divorce

Edith Ostend Jacobson Goldman was a chorus girl who married Robert J. Goldman, the college aged son of Henry Goldman (of Goldman Sachs). Henry disapproved and sent his son out west to work on a ranch, then hired detectives who caught Edith with other men. Divorce soon followed. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D16FA395C1373...

Good catch! Colorful story too, involving detectives coming thru the fire escape, scantily clad actresses, etc, etc. The divorce trial began March 1, 1915 in Manhattan.

Thanks, j3net. We'll add her full name to the our record.

Maybe connected to a society divorce: In 1915, Henry Meinken sued his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Benson Meinken, for divorce, naming Harry P. Hewes as co-respondent. Hewes was described as "the man with the beautiful eyes" in reporting from the courtroom.

Mrs. Andrew McKinney, the former Ida Blackstone Riley (1880-1935). She was involved in a newsy society divorce in late 1914. Her wealthy Wall Street broker husband was caught in a hotel room with his pink-pajama-clad girlfriend by their butler, while Ida sat in the limo outside. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5071EFF3F5C13738... Ida later married Samuel Willets, another Long Island society figure (he was also divorced).

pennylrichardsca, Thanks for the additional information on Mrs. McKinney. The photo dates from October 19, 1914, and the article you linked says she filed her summons on October 17, so that fits right in. We will update the record with more information.

See espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p746.htm#i74541. About her divorce see also article in The evening world., December 11, 1914, Final Edition, Image 1, with photo, "Banker's Wife Seeking Divorce, After Helping to Trap Him". Her wedding with Samuel Willets is described in the NYT, January 23, 1917.