Helen Day Miller

Helen Day Miller
Helen Day Miller
Born	September 20, 1838; Manhattan, New York City
Died	January 13, 1889 (aged 50); Manhattan, New York City
Occupation	Philanthropist
Spouse(s)	Jay Gould (m. 1863; her death 1889)
Children	George Jay Gould; Edwin Gould Sr.; Helen Miller Shepard; Howard Gould; Anna Gould; Frank Jay Gould;

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

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.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
Todd, Charles Burr (1902). A General History of the Burr Family: With a Genealogical Record from 1193 to 1902. author.
Hutto, Richard Jay (2017-01-10). The Kaiser's Confidante: Mary Lee, the First American-Born Princess. McFarland. ISBN 9781476665726.
Klein, Maury (1997-10-29). The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. Baltimore: JHU Press. pp. 73, 74, 75. ISBN 9780801857713.
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.
"Gould Mausoleum | Classic Mausoleum Images and Information". Mausoleums.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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[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.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.