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.

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. 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
 * Kingdon Gould Sr.
 * Silvia Annunziata Gould (1919–1980),
 * Edith Kingdon Gould
 * Kingdon Gould Jr.
 * Kingdon Gould III (b.1948)
 * Harold Thorne Gould (b.1949)
 * Frank Jay Gould (b.1952)
 * Candida Gould (b.1954)
 * Caleb Comstock Gould (b.1956)
 * Annunziata Octavia Gould (b.1960)
 * Thalia Thorne Gould (b.1963)
 * Jay Gould II
 * Jay Gould III (1920–1987)
 * Anne Elena Gould (1954–1990)
 * Jay Gould IV (1961–2016)
 * Marjorie Gwynne Gould
 * Edith Kingdon Drexel (1911–1934)
 * Anthony Joseph Drexel IV (1912–1948)
 * Marjorie Gould Drexel (1916–1947)
 * Helen Vivien Gould
 * Eileen Vivien de la Poer Beresford (1912-?)
 * Catherine Moya de la Poer Beresford (1913–1967)
 * Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford (1915–1992)
 * George Jay Gould II (1896–1963)
 * George Jay Gould III (1918–1985)
 * Maughan Carter Gould (1920–1986)
 * Howard Jay Gould (1928–1998)
 * Patrick Jay Gould (1934–2018)
 * Edith Catherine Gould
 * Stuyvesant Wainwright (1921–2010)
 * Caroline DePeyster Wainwright (1924–1969)
 * Carroll Livingston Wainwright Jr. (1925–2016)
 * Gloria Gould
 * Gioia Bishop (1925–1990)
 * 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)

Associates
The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the Gould family.


 * Dominic F. Antonelli Jr.
 * S. H. H. Clark
 * Abel Corbin
 * John F. Dillon
 * Sidney Dillon
 * "Big Jim" Fisk
 * Herbert Melville Hoxie
 * Collis Potter Huntington
 * Edward Turner Jeffery
 * John C. Osgood
 * John D. Rockefeller
 * Russell Sage
 * A. A. Talmadge
 * William M. Tweed
 * Theodoric R. Westbrook

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


 * Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad
 * Central Railroad of New Jersey
 * Colorado Fuel and Iron
 * Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
 * Denver and Rio Grande Railway
 * International—Great Northern Railroad
 * Kansas Pacific Railway
 * Manhattan Railway Company
 * Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
 * Missouri Pacific Railway
 * New York World
 * Parking Management Inc.
 * Rutland and Washington Railroad
 * St. Louis Southwestern Railway
 * Tenth National Bank
 * Texas and Pacific Railway
 * Virginia Railway & Power Company
 * Wabash Railroad
 * Western Maryland Railroad
 * Western Pacific Railroad
 * Western Union
 * Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad

Philanthropy & Miscellaneous Nonprofit Institutions

 * American Yacht Club (New York)
 * Capital Crescent Trail
 * Glenelg Country School
 * Gould Memorial Library
 * Hall of Fame for Great Americans