Birth, Marriage and Children
George was the son of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and Helen Day Miller (1838–1889). He married Edith M. Kingdon (1864–1921), a stage actress, and had the following children:
- Kingdon Gould, Sr. (1887–1945) who married Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci (1890–1961).
- Jay Gould II (1888–1935) who was a tennis player and who married Anne Douglass Graham.
- Marjorie Gould (1891–1955) who married Anthony Joseph Drexel II.
- Helen Vivien Gould (1893–1931) who married John Graham Hope DeLaPoer Horsley Beresford (1866–1945).
- George Jay Gould II (1896-?) who married Laura Carter.
- Edith Catherine Gould (1901–1937) who married Carroll Livingston Wainwright I (1899–1967) and after a divorce married Sir Hector Murray MacNeal.
- Gloria Gould (1906–1943) who married Henry A. Bishop II, and after a divorce married Walter McFarlane Barker.
George Gould also had a mistress, Guinevere Jeanne Sinclair, and had the following children with her:
- Jane Sinclair Gould
- George Sinclair Gould
- Guinevere Gould
After the death of Edith Kingdon Gould in November 1921, George Gould married Guinevere Jeanne Sinclair in May 1922.
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