Gould family

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.[1][2]

Gould family
Jay Gould
George Jay Gould
Kingdon Gould Jr.
Current regionNew York, U.S.
Place of originSuffolk, England
Founded
  • 1650
  • 374 years ago
FounderNathan Gold
Connected familiesBeresford family
Drexel family
House of Talleyrand-Périgord
Estate(s)Lyndhurst; Hempstead House; George J. Gould House

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.[3] 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
    • 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.

Businesses

The following is a list of companies in which the Gould family have held a controlling or otherwise significant interest.

Philanthropy & Miscellaneous Nonprofit Institutions

References
  1. 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. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-8050-8134-3.
  2. Keys 1907, p. 8441.
  3. Treese, Lorett (2006). Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape. Stackpole Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8117-3260-4.
  4. 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. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-4809-2707-0.
  5. White, Henry Kirke (1895). History of the Union Pacific Railway. University of Chicago Press. p. 52.
  6. Steinmetz, Greg (2023). American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune. Simon & Schuster. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-9821-0741-3.
  7. Drury 2007, p. 305.
  8. Vivian, Julia L. (1995) [1905]. "Jay Gould". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  9. Douglas 2007, p. 494.
  10. Young, Jan (2016) [2009]. Studebaker and the Railroads - Volume 2. Lulu.com. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-557-09383-0.
  11. Solomon, Brian (2014). North American Railroads: The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Voyageur Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7603-4736-2.
  12. Kelly, Jacques (2018). "Kingdon Gould Jr., Former Ambassador and Astute Parking Lot Investor, Dies at 94". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  13. Lynch, Denis Tilden (1927). "Boss" Tweed: The Story of a Grim Generation, Volume 25. Boni and Liveright. p. 105.
  14. White, Trumbull (1893). Wizard of Wall Street and his wealth, or, The life and deeds of Jay Gould. J.C. Yorston. p. 481.
  15. Treese, Lorett (2012) [2003]. Railroads of Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8117-0011-5.
  16. Kohn, George C., ed. (2001). The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal. Infobase Publishing. pp. 159–160. ISBN 0-8160-4420-1.

Sources
  • Douglas, George H. (2007). "Geography and Railroad Development". In Middleton, William D.; Smerk, George M.; Diehl, Roberta L. (eds.). Encyclopedia of North American Railroads. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3.
  • Drury, George H. (2007). "Colorado & Southern Railway". In Middleton, William D.; Smerk, George M.; Diehl, Roberta L. (eds.). Encyclopedia of North American Railroads. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3.
  • Keys, C.M. (January 1907). "The Sick Man of the Railroad Powers". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XIII: 8441–8442.
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