Helen Rothschild was the daughter of garment industry proprietor J. Henry Rothschild and the older sister of notable writer Dorothy Parker.
Helen was born in 1887 in Manhattan, the third child of J. Henry Rothschild and Eliza Marston Rothchild. In 1898 her mother died. She was six years older than her younger sister, and was close to her. The sisters spent summer vacations together on the Jersey Shore and Long Island. Helen completed three years of high school in New York. She grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Helen met her first husband, baking company scion George Frederick Droste, Jr., at a summer resort. They were married on June 7, 1907 in Manhattan. The couple had two children, George H. Droste and Helen M. Droste.
In 1910, the couple resided on Madison Avenue, Manhattan, with their son, George, aged 1. George was shown to be the manager of the family bakery. Opened in the 1870s as the Shults Bread Co., the bakery began producing Wonder Bread in the 1920s. The bakery was in Jamaica, Queens.
In 1912 her uncle, Martin Rothschild, drowned on the RMS Titanic. In 1913 Helen's father died. She looked after her younger sister, Dorothy, who was 20 at the time.
In 1920, George F. Droste, Jr., aged 36, was living in Manhattan, NY, with his wife, Helen M. Droste, aged 32, and children, George H. Droste, aged 10, and Helen M. Droste, aged 3. George was shown to be a manager at Shults Bread Company, later the Continental Baking Company. The family was prosperous as it baked Wonder Bread.
She and her husband divorced around 1930. Helen lived in Brooklyn Heights with her son and daughter in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
On 30 March 1933 Helen remarried to Victor Grimwood, a divorced Long Island horse breeder, in Maryland, Otsego County, New York. They resided in Garden City, Long Island. The relationship ended and he moved to Connecticut.
Helen had summered in Bellport, Long Island, and moved their permanently. She visited her sister in New York and Pennsylvania.
Helen Rothschild Grimwood died 18 January 1944 in Hamlin, New York, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Helen was interred in Woodland Cemetery in Bellport.
Helen was born in 1887 in Manhattan, the third child of J. Henry Rothschild and Eliza Marston Rothchild. In 1898 her mother died. She was six years older than her younger sister, and was close to her. The sisters spent summer vacations together on the Jersey Shore and Long Island. Helen completed three years of high school in New York. She grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Helen met her first husband, baking company scion George Frederick Droste, Jr., at a summer resort. They were married on June 7, 1907 in Manhattan. The couple had two children, George H. Droste and Helen M. Droste.
In 1910, the couple resided on Madison Avenue, Manhattan, with their son, George, aged 1. George was shown to be the manager of the family bakery. Opened in the 1870s as the Shults Bread Co., the bakery began producing Wonder Bread in the 1920s. The bakery was in Jamaica, Queens.
In 1912 her uncle, Martin Rothschild, drowned on the RMS Titanic. In 1913 Helen's father died. She looked after her younger sister, Dorothy, who was 20 at the time.
In 1920, George F. Droste, Jr., aged 36, was living in Manhattan, NY, with his wife, Helen M. Droste, aged 32, and children, George H. Droste, aged 10, and Helen M. Droste, aged 3. George was shown to be a manager at Shults Bread Company, later the Continental Baking Company. The family was prosperous as it baked Wonder Bread.
She and her husband divorced around 1930. Helen lived in Brooklyn Heights with her son and daughter in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
On 30 March 1933 Helen remarried to Victor Grimwood, a divorced Long Island horse breeder, in Maryland, Otsego County, New York. They resided in Garden City, Long Island. The relationship ended and he moved to Connecticut.
Helen had summered in Bellport, Long Island, and moved their permanently. She visited her sister in New York and Pennsylvania.
Helen Rothschild Grimwood died 18 January 1944 in Hamlin, New York, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Helen was interred in Woodland Cemetery in Bellport.
Helen Rothschild was the daughter of garment industry proprietor J. Henry Rothschild and the older sister of notable writer Dorothy Parker.
Helen was born in 1887 in Manhattan, the third child of J. Henry Rothschild and Eliza Marston Rothchild. In 1898 her mother died. She was six years older than her younger sister, and was close to her. The sisters spent summer vacations together on the Jersey Shore and Long Island. Helen completed three years of high school in New York. She grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Helen met her first husband, baking company scion George Frederick Droste, Jr., at a summer resort. They were married on June 7, 1907 in Manhattan. The couple had two children, George H. Droste and Helen M. Droste.
In 1910, the couple resided on Madison Avenue, Manhattan, with their son, George, aged 1. George was shown to be the manager of the family bakery. Opened in the 1870s as the Shults Bread Co., the bakery began producing Wonder Bread in the 1920s. The bakery was in Jamaica, Queens.
In 1912 her uncle, Martin Rothschild, drowned on the RMS Titanic. In 1913 Helen's father died. She looked after her younger sister, Dorothy, who was 20 at the time.
In 1920, George F. Droste, Jr., aged 36, was living in Manhattan, NY, with his wife, Helen M. Droste, aged 32, and children, George H. Droste, aged 10, and Helen M. Droste, aged 3. George was shown to be a manager at Shults Bread Company, later the Continental Baking Company. The family was prosperous as it baked Wonder Bread.
She and her husband divorced around 1930. Helen lived in Brooklyn Heights with her son and daughter in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
On 30 March 1933 Helen remarried to Victor Grimwood, a divorced Long Island horse breeder, in Maryland, Otsego County, New York. They resided in Garden City, Long Island. The relationship ended and he moved to Connecticut.
Helen had summered in Bellport, Long Island, and moved their permanently. She visited her sister in New York and Pennsylvania.
Helen Rothschild Grimwood died 18 January 1944 in Hamlin, New York, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Helen was interred in Woodland Cemetery in Bellport.
Helen was born in 1887 in Manhattan, the third child of J. Henry Rothschild and Eliza Marston Rothchild. In 1898 her mother died. She was six years older than her younger sister, and was close to her. The sisters spent summer vacations together on the Jersey Shore and Long Island. Helen completed three years of high school in New York. She grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Helen met her first husband, baking company scion George Frederick Droste, Jr., at a summer resort. They were married on June 7, 1907 in Manhattan. The couple had two children, George H. Droste and Helen M. Droste.
In 1910, the couple resided on Madison Avenue, Manhattan, with their son, George, aged 1. George was shown to be the manager of the family bakery. Opened in the 1870s as the Shults Bread Co., the bakery began producing Wonder Bread in the 1920s. The bakery was in Jamaica, Queens.
In 1912 her uncle, Martin Rothschild, drowned on the RMS Titanic. In 1913 Helen's father died. She looked after her younger sister, Dorothy, who was 20 at the time.
In 1920, George F. Droste, Jr., aged 36, was living in Manhattan, NY, with his wife, Helen M. Droste, aged 32, and children, George H. Droste, aged 10, and Helen M. Droste, aged 3. George was shown to be a manager at Shults Bread Company, later the Continental Baking Company. The family was prosperous as it baked Wonder Bread.
She and her husband divorced around 1930. Helen lived in Brooklyn Heights with her son and daughter in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
On 30 March 1933 Helen remarried to Victor Grimwood, a divorced Long Island horse breeder, in Maryland, Otsego County, New York. They resided in Garden City, Long Island. The relationship ended and he moved to Connecticut.
Helen had summered in Bellport, Long Island, and moved their permanently. She visited her sister in New York and Pennsylvania.
Helen Rothschild Grimwood died 18 January 1944 in Hamlin, New York, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Helen was interred in Woodland Cemetery in Bellport.
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