Scandalous Secrets of Arabella Huntington (The REAL Mrs. Chamberlain from The Gilded Age series)
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- The mysterious Sylvia Chamberlain, an immodestly rich widow ostracised by New York’s Ton is one of the amazing heroines of the Gilded Age series by HBO who were inspired by the real-life people and their life events that shaped America and its social and economic development at the turn of the century. And do you know who was the real Mrs. Chamberlain? And why she was an outcast of the New York elite society? This video will uncover her real-life secrets.
What's Inside:
0:00 Who was Sylvia Chamberlain in the Gilded Age universe
1:46 Arabella Huntington - the real-life prototype
2:39 How she arrived in New York and a secret of her son
5:39 Collis Potter Huntington - the railroad and shipbuilding tycoon
7:18 Belle becomes the official Mrs. Collis Huntington
9:09 Belle’s taste for arts
10:39 When Collins died
11:53 Belle becomes Mrs. Henry Huntington
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Mr. Huntington still has a presence in Newport News, Virginia today. Huntington Ingalls (one of the oldest shipbuilders in America that he helped to found) still employing 13,000 to 19,000 workers at any given time), Huntington Park, Huntington Avenue (grand boulevard that is line with old, distinguished homes once occupied by some of the city's early elite that is just minutes from the shipyard he founded), and the Collis P. Huntington Library on the campus of one of the most prominent historically black colleges in America and the building still stands and is in immaculate condition and is currently being used as the college's museum which houses the largest collection of artwork of black Americans in the country).
perfect addition, thank you
I found my way here after reading if the Canterbury Tales manuscript at the Huntington library.
how cool is that!
Very interesting video, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
i have recently started working on the ancestry of the Henry Edward Huntington family. I discovered that John Acher Worsham was a confederate soldier for the state of Virginia. He lived till 1878. He also married someone other than Arabella. I could not find any marriage or divorce records for Arabella and John Archer. I am thinking that they met during the civil war. And I suspect she later learned that being a confederate soldier was frowned upon in New York? And so she figured out a way to find someone more suitable? I have a sense she might have become a real estate agent.. and this is what created a connection with both Collis and Henry Huntington.. I also learned that Henry Huntington also was a real estate agent. He later partnered with some others in sacramento, Ca as a grocery store owner.. and created a bit of wealth this way as well. John Archer Worsham didn't make much of himself in the army. I think he never made it past the rank of Private. It may be that he was conscrpted into the confederate army unwillingly? He ended up dieing in Georgia and was barried there. so it may be that he did have an affinity for the confederate mindset.. and I suspect he might have been an alcoholic and physically abused to arabella? and It may be that this may have come to the attention of Collis Huntington.. and this may have inspired him to marry her and also to adopt Archer. I could find no photos of Jahn Archer or his wife or children as of yet.. but If i can find some photos of decendents of his.. we may be able to see if there is any resemblence to Archer. I think you probably are correct that she probably became pregnant with Archer out of wed lock.. and John Archer may have been forced into marrying her to provide for a legitimate child. I do know that Henry Edward Huntington's first wife filed for divorce. I saw a report of this in a newspaper.. but it did not state what the reason was for the filing with the court for a divorce. I am still early into my research.. And I could only find one picture of his first wife so far.
Oh, that's an mazing contribution @M A#np. Please, continue you research, I'll be thrilled to learn what else you discover
According to a book recently released, she worked for Mr Worsham who owned a saloon and gambling ring. Arabella was a saloon girl in the 1850’s supporting both her mother and siblings. Mr Huntington visited on more than one occasion when they met. She managed to envelope him to a point where we offered to move here to New York along with her family. It’s said that Huntington paid Worsham (who was already married) to accompany her and pose as Arabella’s husband as to not cause speculation. The two moved to NY and played the part for many years while Huntington would visit her. Once his wife passed, Worsham moved back to be with his other wife and Arabella married Huntington. When he passed it made her the richest woman in the world. Then she married his nephew gaining the remaining Huntington fortune. So she was actually never really married legally to Worsham, it was a farce.
@@bellthandian that is interesting.. what is title of book? And if possible do you know the date and author of the book? In my research i did see in old city directories that showed John Archer Worsham worked at a "Club". THat would make sense it could ahve been a gambling club. I also some on John Archer Worsham's obituaries published in newspapers saying:
"John A. Worsham, another gamblier, has passed in the his chips and drawn out from the game. He was called the John Morrissey of Virginis."(The Times - Picayune - 3 June 1878 - New Orleans Louisiana)
another said:
"The State devotes a full column to an obitual of John A. Worsham, Richmond's most famous gambler. His gambling place, Corinthian Hall it was named, was a very suptuous and lavish pace of enticement. Rev. Dr. Carry conducted the funerl service."(Wilminton Morning Star - 29 May 1878 Wilmington North Carolina).
What i am thinking is that perhaps Arabella was working at what might be considered like a "Playboy Club" of that time?? And if she was very mentally adept.. this could hve given her exposure to a lot of information about how "men" behaved and spoke and thought when among eachother.. and also if she access to the inside info about who attended this "Club" she may have had inside information about thise persons and there weaknesses.. and perhaps information that could have been used by Collis to get an edge over them? perhaps even she could have been Collis's kind of spy and eyes and ears? And later he rewardeed her for her assistance? herhaps also gave her a new life in New York? do we know who she was helping in her family? I am still trying to piece together whom her parents were and if she had any siblings and what was her circumstances growing up. It appears she was coming of age in the thick of the Civil War. And her family members may have been involved in civil war.. in what ways i am not yet knowing.
For me, from what i understand of society in USA at that time, that females did not have rights.. and in a sense were kind of like slaves in a sense.. And perhaps Collis moving her and her family to New York was kind of like his effort in freeing some slaves?? It would be interesting to find out if Arabella was politically involved with giving females rights to ownership of property (on their own) as well as right to vote? which happen in 1919.. which was a huge thing in society.. with ofcourse its pushback by members of society that didnt want it to happen, like those whom fought against abolishon of slavery which was the cause of another great significant event, the Civil War. Are there any audio recordings or moving pictures of Arabella? So far i have found none.. which i find surprising and puzzling.. she was of such wealth and these technologies were huge development at this time. BTW, it just occurred to me that, in a way, she kind of created a kind of "Club" or Salon(saloon?) at her estate in Huntington estate in San Marino. In a way i see a parallel between her and Marion Davies and William Randolph Herst.. I wonder if Arabella ever attended the weekend swarees of Hearst and Davies at Heast Castle in San Simion, CA. Or if Hearst and Davies ever attended the Salon's at the San Marino estate? William randolph Hearst's mother and father would have been more of similar age to Arabella.. and perhaps William Randolph Hearst may have visited the Huntinton estate's either in San Marino or in San Francisco as a boy with his parents? And perhaps the Huntington's were an influence on him, in terms of business and real estate investing and development etc?? and all the art collecting??
@@bellthandian Yeah, that's the version I also tend to believe in the most (I tried to convey that in the vid)
An American Beauty by Shane Abe. The author wrote that Belle was forced to work at the club/brothel by her mother. The family was penniless after the death of the father. Belle was beautiful and basically supported her entire family because Huntington wanted her as his mistress. Collis Huntington supported Belle's entire family so she would stay with him. Her son is assumed to be Collis'.@@manp1039
The Huntington Library in Pasadena/San Mario, next to CalTech, is a repository of much of Henry Huntington's collection. Mostly English portrait. "Pinkie" and "Blue Boy" are the collection's central pieces. The main focus is the research library, but the mansion and the expansive gardens are noteworthy. It's a rather popular TV film location.
thank you for this addition!
Thanks for the insight into the real life people that have inspired the series..It was a fascinating age..I hope you can do a show that will highlight the historic mansions and historic areas ( mostly in NYS and RI) where this series was filmed... upstate NY where I live is full of beautiful historic estates..
What a wonderful idea! Thank you, will try to do my best!
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Unfortunately, it looks like Mrs Chamberlain is not part of Season 2 of the Guilded Age!
Sadly, she isn't... season 3, perhaps? It just came into my mind that her life deserves a standalone mini-series!
what is your accemt?
SNL ... lol