoll (1860–1923),[11] the daughter of Charles Roberts Ingersoll, a former Governor of Connecticut, on September 4, 1889. Together, they were the parents of:

    Two years after the death of his first wife, he married Dorothy James on February 4, 1925,[19] the daughter of Henry Ammon James and Laura Brevoort (née Sedgwick) James.[1] [20] In early 1924, Haven suffered a nervous breakdown. He retired from business and began traveling in hope of regaining his health, but on July 21, 1925, Haven shot himself through the head with a revolver, at his home on Fifty-third Street, New York City.[21] He was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.[1] His estate was left to his widow and children.[22]

    Notes and References

    1. Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1925-1926, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 22nd Series, August 1, 1926, #22, p. 126–127.
    2. News: George G. Haven Dies After an Operation; Prominent as a Banker, and President of the Metropolitan Opera Realty Co.; Well Known in Society; His Generosity and Tact Did Much to Smooth the Path of Grand Opera In This City. . 2024-12-09 . . 19 March 1908 . 1.
    3. News: Mrs. Cornelia H. Peabody.; Social Leader, Identified With Southampton, Dies at City Home. . 2024-12-09 . . 18 February 1926 . 23 . Internet Archive.
    4. News: Stephen Peabody, Retired Financier; Ex-Leader in Public Utilities Dies--Had Been Active in Many Noted Concerns . 2024-12-09 . . 8 January 1945 . 1945-01-07 . Westport, Connecticut . 17 . Internet Archive.
    5. News: John Nelson Borland Dies in His 71st Year; Former Member of New York Stock Exchange for 25 Years-- In Union and Tuxedo Clubs.. 2024-12-09 . . 14 December 1929 . 19 . Internet Archive.
    6. News: J. Woodward haven; Son of George G. Haven Dies in Park Avenue Home at 80 . 2024-12-09 . . 13 April 1945 . 17 . Internet Archive.
    7. News: Engagements.; Wilson-Borland. 2024-12-09. The New York Times. 1 April 1910 . 11 . Newspapers.com.
    8. News: Orme Wilson Dead; Ex-Envoy to Haiti. 15 March 2018. The New York Times. 14 February 1966 . 29 . subscription.
    9. News: Newport Estate Sold.; Mrs. Frances Ogden Sells Property to George G. Haven. . 2024-12-09 . . 21 January 1898 . 1898-01-20 . Newport . 1.
    10. News: George G. Haven Elected President. . 2024-12-09 . . 16 May 1919 . 13.
    11. News: Died. . 2024-12-09 . . 15 November 1923 . 19 . Internet Archive.
    12. News: Married: Jones–Haven . 2024-12-09 . . 24 June 1912 . 9.
    13. News: G. H. Haven is Dead Ex-Stockbroker; Descendant of Noted Banking Family Once With Firm of Jacqueline & de Coppet . 24 June 2019 . . 17 September 1944 . 42 . subscription.
    14. News: Miss George to Wed George G. Haven. Jr.; Mural Painter, Daughter of Mrs. Chapin George, Engaged to Stock Exchange Member. . 2024-12-09 . . 10 June 1925 . 23 . Internet Archive.
    15. News: Miss George Weds George G. Haven; Daughter of Mrs. Chapin George Married in Chapel of Cathedral of St. John. Elizabeth Graham Bride; Wed to David H, Houghtaling In Home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Warner Hoppin--Other Marriages . 2024-12-09 . . 22 October 1925 . 25 . Internet Archive.
    16. News: Deaths: Waters . 2024-12-09 . . 7 May 1946 . 21 . Internet Archive.
    17. News: Trevor-Haven Wedding . 2024-12-09 . . 5 June 1915 . 9.
    18. News: William Otis Waters; Treasurer of American Surety Company of This City . 2024-12-09 . . 2 May 1940 . 23 . Internet Archive.
    19. News: Dorothy James a Bride. Wed to George Griswold Haven in St. George's--Other Marriages . 2024-12-09 . . 5 February 1925 . 19 . Internet Archive.
    20. News: Dorothy James to Wed G. G. Haven; Colony Club Member Engaged to President of Metropolitan Opera Real Estate Co. . 2024-12-09 . . 2 February 1925 . 17 . Internet Archive.
    21. News: G.G. Haven a Suicide, Due to Ill Health; Banker and Opera Patron Shoots Himself After Vain Struggle to Recover. . 2024-12-09 . . 22 July 1925 . 1 . Internet Archive.
    22. News: Haven Estate Willed to Wife and Children; Property of Suicide Banker Not Yet Valued -- Family Employe Gets Trust Fund. . 2024-12-09 . . 29 July 1925 . 24 . Internet Archive.

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