New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
OGDEN GOBLET DEAD.
HE PASSES AWAY ON BOARD HIS iAO"i'
THE MAYFLOwER. IN COwEs ROAD
ISLE OF WIGHT.

day on board his yacht the MayhoWe'' "'''"
was at anchor in Cowes Road
Mr. Goelet had been i'll for abou; two moh'hs
past. His Illness became serious ~"
days ago. and his physician Dr. DAWSON '"e''
deemed it necessary to hold consuitalio''' .'0
summoned Sir William Henry Broadoeh'' P"s
sician-n- ordinary to the Prince OF "aies' "''
came to Cowes on Sunday last. accompanied ~
his son. and both were In constant a'le"uai'''
upon Mr.. Goelet until his death
Mr. Goelet suffered ftom affections Vi 'ne
chest and succumbed literally through We""-
~,
His wife son and daughter ana Inc nun
Michael Henry Herbert brother of the Fan "a
Pembroke and Montgomery. ana Ars' iie''
who is a sister of Mrs. Goelet. were pieSe",
when the end The body VIII DE 20 ,b
and taken to New-York. The lowering Vi nrat
Mayfowcr's ensign to half mast was the me-
intlmation TO the people on shore that MI "o''''
was dead. -. A. coelet
had been much worried over family affairs me
marriage Of his daughter TO the Duhe Vi 80 ia
chester, which 1t was receptly aiii,1J 49,, MIN
been arranged was strongly opposed ny MN,
The (;oeiets renquished Lord Wimporit
house in London. which they had ieaseu ioi INV
season, fortnight ago.
Although II was known that Mr. Goelet had not
hccn in the best OF health for the last two years
his condition not believed to be serious i''
relatives In this country have recently peer, "''
viscd however. that his health nad NOT o''.
N,ed nv the strain Mr.. Goe!ets social engagements
involved during the progress OF the queens '".
bilee It was hoped. however. that compete resi-
would restore him. . o.. :,
Ogden Goeet who was born on June II. lS'O De-
longed 10 one Of the mos, prominent iln!iHeS Vi TIC
city. The New-York Goclets are descended iro'"
= Protestant family that fled from hoch"','
France in 1921 and went TO Amsterdam ho''''''
70 escape persecution. The first one o. the fanny
n come 10 this country Francis Goelct VINO
lbs, his wife in Holland and came 10 New-AnS''i-
dam with his son. Jacobus. poy ABOUT ""
old in 1876 He well pleased Win nv :"
America that he determined to settle mere pu. ~
had some property In Holland ana ne uc'u
20 back and get IT, He left his son in the care u
Nr ph,llIps a merchant and took passage 'o'
Holland lie WAS never heard OF again, ana IL WIS
supposed that he was lost n; sea .
Jacobus Goeet married JannetJe 'oe'sa'' 49,
tor ~ = Protestant refugee from Rochelle France.
He died in 1881 and his body was buried III 'ne o''
Garden street Dutch Church. He let six childre"'
hut his third son. Jan. was the ancestor VI nv
rresent Goelet branch in this city. Jan Goeie' ii"i
ri.d Jannetie the daughter OF Jan cannon aiao
n descendant OF a Rochelle refugee, III l's' an" &c
died in July 1853 Peter Goect. his fourth son W.
born in January, 1921. and married IN April i''''
Elizabeth daughter of Robert Ratsev
Peter p Goelet the OF Peter Goei't anu
Elizabeth Ratsev was born in August i'oi. lie
was married In May, 1889. TO Almy daughter %
Thomas Buch pnan and the ceremony ""S ~
formed at Mr. Buchanan's house. In Wali-st. fe'el
T. Coclet died in October. lNS he had hihe'i''u
considerable property from his father and he had
invested most Of 1t In real estate upon the ADVICE
NJ Peter De Witt his attorney He also had money
invested in corporations. and was inefnoer ol .ne
Western Inland Dock Navigation Company lie
left four chil'lrcn-Peter. Jean H. hahhdh w. "'"
Robert Goclct.
potter Goclet the Oldest son. was born on June
., ,soo II. died a bachelor on November q. 1873
Hannah 6 Goclct became the wife OF Commodore
Thomas Il Gerry. l.. 5. y. and was the mother OF
Elhridge r. Gerry She died three years ago III
the old Goclct house. at Broadway ana Nlne'e'''h-
ST. which was one Of the landmarks oi 'he Guy
for many years. and was torn down 10 make room
for a business structure only few years ago
pobort Goc,et the father OF Robert Goelet, no"
living in the city and OF ogden Goc!'t, VINO u''u
Yesterday was born IN october, 1893. ana marf''
I'm October 1899. Sarah tlc daughter OF Jonathan
ogden He died on September r. NIB niue more
than two months before his elder brother Gi'd.
Tho two brothers lived together for many years
in the house at Broadway and Nineteen'h-S''
Potter t;oect continued the policy Of Investing
money In land and holding II. He refused 10 sou
the land now occupied by the Grand central So
ton and Commodore Vanderbilt could acquire !"
for the railroad company only by invoking eminent
working at a forge in the basement 81 the noms.
I'm Broadway. making locks OF intricate Pi1arttm ~
and pieces Of machinery. lie KEPT Il co." ~, - '+',3
in the yard Of the house IN me SuHl'nI ,l''', 81
had many fowls Of bright plumase which ne IT, H.
collected from v9rons parts Of me Wo r.,a, rs
ncphews inherited the bulk or MS large estate d.
vel as the estate of their iathtr. . 49,, ,oo,o,
f,notlw in %cw-york was born September %
isii He married in 1879 Harriet ouisr 9aush,,r
& RoSis sGrS Walton @nE o %aF aad R T@a lee
ogden Gocle, was graduated from So o IN n.
Of h hsr hs b ia H%a f5 SbT
c;oret figured in club life to any extent nor were
thcv known very Intimately In the gay world OF
T;eT iSr Hest daHgher of Richard r wilson
The marriage took place AT the nome oil Hdr, VIZ, VII
lo' was an OCCASION which brought the Fashionable
people of NcwY DIRK together MI ana MT y J,oc,r
were prominent in the doings Of the social World
Their home at the southwest corner oI i.an,,if,i
i'm this city II is said that the Lronzes WITHIN
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Goelet cntertained in 'her New
York home in a quiet way. They never gave ARG
Of the dtcate condition Of Mr. GG,let's health
Mrs Goect. who Is SISTER o. NJ ,, Mi' W.
derbiit ir OF NJ Orme Wilson. whose wife is IN,
Youngest daughter OF the late william Astor; am
York been rcyar attendant at The opcr9 ana
the fashionable affairs she mas as2 n,en nF WE
onabie subscription balls including the Assemblies.
T n E|'" M D @nG Mrs Goce last vs TO
this country WAS on the occasion OF the marrlag"
af Mise C0nsl.lO Vanderbilt 10 the Duke or MARI
borough Their intention 10 spend that winter
in Nrw-York Their house in Flnh-ave. was mide
rcoiv for the season hut Mr.. Coolers health. after
a few weeks stay here. became so seriously an"ct"d
nv Tho climate that they were forced 70 90 abroad
Trer daughter. Mis- Goeiet, who was 70 be nitro
Jucnl 10 Nrw-York society. vas also taken aDro1d.
ana ias, spring was presented at one Of the draw
ing-rooms in England.
Mr. and Mrs. Goelct. who came here two HenrS
ago in their yacht. the White lady": - see N" IN
tcrnational Yacht race entertained the most 'front.'
ncr, foregnets ana one nigh, s1yc an ol'5orata On,
tnr.alnmcnt III honor Of Lord Dunrsvcn. Mr ana
Mrs l;oc.ct. who passed part Of last winter N
Nice entertained. In April las. The Prince OF Wales
md had the honor OF being presented 20 Queen Vie
.orja who az the time on h"r annual visit -
The Riviera. During the last London sea on Mr. and
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