Helen Day Miller

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Helen Day Miller
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Born(1838-09-20)September 20, 1838
Manhattan, New York City
DiedJanuary 13, 1889(1889-01-13) (aged 50)
Manhattan, New York City
OccupationPhilanthropist
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1863; her death 1889)​
Children

Helen Day Miller (September 20, 1838 - January 13, 1889) was the wife of the financier Jay Gould.[1]

Biography[]

Early life[]

Helen Day Miller was born on September 20, 1838, in Manhattan, New York, the fourth child of Daniel Stratton Miller and Ann Kip Bailey. Her father, a prosperous merchant, was forty, and her mother Ann was twenty-nine. Her parents lived in The prestigious Murray Hill neighborhood in Manhattan and were prominent members of New York society.[2][3][4]

Marriage[]

Helen met her future husband Jay Gould through her father David.[5] They married on January 22, 1863, she was twenty-four and he was twenty-six years old. Together they had six children:

  • George Jay Gould I (1864–1923); had issue[22]
  • Edwin Gould I (1866–1933); had issue[23]
  • Helen Gould (1868–1938); had issue[24]
  • Howard Gould (1871–1959); had no issue[25]
  • Anna Gould (1875–1961); had issue[26]
  • Frank Jay Gould (1877–1956); had issue[27]

Death[]

Miller died on January 13, 1889 in Manhattan, New York, and was later interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York, in the Gould family mausoleum.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Ronald, Susan (2019-02-19). A Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator - The Life of Florence Gould. San Francisco: St. Martin's Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-250-31135-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ Todd, Charles Burr (1902). A General History of the Burr Family: With a Genealogical Record from 1193 to 1902. author.
  3. ^ Hutto, Richard Jay (2017-01-10). The Kaiser's Confidante: Mary Lee, the First American-Born Princess. McFarland. ISBN 9781476665726.
  4. ^ Klein, Maury (1997-10-29). The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. Baltimore: JHU Press. pp. 73, 74, 75. ISBN 9780801857713.
  5. ^ Wren, Daniel A.; Greenwood, the late Ronald G. (1998-04-16). Management Innovators: The People and Ideas that Have Shaped Modern Business. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199839407.
  6. ^ "Gould Mausoleum | Classic Mausoleum Images and Information". Mausoleums.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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