Frederic Goodridge
(January 11, 1836 - April 28, 1897)
Silk Merchant
Mr. Frederic Goodridge was born in Hartford CT, January 11, 1836, the son of Samuel Wadsworth and Lydia Read Goodridge of Grafton VT. In 1864, Frederic Goodridge married Charlotte Matilda Grosvenor, daughter of Jasper and Matilda A. Grosvenor. Children were Jasper Grosvenor Goodridge, died an infant, Matilda Grosvenor Goodridge, married Gouverneur Morris Carnochan, Charlotte Grosvenor Goodridge, married George Edward Wyeth. Caroline Lydia Goodridge, married John H. Iselin, and Frederic Grosvenor Goodridge married Ethel Iselin.
Samuel Wadsworth Goodridge was a wool merchant in the partnership of Messrs Hall & Goodridge of Grafton Vt. In 1834, his partner died and he sold the business. He moved to Hartford, CT, and became involved in the East India and China trade. He became an importer of raw silk. In 1843, his oldest son Samuel W. Goodridge Jr. sailed to Canton and introduced a method of “re-reeling” silk onto a new device that reduced waste of the raw materials. This manufacturing advance increased their market in the United States. In 1846, the business was moved to New York City into a building on 4 Front St. Samuel Wadsworth Sr. died in 1868, in New York.
Frederic Goodridge joined the firm run by his father and older brother. The company was known successively as S. W. Goodridge & Co., S. & F. Goodridge and Co. and finally F. & S. F. Goodridge when Frederic’s nephew Solon Foster Goodridge joined, and then managed, the firm. The company re-located to 107 Fifth Avenue. Frederic Goodridge was a founding member of the New York Botanical Garden, a fellow of the American Geographical Society of New York, and a founding patron of the American Museum of Natural History.
Mrs. Charlotte Goodridge was known for her exquisite parties and music recitals and, among other things as an anti-sufferagette. “Woman’s suffrage would be an unmitigated evil; it would do more harm than good. You may quote me as saying that, said Mrs. Frederic Goodridge, of 250 Fifth avenue, to a reporter.” “Men have their duties to perform and women theirs, it is mere division of labor and it is not right that a woman should have their duties to perform and those of the men as well.”(4)
The Goodridge family had a townhouse, at 250 Fifth Avenue, at 25th street, and the estate “Springhurst” in Riverdale. The home is no longer extant. It was located on the east side of Riverdale Avenue at what was 250th street. 250th street no longer intersects with Riverdale Avenue. The house was approximately at the location now occupied by the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel. He was a founding vestryman of Christ Church.
Frederic Goodridge died at his New York townhouse on April 28 1897. He is buried in Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn with his wife Charlotte.
(January 11, 1836 - April 28, 1897)
Silk Merchant
Mr. Frederic Goodridge was born in Hartford CT, January 11, 1836, the son of Samuel Wadsworth and Lydia Read Goodridge of Grafton VT. In 1864, Frederic Goodridge married Charlotte Matilda Grosvenor, daughter of Jasper and Matilda A. Grosvenor. Children were Jasper Grosvenor Goodridge, died an infant, Matilda Grosvenor Goodridge, married Gouverneur Morris Carnochan, Charlotte Grosvenor Goodridge, married George Edward Wyeth. Caroline Lydia Goodridge, married John H. Iselin, and Frederic Grosvenor Goodridge married Ethel Iselin.
Samuel Wadsworth Goodridge was a wool merchant in the partnership of Messrs Hall & Goodridge of Grafton Vt. In 1834, his partner died and he sold the business. He moved to Hartford, CT, and became involved in the East India and China trade. He became an importer of raw silk. In 1843, his oldest son Samuel W. Goodridge Jr. sailed to Canton and introduced a method of “re-reeling” silk onto a new device that reduced waste of the raw materials. This manufacturing advance increased their market in the United States. In 1846, the business was moved to New York City into a building on 4 Front St. Samuel Wadsworth Sr. died in 1868, in New York.
Frederic Goodridge joined the firm run by his father and older brother. The company was known successively as S. W. Goodridge & Co., S. & F. Goodridge and Co. and finally F. & S. F. Goodridge when Frederic’s nephew Solon Foster Goodridge joined, and then managed, the firm. The company re-located to 107 Fifth Avenue. Frederic Goodridge was a founding member of the New York Botanical Garden, a fellow of the American Geographical Society of New York, and a founding patron of the American Museum of Natural History.
Mrs. Charlotte Goodridge was known for her exquisite parties and music recitals and, among other things as an anti-sufferagette. “Woman’s suffrage would be an unmitigated evil; it would do more harm than good. You may quote me as saying that, said Mrs. Frederic Goodridge, of 250 Fifth avenue, to a reporter.” “Men have their duties to perform and women theirs, it is mere division of labor and it is not right that a woman should have their duties to perform and those of the men as well.”(4)
The Goodridge family had a townhouse, at 250 Fifth Avenue, at 25th street, and the estate “Springhurst” in Riverdale. The home is no longer extant. It was located on the east side of Riverdale Avenue at what was 250th street. 250th street no longer intersects with Riverdale Avenue. The house was approximately at the location now occupied by the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel. He was a founding vestryman of Christ Church.
Frederic Goodridge died at his New York townhouse on April 28 1897. He is buried in Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn with his wife Charlotte.
Frederic Goodridge
(January 11, 1836 - April 28, 1897)
Silk Merchant
Mr. Frederic Goodridge was born in Hartford CT, January 11, 1836, the son of Samuel Wadsworth and Lydia Read Goodridge of Grafton VT. In 1864, Frederic Goodridge married Charlotte Matilda Grosvenor, daughter of Jasper and Matilda A. Grosvenor. Children were Jasper Grosvenor Goodridge, died an infant, Matilda Grosvenor Goodridge, married Gouverneur Morris Carnochan, Charlotte Grosvenor Goodridge, married George Edward Wyeth. Caroline Lydia Goodridge, married John H. Iselin, and Frederic Grosvenor Goodridge married Ethel Iselin.
Samuel Wadsworth Goodridge was a wool merchant in the partnership of Messrs Hall & Goodridge of Grafton Vt. In 1834, his partner died and he sold the business. He moved to Hartford, CT, and became involved in the East India and China trade. He became an importer of raw silk. In 1843, his oldest son Samuel W. Goodridge Jr. sailed to Canton and introduced a method of “re-reeling” silk onto a new device that reduced waste of the raw materials. This manufacturing advance increased their market in the United States. In 1846, the business was moved to New York City into a building on 4 Front St. Samuel Wadsworth Sr. died in 1868, in New York.
Frederic Goodridge joined the firm run by his father and older brother. The company was known successively as S. W. Goodridge & Co., S. & F. Goodridge and Co. and finally F. & S. F. Goodridge when Frederic’s nephew Solon Foster Goodridge joined, and then managed, the firm. The company re-located to 107 Fifth Avenue. Frederic Goodridge was a founding member of the New York Botanical Garden, a fellow of the American Geographical Society of New York, and a founding patron of the American Museum of Natural History.
Mrs. Charlotte Goodridge was known for her exquisite parties and music recitals and, among other things as an anti-sufferagette. “Woman’s suffrage would be an unmitigated evil; it would do more harm than good. You may quote me as saying that, said Mrs. Frederic Goodridge, of 250 Fifth avenue, to a reporter.” “Men have their duties to perform and women theirs, it is mere division of labor and it is not right that a woman should have their duties to perform and those of the men as well.”(4)
The Goodridge family had a townhouse, at 250 Fifth Avenue, at 25th street, and the estate “Springhurst” in Riverdale. The home is no longer extant. It was located on the east side of Riverdale Avenue at what was 250th street. 250th street no longer intersects with Riverdale Avenue. The house was approximately at the location now occupied by the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel. He was a founding vestryman of Christ Church.
Frederic Goodridge died at his New York townhouse on April 28 1897. He is buried in Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn with his wife Charlotte.
(January 11, 1836 - April 28, 1897)
Silk Merchant
Mr. Frederic Goodridge was born in Hartford CT, January 11, 1836, the son of Samuel Wadsworth and Lydia Read Goodridge of Grafton VT. In 1864, Frederic Goodridge married Charlotte Matilda Grosvenor, daughter of Jasper and Matilda A. Grosvenor. Children were Jasper Grosvenor Goodridge, died an infant, Matilda Grosvenor Goodridge, married Gouverneur Morris Carnochan, Charlotte Grosvenor Goodridge, married George Edward Wyeth. Caroline Lydia Goodridge, married John H. Iselin, and Frederic Grosvenor Goodridge married Ethel Iselin.
Samuel Wadsworth Goodridge was a wool merchant in the partnership of Messrs Hall & Goodridge of Grafton Vt. In 1834, his partner died and he sold the business. He moved to Hartford, CT, and became involved in the East India and China trade. He became an importer of raw silk. In 1843, his oldest son Samuel W. Goodridge Jr. sailed to Canton and introduced a method of “re-reeling” silk onto a new device that reduced waste of the raw materials. This manufacturing advance increased their market in the United States. In 1846, the business was moved to New York City into a building on 4 Front St. Samuel Wadsworth Sr. died in 1868, in New York.
Frederic Goodridge joined the firm run by his father and older brother. The company was known successively as S. W. Goodridge & Co., S. & F. Goodridge and Co. and finally F. & S. F. Goodridge when Frederic’s nephew Solon Foster Goodridge joined, and then managed, the firm. The company re-located to 107 Fifth Avenue. Frederic Goodridge was a founding member of the New York Botanical Garden, a fellow of the American Geographical Society of New York, and a founding patron of the American Museum of Natural History.
Mrs. Charlotte Goodridge was known for her exquisite parties and music recitals and, among other things as an anti-sufferagette. “Woman’s suffrage would be an unmitigated evil; it would do more harm than good. You may quote me as saying that, said Mrs. Frederic Goodridge, of 250 Fifth avenue, to a reporter.” “Men have their duties to perform and women theirs, it is mere division of labor and it is not right that a woman should have their duties to perform and those of the men as well.”(4)
The Goodridge family had a townhouse, at 250 Fifth Avenue, at 25th street, and the estate “Springhurst” in Riverdale. The home is no longer extant. It was located on the east side of Riverdale Avenue at what was 250th street. 250th street no longer intersects with Riverdale Avenue. The house was approximately at the location now occupied by the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel. He was a founding vestryman of Christ Church.
Frederic Goodridge died at his New York townhouse on April 28 1897. He is buried in Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn with his wife Charlotte.
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