Helen Day Miller

Helen Day Miller (September 20, 1838 - January 13, 1889) was the wife of the financier Jay Gould.[1]

Helen Day Miller
Born(1838-09-20)September 20, 1838
Manhattan, New York City
DiedJanuary 13, 1889(1889-01-13) (aged 50)
Manhattan, New York City
OccupationPhilanthropist
Spouse(s)
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m. 1863; her death 1889)
Children

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:

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
  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.
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