Gloria Gould


Gloria Gould was the socialite daughter of industrialist heir George Jay Gould I.

Biography

She was born on March 3, 1906, the youngest daughter of George Jay Gould I. 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 Wallace McFarlane Barker in 1930.

Death

Gloria Gould drowned in the swimming pool of her home near Phoenix, Arizona in August 1943.

Selected coverage in the New York Times