Dorothy Gould Burns
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Dorothy Gould Burns was the subject of a court case determining when a United States citizen who lives overseas gives up rights to citizenship. The probate of her will was argued by the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit as United States of America v. William L. Matheson, Executor of the Will of Dorothy Gould.
. She was born in the United States in 1904 to Frank Jay Gould
and Helen Margaret Kelly
. In 1919 she left the United States for Europe, never to re-establish residence in the United States.
On May 5, 1925 she married a Swiss Baron, Roland Graffenreid de Villars. Roland was the third son of Friedrich Johann Prosper and the Countess de Diesbach-Belleroche.
They had two daughters and divorced in 1936. Through this period she traveled as a citizen of the United States, relying upon a United States passport
until 1934. Thereafter, due to the concededly erroneous refusal of the Passport Office to grant a new passport, she traveled upon an "affidavit in lieu of passport" issued by the American Consulate. When the Germans occupied France, she returned to the United States in 1941 on a newly issued American passport but remained only briefly, soon departing for Cuba where she met her second husband, Archibald Burns, a Mexican national of Scottish parents. She followed him to Mexico where they married in 1944.
She died on July 6, 1969.
Biography
Dorothy Gould was the granddaughter of the railroad magnate Jay GouldJay Gould
Jason "Jay" Gould was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He has long been vilified as an archetypal robber baron, whose successes made him the ninth richest American in history. Condé Nast Portfolio ranked Gould as the 8th worst American CEO of all time...
. She was born in the United States in 1904 to Frank Jay Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Frank Jay Gould was a philanthropist and the son of financier Jay Gould. He was the owner of a string of French Riviera casinos and hotels.-Biography:...
and Helen Margaret Kelly
Helen Margaret Kelly
Helen Margaret Kelly —also known as Countess de Graffenried de Villars and as Princess Vlora—was a philanthropist.-Biography:...
. In 1919 she left the United States for Europe, never to re-establish residence in the United States.
On May 5, 1925 she married a Swiss Baron, Roland Graffenreid de Villars. Roland was the third son of Friedrich Johann Prosper and the Countess de Diesbach-Belleroche.
They had two daughters and divorced in 1936. Through this period she traveled as a citizen of the United States, relying upon a United States passport
United States passport
United States passports are passports issued to citizens and non-citizen nationals of the United States of America. They are issued exclusively by the U.S. Department of State. Besides issuing passports , also limited use passport cards are issued by the same organization subject to the same...
until 1934. Thereafter, due to the concededly erroneous refusal of the Passport Office to grant a new passport, she traveled upon an "affidavit in lieu of passport" issued by the American Consulate. When the Germans occupied France, she returned to the United States in 1941 on a newly issued American passport but remained only briefly, soon departing for Cuba where she met her second husband, Archibald Burns, a Mexican national of Scottish parents. She followed him to Mexico where they married in 1944.
She died on July 6, 1969.