George G. Haven Jr.

George Griswold Haven Jr. (June 14, 1866 – July 21, 1925) was an American businessman.[1]

George G. Haven Jr.
Born
George Griswold Haven Jr.

(1866-06-14)June 14, 1866
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 21, 1925(1925-07-21) (aged 59)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationHopkins Grammar School
Alma materYale University
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Shaw Ingersoll
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(m. 1889; died 1923)​

Dorothy James
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(m. 1925; his death 1925)​
Children3
Parent(s)George G. Haven
Emma Walton Martin Haven

Early life

Haven 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 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

After 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

Haven 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
  1. Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1925-1926, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 22nd Series, August 1, 1926, #22, p. 126-7.
  2. "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. 19 March 1908. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "MRS. CORNELIA H. PEABODY.; Social Leader, Identified With Southampton, Dies at City Home" (PDF). The New York Times. 18 February 1926. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (8 January 1945). "STEPHEN PEABODY, RETIRED FINANCIER; Ex-Leader in Public Utilities Dies--Had Been Active in Many Noted Concerns" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  5. "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. 14 December 1929. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. "J. WOODWARD HAVEN; Son of George G. Haven Dies in Park Avenue Home at 80" (PDF). The New York Times. 13 April 1945. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. "Engagements.; WILSON-BORLAND". The New York Times. 1 April 1910. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  8. "Orme Wilson Dead; Ex-Envoy to Haiti". The New York Times. 14 February 1966. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. "NEWPORT ESTATE SOLD.; Mrs. Frances Ogden Sells Property to George G. Haven" (PDF). The New York Times. 21 January 1898. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  10. "George G. Haven Elected President" (PDF). The New York Times. 16 May 1919. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  11. "G.G. HAVEN A SUICIDE, DUE TO ILL HEALTH; Banker and Opera Patron Shoots Himself After Vain Struggle to Recover" (PDF). The New York Times. 22 July 1925. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  12. "Died" (PDF). The New York Times. 15 November 1923. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  13. "Married | JONES--HAVEN" (PDF). The New York Times. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  14. "G. H. HAVEN IS DEAD EX-STOCKBROKER; Descendant of Noted Banking Family Once With Firm of Jacqueline & de Coppet" (PDF). The New York Times. 17 September 1944. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  15. "MISS GEORGE TO WED GEORGE G. HAVEN. JR.; Mural Painter, Daughter of Mrs. Chapin George, Engaged to Stock Exchange Member" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 June 1925. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  16. "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, Houghta!lng In Home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Warner Hoppin--Other Marriages" (PDF). The New York Times. 22 October 1925. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  17. "Deaths" (PDF). The New York Times. 7 May 1946. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  18. "Trevor-Haven Wedding" (PDF). The New York Times. 5 June 1915. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  19. TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (2 May 1940). "WILLIAM OTIS WATERS; Treasurer of American Surety Company of This City" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  20. "DOROTHY JAMES A BRIDE. Wed to George Griswold Haven in St. George's--Other Marriages" (PDF). The New York Times. 5 February 1925. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  21. "DOROTHY JAMES TO WED G. G. HAVEN Colony Club Member Engaged to President of Metropolitan Opera Real Estate Co" (PDF). The New York Times. 2 February 1925. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  22. "HAVEN ESTATE WILLED TO WIFE AND CHILDREN; Property of Suicide Banker Not Yet Valued -- Family Employe Gets Trust Fund" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 July 1925. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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