Gloria Gould

Gloria Barker
Gloria Gould in 1925
Born
Gloria Gould

1906
DiedAugust 15, 1943(1943-08-15) (aged 37)
Arizona, U.S.
Spouses
Henry A. Bishop, Jr.
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(m. 1923; div. 1929)​
Wallace McFarlane Barker
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(m. 1930)​
ChildrenGioia Bishop
Parent(s)George Jay Gould I
Edith Kingdon
RelativesJay Gould (grandfather)

Gloria Gould (1906 – August 16, 1943) was an American socialite who was the daughter of industrialist heir George Jay Gould I.

Early life

She was born on March 3, 1906,[1] the youngest daughter of George Jay Gould I. She was one of seven children born to millionaire George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) and actress Edith Kingdon Gould (1864–1921).[2][3] Among her siblings were Kingdon Gould Sr., Jay Gould II, Marjorie Gwynne Gould (wife of Anthony Joseph Drexel III), Helen Vivien Gould (wife of John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies), Edith Catherine Gould, and George Jay Gould II.[4]

Her father was the eldest son of the former Helen Day Miller and Jay Gould, a leading American railroad developer and speculator who has been referred to as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era.[5] Her aunt, Anna Gould, was married to two European aristocrats, Boni de Castellane (the elder son and heir apparent of the Marquis of Castellane) and Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Sagan (Boni's cousin).[6]

Personal life

In 1923 she became engaged to Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of Bridgeport, Connecticut.[7] He was the son of Henry A. Bishop, Sr, who was the director of the Western Union Telegraph Co. Together Gloria and Henry had a daughter:[8]

  • Gioia Bishop (1925-1990), who married William Henry Grimditch (1922–2013) in 1943. They divorced and she married Charles Larkin (1925–2009) in 1954.

Gloria was the first manager of New York City's Embassy Theatre, which opened in 1925.[9][10]

In 1929, Gloria divorced her first husband and she married Wallace McFarlane Barker,[11] a son of Alfred Barker and Harriet (née Rowland) Barker, in 1930.[12][13][14] Her first husband married Edith Weed in 1929,[15] before his death in 1934.[16]

Gloria drowned in the swimming pool of her home near Phoenix, Arizona in August 1943.[14][17] Her widower, Walter McFarlane Barker, died in 1948.[18]

References

  1. ^ "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WH9-V7B : February 11, 2018), Gloria Gould, March 3, 1906; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 12476 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,984,916.
  2. ^ Times, Special To The New York (May 29, 1920). "WAINWRIGHTS WED IN SECRET FOR 'THRIFT'; 'Avoided Needless Expense,' Says Art Student, with His Bride, Edith Gould, at Atlantic City". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "MRS. CARL F. WOLFF". The New York Times. March 14, 1960. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Goulds Are Going". Time. March 23, 1925. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2007. Of the seven older children by his first marriage — Kingdon, Jay, George Jay Jr., Marjorie, Vivien, Edith, Gloria — three eloped, one married an English nobleman, and one the daughter of a Hawaiian princess.
  5. ^ Maury Klein (1997). The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. p. 393. ISBN 9780801857713.
  6. ^ Foreman, John (March 3, 2021). "Big Old Houses: In a Very Different World". New York Social Diary. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Engaged". Time. April 14, 1923. Miss Gloria Gould, 17, youngest daughter of George J. Gould, who is ill on the Riviera, to Mr. Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of Bridgeport, Conn., Yale student and son of Henry A. Bishop, director of the Western Union Telegraph Co. and other corporations.
  8. ^ "Born". Time. March 23, 1925. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Bishop Jr. (Gloria Gould, granddaughter of the late Jay Gould), a daughter, Gioia (six and one half pounds); in Manhattan
  9. ^ "News From the Dailies: New York". Variety. 79 (11): 18. July 29, 1925. ProQuest 1505688366.
  10. ^ "Gloria Gould to Direct 'Movie' House for Women". The New York Herald, New York Tribune. July 25, 1925. p. 6. ProQuest 1112929831.
  11. ^ "MRS. BISHOP WED TO W.M'F. BARKER; The Former Gloria Gould and New York Man Are Married Quietly by Magistrate. A FEW FRIENDS ATTEND Bride, Daughter of George Jay Gould, Got Reno Divorce In 1929 --Husband Is Paint Contractor". The New York Times. February 7, 1930. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  12. ^ "Sued for Divorce". Time. September 10, 1928. Henry A. Bishop Jr., son of Henry Alfred Bishop (railroad, bank & telegraph tycoon) of Bridgeport, Conn.; by Mrs. Gloria Gould Bishop, daughter of the late George Jay Gould. She was married in 1923, aged 17, and has at various times since conducted a dance studio in Manhattan, made public appearances as hostess-manageress of the Embassy cinema house on Broadway.
  13. ^ "Married". Time. February 13, 1930. Gloria Gould Bishop, daughter of the late capitalist George Jay Gould; and Wallace McFarlane Barker of Chicago; in Manhattan. He is her second husband. They were married in the Domestic Relations Court by Judge Bernard J. Douras, father of cinema actress Marion Davies.
  14. ^ a b "Died". Time. August 23, 1943. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008. Gloria Gould Bishop Barker, 37, glamor girl of the '20s; by drowning in her swimming pool; near Phoenix, Arizona. A granddaughter of Financier Jay Gould, daughter of Famed Stage Beauty Edith Kingdon Gould, she gave a dance recital at Carnegie Hall when she was 16. She married her first husband at 17, as a playfully ambitious young heiress. Served as a professional greeter at a Broadway movie house and otherwise attracted attention with interviews on marriage, motherhood and careers for women. She deserted society in 1930 after her second marriage, to contractor Walter McFarlane Barker
  15. ^ "Edith Weed to Wed Henry A. Bishop Jr., Ex-Husband of the Former Gloria Gould". The New York Times. April 10, 1929. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  16. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (October 23, 1934). "HENRY A. BISHOP DIES; WAS RAIL OFFICIAL; Grandson of One of Founders of the New Haven, 73, Had Been Bank Director". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  17. ^ "Gloria Gould Barker Is Drowned In Swim Pool at Arizona Home. Mrs. W.M. Barker Drowns In A Pool. Victim Of Accident". Associated Press in New York Times. August 16, 1943. Retrieved June 7, 2008. Mrs. Gloria Gould Barker, 37, a member of the prominent Gould family of New York, was drowned today in the swimming pool of her desert home ten miles east of here.
  18. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (August 11, 1948). "W. M'F. BARKER, 55, A BANKER, IS DEAD; Member of Staff of the Valley National in Phoenix Husband of the Late Gloria Gould". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2021.