helenmillergould

Helen Gould's wedding was Jan 22, 1913 Helen Gould's Home, Scene of Her Wedding To-day to F.J. Shepard (NYT January 22, 1913) query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01EFD6123BE633A...

The Gould family's nomenclature was a bit odd, and might have confused the Bain captioner. I believe this photo depicts Helen Gould's brother, George Jay Gould I (1864-1923) and his son George Jay Gould II (1888-1935.) Family patriarch Jason "Jay" Gould (1836-1892) named none of his sons Jason, but gave both George and Frank the middle name Jay, so there actually was no Jay Gould, Jr.. George Jay Gould II was sometimes referred to as Jay Gould II. Correction: The odd Gould nomenclature has tripped me up, too. Jay Gould II (1888-1935) and George Jay Gould II (b 1896) were two different sons of George Jay Gould I. This photo must depict Jay Gould II, since it was taken in 1913 when Jay II would have been about 25, and George Jay II about 17. Or could this possibly be the two sons, rather than the father and older son? Neither of these guys looks to be pushing fifty.

George Gould (George Senior, son of the robber baron), had two sons, George (George Junior) and Jay (Jay II), and my bet is that these are the brothers in this photo. There are other pictures on here of Jay Gould II (grandson of the robber baron). Click on Gould tag above to see some photos. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jay_Gould_I Jay II: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould_II

Thanks to all for attempts at identifying the somewhat confusing - and extended - Gould family! It seems most likely these are George Jay Gould II (or George Jay Gould, Jr.) and Jay Gould II. We will expand this description when we update the record.

My name is Leonard J Gould and I am the great-great-grandson of Jay Gould. There is a serious error in the accounting here about my grandfather, George Jay Gould II. The birth and death dates given are for Jay Gould II (great tennis star) NOT George Jay Gould II, who was NOT a great tennis star! I am not aware for sure of my grandfather's date of birth, but I know for absolute certainty that he died in the winter or spring of 1963, in France. He married and divorced Laura Carter and married a woman named Louise Jacqueline (last name unknown) who died in 1992 in Cannes, France (and who we knew as Jacqueline). I hope this helps and if someone wants to verify and CORRECT this record I'd be grateful. George II had four sons, two (George, my father, and Maughan) by Laura and two (Howard and Patrick) by Jacqueline. I am here looking for some information because we have just been informed by legal counsel from Paris that Patrick, my uncle, passed away days ago in Europe.

Helen Miller Gould

Typo in title and text: Sheppard s/b Shepard

Mr. & Mrs. Shepard are attending a polo match at Meadow Brook Field. The Newport Cup, effectively the polo championship of the world, was played there on June 14, 1913. America defeated England. From the New York Times of the following day: " Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard (Miss Helen Gould) also paid their first visit to Meadow Brook. After they had run the gauntlet of cameras, they sat with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould in a grandstand box. Mrs. Shepard wore a blue poplin dress topped with a blush straw hat which had a single red rose." There were many other society types there whom were fully described in the article: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D05E... I believe that the listing of society attendees will help to match up with other photographs taken on the same day.

Pixel Wrangler: Thanks for the heads up on the typo in the caption. lifeasdaddy: Thank you for the extensive description from the New York Times! It was very helpful for confirming the identity of Mrs. Shepard. We will update the description to include more complete names as well as add more information about the polo match they are attending.

I started an entry for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Johnson_Shepard I started her biography in 2005: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowbrook_Polo_Club