Naissance | |
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Décès | |
Sépulture |
Gould family mausoleum (d) |
Nom de naissance |
Helen Miller Gould |
Nationalité | |
Formation | |
Activité | |
Père | |
Mère |
Helen Day Miller (en) |
Fratrie |
George Jay Gould I Edwin Gould I (en) Howard Gould (en) Anna Gould Frank Jay Gould |
Conjoint |
Finley Johnson Shepard (en) (de à ) |
Helen Miller Shepard, née Helen Miller Gould le à Manhattan (New York) et morte le à Roxbury (État de New York), est une philanthrope américaine[1], membre de la famille Gould (en).
Née sous le nom d'Helen Miller Gould, elle est la première fille de Jay Gould et Helen Day Miller (1838–1889)[1]. Sa sœur Anna Gould était une autre héritière en vue[2].
Elle a suivi les cours de la New York School of Law.
Helen Miller Gould épouse Finley Johnson Shepard (1867-1942) le [3],[4],[5].
Ils ont adopté trois enfants et ont eu un enfant en famille d'accueil, Louis Seton. Les enfants adoptés étaient :
Elle meurt le et est inhumée dans le mausolée familial le [6],[7].
« When the late Jay Gould, maker and breaker of railroads, lay dying, his devoted daughter Helen, then 24, was a constant attendant at his bedside. Last week at Roxbury (New York), Jay Gould's birthplace, she died, after a stroke, an extraordinary daughter of an extraordinary father, of an extraordinary family. »
« It was not until 1913 that she married Railman Finley Johnson Shepard. »
« Leaders in society and finance joined with representatives of many patriotic and religious organizations in tribute to Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, philanthropist, at funeral services yesterday at the Collegiate Reformed Church of St. Nicholas, Fifth Avenue and Forty-eighth Street. More than 1,500 persons, »
« Mrs. Finley J. Shepard of New York, the former Helen Gould, who was famous for her philanthropies in many fields, died at her Summer home here at 12:15 this morning, after being in a coma for more than 24 hours. She had suffered an apoplectic stroke ten days ago, and had been ill for two months. Her age was 70 years. »