Gould family explained

Gould family
Region:	New York, U.S.
Origin:	Suffolk, England
Founder:	Nathan Gold
Otherfamilies:	Beresford family Drexel family House of Talleyrand-Périgord
Estates:	Lyndhurst Hempstead House; George J. Gould House

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.

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.^[1] 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

• 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)
    • 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)
  • 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)

Network

Associates

The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the Gould family.

• Dominic F. Antonelli Jr.
• S. H. H. Clark
• Abel Corbin
• John F. Dillon
• Sidney Dillon
• "Big Jim" Fisk
• Herbert Melville Hoxie
• Collis Potter Huntington
• Edward Turner Jeffery
• John C. Osgood
• John D. Rockefeller
• Russell Sage
• A. A. Talmadge
• William M. Tweed
• Theodoric R. Westbrook

Businesses

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^[2]
• Central Railroad of New Jersey^[3]
• Colorado Fuel and Iron
• Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad^[3]
• Denver and Rio Grande Railway^[3]
• International—Great Northern Railroad^[4]
• Kansas Pacific Railway
• Manhattan Railway Company
• Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad^{[3] [5]}
• Missouri Pacific Railway^{[6] [7] [4]}
• New York World
• Parking Management Inc.^[8]
• Rutland and Washington Railroad^[9]
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway^[4]
• Tenth National Bank^[10]
• Texas and Pacific Railway^{[6] [4]}
• Virginia Railway & Power Company
• Wabash Railroad^{[11] [6]}
• Western Maryland Railroad
• Western Pacific Railroad^[12]
• Western Union^[13]
• Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad

Philanthropy & miscellaneous monprofit institutions

• American Yacht Club (New York)
• Capital Crescent Trail
• Glenelg Country School
• Gould Memorial Library
• Hall of Fame for Great Americans

Sources

• Encyclopedia: Douglas . George H. . Middleton . William D. . Smerk . George M. . Diehl . Roberta L. . Encyclopedia of North American Railroads . Geography and Railroad Development . 2007 . Indiana University Press . Bloomington, Indiana . 978-0-253-34916-3 . 494 .
• Encyclopedia: Drury . George H. . Middleton . William D. . Smerk . George M. . Diehl . Roberta L. . Encyclopedia of North American Railroads . Colorado & Southern Railway . 2007 . Indiana University Press . Bloomington, Indiana . 978-0-253-34916-3 . 305 .
• Keys . C.M. . January 1907 . The Sick Man of the Railroad Powers . . XIII . 8441–8442 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Treese, Lorett . 2006 . Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape . Stackpole Books . 152 . 978-0-8117-3260-4.
2. Book: White, Henry Kirke . 1895 . History of the Union Pacific Railway . University of Chicago Press . 52 .
3. Book: Steinmetz, Greg . 2023 . American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune . Simon & Schuster . 183 . 978-1-9821-0741-3.
4. Web site: Vivian . Julia L. . 1995 . 1905 . Jay Gould . Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association . 2024-03-07.
5. Book: Young, Jan . 2016 . 2009 . Studebaker and the Railroads - Volume 2 . Lulu.com . 125 . 978-0-557-09383-0.
6. Book: 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 . 144–145 . 978-0-8050-8134-3.
7. Book: Solomon, Brian . 2014 . North American Railroads: The Illustrated Encyclopedia . Voyageur Press . 194 . 978-0-7603-4736-2.
8. News: Kelly . Jacques . 2018 . Kingdon Gould Jr., Former Ambassador and Astute Parking Lot Investor, Dies at 94 . The Baltimore Sun . 2024-03-08.
9. Book: Lynch, Denis Tilden . 1927 . "Boss" Tweed: The Story of a Grim Generation, Volume 25 . Boni and Liveright . 105 .
10. Book: White, Trumbull . Wizard of Wall Street and his wealth, or, The life and deeds of Jay Gould . J.C. Yorston . 1893 . 481.
11. Book: Treese, Lorett . 2012 . 2003 . Railroads of Pennsylvania . Mechanicsburg, PA . Stackpole Books . 268 . 978-0-8117-0011-5.
12. Book: 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 . 362 . 978-1-4809-2707-0.
13. Book: Kohn . George C. . The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal . 2001 . Infobase Publishing . 159–160 . 0-8160-4420-1.