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Goulding, Mary Luella Merza Young, 1880-1965

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1965

Biography

Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding (1880-1965) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Salt Lake City and Chicago.

Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding was born on October 31, 1880 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Luella Lucy Cobb and John Willard Young. She lived in Utah until 1905, when she moved to Southampton, Hampshire, UK. She immigrated back to the United States in 1909 through New York, before marrying Howard Oliver MacNeal Goulding on November 23, 1909 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois. After they were married, they moved to New York City where Mary Young Victoria Goulding was born in 1912. By 1920, the family had moved to Salt Lake City. They relocated to Chicago in 1929, where they lived for the next few decades.

Goulding died January 11, 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:
Findagrave.com, November 6, 2018 (B. 31 Oct 1880 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Luella Lucy Cobb and John Willard Young; lived in Utah until 1905, then moved to Southampton, Hampshire, UK; immigrated to United States in 1909 through New York; m. Howard Oliver MacNeal Goulding on 23 Nov 1909 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois; moved to New York City where Mary Young Victoria Goulding was born in 1912; family had moved to Salt Lake City in 1920; relocated to Chicago in 1929, where they lived for the next few decades; Goulding died 11 Jan 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Stovall family arts papers, 1929-1951

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8247 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Series includes papers relating to the art scene in Chicago, Illinois collected mostly through Victoria Goulding Stovall’s patronage. Includes programs, playbills, and newsletters relating to Chicago’s ballet companies, theatres, symphonies and operas. Materials dated 1908-1977.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1929-1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8247, Mary Stovall Richards collection of family papers

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