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5 unusual facts about George Jay Gould I


Alexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of Leuchtenberg

In 1909, Alexander featured in many newspapers after rumors spread that he would enter into a morganatic marriage with American Marjorie Gould, a daughter of wealthy railroad executive George Jay Gould I.

Georgian Court University

In 1924, the Sisters of Mercy purchased Georgian Court, the estate of George Jay Gould I in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, moved the college there and renamed it Georgian Court College.

The university is located on the former winter estate of the millionaire George Jay Gould I, son of the railroad tycoon Jay Gould (1836–1892).

Gould transcontinental system

The Gould transcontinental system was a system of railroads assembled by George Jay Gould I and the Fuller Syndicate in the early 1900s.

Jay Gould House

It was constructed for Jay Gould in the French Neo-Gothic style, and given by Gould to his son George Jay Gould in 1868.


Ocean County, New Jersey

Georgian Court University in Lakewood is a private Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy college, which opened in 1908 on the former winter estate of millionaire George Jay Gould I, son of railroad tycoon Jay Gould.


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