From Poverty to Millions Heirs by New York Families
A dramatic look at childless rich New York families adopting orphans and heiresses, turning poverty into vast fortunes. The piece cites Mrs. Finley Shepard Miss Helen Gould and other prominent heirs as examples, noting how homes in New York and estates from Martha's Vineyard to Rumson shape destinies. It highlights wealth totals, notable adopters like Warren Leeds Edwin Drexel Godfrey and Charles Panam, and asks what makes a home without children.
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Big America
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Gould
New York Charities Aid Association
Lttle
New York
John Doe
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Finley Shepard
Flelen Gould
Miss Gould
Shepard
Warren M. Leeds
Mr. Leeds i
Bir Harbor
Edwin Drexel Godfrey
Godfreys
Rumson Road
New Jersey
Godfrey
The
Stock Exchange
Robert Erskine Bly
League For Political Education
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Notable New York Millionaire Families List of Heiresses
A readable fragment lists prominent New York childless millionaire families and scions such as Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks daughter Hetty Green Vincent Astor Howard Gould Charles Schwab Ogden Livingston Mills Frederick Vanderbilt Perry Belmont Herbert Harriman Peter Cooper Hewitt Mrs Russell Sage Elbert Gary James Speyer Richard T Wilson.
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New York
Matthew Astor Wilks
Hetty Green
Col
Edward Green
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Janes Speyer
Fifth Avenue
Newport
Vincent Astors
Howard Goulds
Cooper Hewist
Urich Vander Richard T. W
Ogden Ingstop Mills
Mills
W. K. Vanderbilt
Is Reid
Alfred v
Paul Morton
Cornell
Yne— Whitney
C. Steele
Clay Frick
Geol Bakern Gould
Benjamin Dallas Macie Pratt
Henrylves Charles Astor
J. St Barnes
de Berkeley Parse
Werhert Satterlee
Satte Ag
J. P. Megaz
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
George Gould
J. P. Morgan
Henry Graff Trever
Robert Bacon
William Douglass Sloane
Francis Burrell Hoffmann
Herbert Parsons
Oliver Harriman
Elbridge T. Gerry
Chi
Vincent Astor
Howard Gould
Charles Schwab Ogden Livingston Mills
Frederick Vanderbilt
Perry Belmont
Herbert Harriman
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Mrs. Russell Sage Elbert H. Gary
James Speyer
Richard T. Wilson
Rich Families with Only One Child
A list of prominent heiresses and scions, including Mrs. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, J. J. Astor, Mrs. Philip Lydig, and many others, noted among New York high society families. The roster references marriages, names, and social status within the era’s elite circles.
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Andrew Carnegie
French Vanderbilt
J. Borden Harriman
Irs
Hamilton McK. Twombly
Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor
Philip Lydig
Shriner
Gerard Norman de R. Whitehouse
Charles de Loosey
Oelrichs
T. J. Oakley
Rhinelander
Arthur Scott Burden
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Carnegie Liter
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Charles L. Panam
Martha's Vineyard
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Ries
Jaluce Mreelis Seeds
Miin Meek
Twombly
Nderbilt
Gifford Pinchot
Erman Oelrichs
William Zies StyrTe J
Oak Ashinelander
Arthur Stott Murden
Stowe
Maree Fh. Whitehouse
Philip Lidig
Rles de Loosley Oelricha
N Winthrop, Jr
Joseph Maj
Hetesen Ag
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Miresler
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Finley J. Shepard
Conservatory
Hudson River
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Drexon Dahlgren
Joseph F. Stillman
William Hamilton
Mrs. Hamilton
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