Gloria Gould
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Gloria Gould was the socialite daughter of industrialist heir, George Jay Gould I
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. In 1923 she became engaged to Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of Bridgeport, Connecticut
. 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, Gioia Bishop. In 1928 Gloria divorced her first husband and she married Walter McFarlane Barker in 1930. Gloria drowned in her swimming pool in August 1943 near Phoenix, Arizona
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George Jay Gould I
George Jay Gould I was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading both the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad ....
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Biography
She was born in 1906, the youngest daughter of George Jay Gould IGeorge Jay Gould I
George Jay Gould I was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading both the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad ....
. In 1923 she became engaged to Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
. 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, Gioia Bishop. In 1928 Gloria divorced her first husband and she married Walter McFarlane Barker in 1930. Gloria drowned in her swimming pool in August 1943 near Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
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Selected coverage in the New York Times
- New York Times; April 10, 1929; page 33; "Edith Weed to wed Henry A. Bishop, Jr., ex-husband of the former Gloria Gould"
- New York Times; February 7, 1930; page 21; "Mrs. Bishop wed to Barker"
- New York Times; October 23, 1934; page 19; "Mr. Henry Bishop dies"
- New York Times; August 16, 1943; page 01; "Gloria Gould Barker is drowned in swim pool at Arizona"
- New York Times; August 11, 1948; page 22; "Barker is dead; member of staff of the Valley National in Phoenix husband of the late Gloria Gould"
Timeline
- 1895 Birth of Gloria Gould
- 1923 Engaged to Henry A. Bishop II (c1890-1934) at age 17
- 1925 Birth of Gioia Gould (1925-1990)
- 1929 (circa) Divorce of Henry and Gloria in Reno, Nevada
- 1929 Henry married Edith Weed
- 1930 Gloria married Walter McFarlane Barker
- 1934 Death of Henry Bishop
- 1943 Death of Gloria Gould by drowning in Arizona
- 1948 Death of Walter McFarlane Barker