George Griswold Haven Jr. (June 14, 1866 – July 21, 1925) was an American businessman.[1]
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| Born | George Griswold Haven Jr. June 14, 1866 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 21, 1925 (aged 59) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Hopkins Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Spouses | Elizabeth Shaw Ingersoll
(m. 1889; died 1923)Dorothy James (m. 1925) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | George G. Haven Emma Walton Martin Haven |
Early life
editHaven was born in New York City on June 14, 1866. He was the son of George Griswold Haven Sr. (1837–1908) and Emma Walton (née Martin) Haven (1840–1873).[2] Among his siblings was Cornelia Haven[3] (wife of Stephen Peabody),[4] Alice Griswold Haven (wife of John Nelson Borland),[5] and Joseph Woodward Haven.[6] His niece, Alice "Ella" Borland,[7] was married to Orme Wilson Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti under Franklin D. Roosevelt.[8]
His father, a prominent New Yorker, came from a family that had settled in New England in the earliest times.[1] His maternal grandparents were Cornelia (née Walton) Martin and Isaac Parker, descendant of Joseph Martin, who came to the United States from the Canary Islands and settled in New York City.[1] In 1898, his father purchased the former Callender estate on Narragansett Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island from Mrs. Frances Ogden.[9] His grand-uncle was John N. A. Griswold.[9]
George G. Haven Jr. attended St. John's Military School, in Ossining and the Hopkins Grammar School. He entered Yale College and graduated with the class of 1887. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Hé Boulé and Skull and Bones.[1]
Career
editAfter his graduation, Haven returned to New York City to enter the Lehigh & Wilkes Barre Coal Company. Following in his father's footsteps, Haven became interested in railroads, his next job being secretary and treasurer of the St. Paul & Duluth and New York and Northern Railways. He later became general manager of New York & Northern.[1]
In 1896, Haven joined the firm Strong, Sturgis & Company, whom he represented on the New York Stock Exchange.[1]
He was a director of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad; the Texas & Pacific Railroad; the South Porto Rico Sugar Company; the Metallurgical Company; the Charleston & Ohio River Company; and the United States Mortgage & Trust Company. Haven also became a director of the Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Company in 1910, becoming a senior member and treasurer in 1914. He was appointed President in 1919, a position his father had held just over ten years ago.[10] Through the Metropolitan Opera, Haven became associated with such prominent New Yorkers as George F. Baker, J.P. Morgan, Otto H. Kahn and Robert F. Cutting.[11]
Personal life
editHaven was married twice. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Shaw Ingersoll (1860–1923),[12] the daughter of Charles Roberts Ingersoll, a former Governor of Connecticut, on September 4, 1889. Together, they were the parents of:
- Leila Ingersoll Haven (1890–1974), who married Gilbert Edward Jones Jr. (1888–1925).[13]
- George Griswold Haven III (1892–1944),[14] who married Elizabeth George (1896–1990) in 1925.[15][16]
- Alice Haven (1895–1946),[17] who married George Schieffelin Trevor (1892–1951) in 1915.[18] They divorced and she later married William Otis Waters (1889–1940).[19]
Two years after the death of his first wife, he married Dorothy James on February 4, 1925,[20] the daughter of Henry Ammon James and Laura Brevoort (née Sedgwick) James.[1][21] In early 1924, Haven suffered a nervous breakdown. He retired from business and began traveling in hope of regaining his health, but on July 21, 1925, Haven shot himself through the head with a revolver, at his home on Fifty-third Street, New York City.[11] He was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.[1] His estate was left to his widow and children.[22]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1925-1926, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 22nd Series, August 1, 1926, #22, p. 126–127.
- ^ "George G. Haven Dies After an Operation; Prominent as a Banker, and President of the Metropolitan Opera Realty Co.; Well Known in Society; His Generosity and Tact Did Much to Smooth the Path of Grand Opera In This City" (PDF). The New York Times. March 19, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Mrs. Cornelia H. Peabody.; Social Leader, Identified With Southampton, Dies at City Home". The New York Times. February 18, 1926. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Stephen Peabody, Retired Financier; Ex-Leader in Public Utilities Dies--Had Been Active in Many Noted Concerns". The New York Times. Westport, Connecticut (published January 8, 1945). January 7, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "John Nelson Borland Dies in His 71st Year; Former Member of New York Stock Exchange for 25 Years-- In Union and Tuxedo Clubs". The New York Times. December 14, 1929. p. 19. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "J. Woodward haven; Son of George G. Haven Dies in Park Avenue Home at 80". The New York Times. April 13, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Engagements.; Wilson-Borland". The New York Times. April 1, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Orme Wilson Dead; Ex-Envoy to Haiti". The New York Times. February 14, 1966. p. 29. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Newport Estate Sold.; Mrs. Frances Ogden Sells Property to George G. Haven" (PDF). The New York Times. Newport (published January 21, 1898). January 20, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "George G. Haven Elected President" (PDF). The New York Times. May 16, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ a b "G.G. Haven a Suicide, Due to Ill Health; Banker and Opera Patron Shoots Himself After Vain Struggle to Recover". The New York Times. July 22, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Died". The New York Times. November 15, 1923. p. 19. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Married: Jones–Haven" (PDF). The New York Times. June 24, 1912. p. 9. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "G. H. Haven is Dead Ex-Stockbroker; Descendant of Noted Banking Family Once With Firm of Jacqueline & de Coppet" (PDF). The New York Times. September 17, 1944. p. 42. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
- ^ "Miss George to Wed George G. Haven. Jr.; Mural Painter, Daughter of Mrs. Chapin George, Engaged to Stock Exchange Member". The New York Times. June 10, 1925. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Miss George Weds George G. Haven; Daughter of Mrs. Chapin George Married in Chapel of Cathedral of St. John. Elizabeth Graham Bride; Wed to David H, Houghtaling In Home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Warner Hoppin--Other Marriages". The New York Times. October 22, 1925. p. 25. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Deaths: Waters". The New York Times. May 7, 1946. p. 21. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Trevor-Haven Wedding" (PDF). The New York Times. June 5, 1915. p. 9. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "William Otis Waters; Treasurer of American Surety Company of This City". The New York Times. May 2, 1940. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dorothy James a Bride. Wed to George Griswold Haven in St. George's--Other Marriages". The New York Times. February 5, 1925. p. 19. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dorothy James to Wed G. G. Haven; Colony Club Member Engaged to President of Metropolitan Opera Real Estate Co". The New York Times. February 2, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Haven Estate Willed to Wife and Children; Property of Suicide Banker Not Yet Valued -- Family Employe Gets Trust Fund". The New York Times. July 29, 1925. p. 24. Retrieved December 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.