Gloria Gould
Gloria Barker | |
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Born | Gloria Gould 1906 |
Died | August 15, 1943 Arizona, U.S. | (aged 37)
Spouses | Henry A. Bishop, Jr.
(m. 1923; div. 1929)Wallace McFarlane Barker
(m. 1930) |
Children | Gioia Bishop |
Parent(s) | George Jay Gould I Edith Kingdon |
Relatives | Jay Gould (grandfather) |
Gloria Gould (1906 – August 16, 1943) was an American socialite who was the daughter of industrialist heir
Early life
She was born on March 3, 1906,
Her father was the eldest son of the former
Personal life
In 1923 she became engaged to Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of
- 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "MRS. CARL F. WOLFF". The New York Times. March 14, 1960. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 9780801857713.
- ^ Foreman, John (March 3, 2021). "Big Old Houses: In a Very Different World". New York Social Diary. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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
- ProQuest 1505688366.
- ProQuest 1112929831.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- Bernard J. Douras, father of cinema actress Marion Davies.
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- ^ 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.