Frederick William WakefieldAge: 711863–1934
- Name
- Frederick William Wakefield
- Given names
- Frederick William
- Surname
- Wakefield
Birth | April 26, 1863 28 32 Source: findagrave.com Citation details: Frederick W. Wakefield Text: Birth
26 April 1863 Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Death
4 June1934 Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, United States of America |
Naturalization | Note: 1900 census under naturalization says Na |
Birth of a sister | Alice Wakefield 1864 (Age 8 months) |
Birth of a brother | Ernest Henry Wakefield August 27, 1866 (Age 3) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: death of Ernest Henry Wakefield Text: born 27 Aug 1866 Birmingham, England
died Vermilion, Ohio |
Death of a sister | Alice Wakefield 1866 (Age 2) |
Death of a paternal grandfather | John Wakefield 1867 (Age 3) Publication: pamphlet, 1999 Citation details: p. 2 Text: He past away in the fall of 1867 after a life of hard work and a bare living, but he has a long rest before him. |
Birth of a brother | Arthur John Wakefield October 26, 1872 (Age 9) |
Immigration | 1875 (Age 11) Note: He had never seen tomatoes before coming to America. |
Death of a brother | Arthur John Wakefield August 27, 1878 (Age 15) Cause: diptheria |
Occupation | wire mill worker 1880 (Age 16)Source: 1880 census |
Death of a mother | Sarah Wright August 8, 1882 (Age 19) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 Text: Sarah Wakefield
death, 08 Aug 1882
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Harvard St.
Female 50 (estimated),married, white
father's name John Wakefield
Mother's name, Wakefield |
Occupation | about 1882 (Age 18) Note: Went to work for uncle William Wilkshire to learn a trade. |
Marriage | Caroline “Carrie” Miller — View family September 21, 1887 (Age 24) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Marriage license Note: Marriage was performed by Rev. William Gaston, pastor of North Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. |
Occupation | art metalworker 1887 (Age 23)Employer: C. A. Selzer Co., Importers Text: The Selzer Co., importers, had beautiful large showrooms with all kinds of bric-a-brac, statues, elaborate candelabras, crystal fixtures and lovely pieces in metal. Father spent some years there before he went on his own way. I have one mirror he made for my mother. I think his artistic talent was stimulated greatly while working there. Publication: Lewis Publishing Company 1916 Citation details: Biography of Frederick W. Wakefield Text: Later he was employed for some time in the Cleveland establishment of C. A. Selzer, an importer of and dealer in lighting fixtures, brass goods, bric-a-brac, etc. He remained thus engaged about eight years, and thereafter established himself independently in a similar line of business in Cleveland. |
Birth of a daughter #1 | Clara Mabel “Dearie Dee” Wakefield July 24, 1888 (Age 25) Source: memory of Fred Miller |
Death of a sister | Eliza “Lizzie” Wakefield May 14, 1890 (Age 27) Publication: pamphlet, 1999 Text: My daughter Eliza the wife of J. W. Matthews passed from this life May 14 1890 leaving her husband and 3 sons Willie, Ralph and Hyatt amd many that were Dear to her to mourn our loss but she is safe Dying in the Faith of Him who is able to save to the uttermost all those that come to God through Him. She rests in Harvard street Cemetery Newburgh. |
Burial of a sister | Eliza “Lizzie” Wakefield 1890 (Age 26) Cemetery: Harvard St. Cemetery |
Death of a wife | Caroline “Carrie” Miller March 18, 1893 (Age 29) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Death notice for Carrie M. Wakefield |
Burial of a wife | Caroline “Carrie” Miller March 21, 1893 (Age 29) |
Religious marriage | Mary Poley — View family February 14, 1895 (Age 31) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Note: Marriage was performed by Rev. William Gaston, pastor of North Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. |
Birth of a son #2 | Albert Fred Wakefield March 9, 1896 (Age 32) |
Birth of a daughter #3 | Alice M. Wakefield June 11, 1898 (Age 35) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: death record for Alice Wakefield |
Birth of a son #4 | William Ralph Wakefield 1900 (Age 36) |
Religion | Franklin Circle Church of Christ 1900 (Age 36)Text: Religion - both mother and father were on the roll of Franklin Circle Church of Christ. We had been baptized there at Franklin Ave. and Fulton St. My father would take me occasionally. I remember holding onto one finger when walking with him. But my grandfather often took me to church there. |
Birth of a daughter #5 | Ruth Marion Wakefield November 19, 1903 (Age 40) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 Text: 19 Nov 1903
father Frederick William Wakefield
mother Mary Poley |
Occupation | owned lighting business 1905 (Age 41) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol IX, No. 32, Jan. 18, 1906 Text: The businessmen of Vermilion have received a proposition from F. W. Wakefield of F. W. Wakefield Brass Co., manufacturers of Standard Universal Lighting Fixtures of Cleveland .... |
Event | visited Vermilion, Ohio August 3, 1905 (Age 42) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, No. 8, Aug. 3, 1905 Text: ...registered at the Lakeside Inn... Among those there at present are...Com. Wakefield and family of Cleveland... Note: Lakeside Inn is now the Gilchrist House. |
Property | purchased summer home August 10, 1905 (Age 42) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, No. 9, Aug. 10, 1905 Text: It is reported that Miss Cora Thompson has sold her place to Commodore Wakefield, of the Lakewood Yacht Club, for a summer home. |
Property | flagpole August 31, 1905 (Age 42) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, no. 12, Aug. 31, 1905 Text: A 50-foot flagpole is being placed near the lakefront on Com Wakefield's place. Messers Giddings and Quigley are doing the work. |
Misc. | Commodore of Lakewood Yacht Club and owned yacht "Unique" 1905 (Age 41) Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: December 15, 2012 Text: In 1905 a fellow by the name of F.W. "Fred" Wakefield, who owned an interest in a light fixture company in Cleveland, sailed his yacht "Unique" into Vermilion harbor and, it is said, turning to his companions told them that he thought it looked like a good place to locate a factory. And that is precisely what he did. In 1906 he sold his interest in the Cleveland firm, and went to work building what became the F. W. Wakefield Brass Company just south of the Nickel Plate rails on River Road in Vermilion. Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, No. 32, Jan. 18, 1906 Text: Mr. Wakefield is quite well known here having recently purchased property on the lakefront. He is also commodore of the L.Y.C. [In 1908 the Lakewood Yacht Club and the Cleveland Yacht Club merged under the latter name.] |
Occupation | built brass illuminating fixture manufacturing company 1906 (Age 42)Employer: F. W. Wakefield Brass Co. Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 23, Aug. 21, 2010, Archive Issue # 388 Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vo. IX, No. 32, Jan. 18, 1906 Text: ... F. W. Wakefield ... proposes to erect a factory building 150x40 ft. and to contain all the necessary equipment to manufacture brass illuminating gas fixtures, gas, electirc and combination under the F. W. Wakefield letters patent .... Note: Factory built by John Gegenheimer. First paychecks issued 1906. August 1, 1910 Wakefield Brass Factory incorporated. Directors were F. W. Wakefield, A. C. Hofrichter, E. H. Wakefield, A. J. Copeland, and W. T. Dunmore. 1911-12 added two-story,fire-proof addition. |
yachting | launched power boat the Lotus May 1906 (Age 43) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, No. 52, June 7, 1906 Text: F. W. Wakefield's Gasoline boat the Lotus has been launched. The boat has been greatly improved by a house over the engine and painted. |
Death of a father | William Wakefield June 25, 1907 (Age 44) Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer Citation details: June 26, 1907 Text: Wakefield - William, late of Cleveland, resident Vermilion, Ohio, June 25. |
Property | planted trees at F. W. Wakefield Brass Works Co. 1907 (Age 43) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: May 23, 1907 Text: The F. W. Wakefield Brass Works Co., have been having some shade trees placed around their buildings and will in short time make their grounds one of the prettiest views in town. |
Birth of a son #6 | Frederick Wright “Fred” Wakefield February 17, 1908 (Age 44) |
Marriage of a child | Albert Clifford “Bert” Hofrichter — Clara Mabel “Dearie Dee” Wakefield — View family Type: Religious marriage June 4, 1908 (Age 45) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Albert C. Hofrichter, Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 Text: Albert C. Hofrichter
birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Clara Mabel Wakefield
Spouse's birth date: 1889
Spouse's birth place: Cleveland, Ohio
Spouse's age: 19
Event date 04 Jun 1908
Father's name: Joseph A. Hofrichter
Mother's Name: Julia Rolshouse
Spouse's father's name: Frederick W. Wakefield
Spouse's mother's name: Carrie Miller Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: June 11, 1908 Text: married at Christian Church, Vermilion
minister E. B Bagby of Franklin Circle Christian Church, Cleveland
Best man was brother Chas. H. Hofrichter |
Residence | 1909 (Age 45) Address: 480 Main Street
Vermilion, Ohio Source: www.inlandseas.org Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: November 18, 1909 Text: Locals
F. W. Wakefield and family are moving into their beautiful new home. Note: Harbor View was donated to the Great Lakes Historical Society in1953 by eldest son, Albert F. Wakefield, as the Wakefield Museum. Later it became the Inland Seas Maritime Museum. |
Birth of a son #7 | George Patterson Wakefield April 11, 1910 (Age 46) |
Event | G.A.R. encampment 1911 (Age 47) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: June 29, 1911 Text: Members of the W. R. C. wish to express their thanks to F. W. Wakefield for taking them to the G. A. R. encampment on his launch "Lotus." |
Event | operation for goiter December 1911 (Age 48) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: December 14, 1911 Text: F. W. Wakefield who underwent an operation for goiter at Lakeside Hospital Cleveland last week is getting along nicely. |
Birth of a son #8 | Theodore Dunmore Wakefield 1912 (Age 48) |
volunteer position | President, Vermilion Chamber of Commerce 1912 (Age 48) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: April 21, 1949 Note: Persuaded Louis A. and James R. Dall to locate Dall Motor Parts in Vermilion. |
elected office | mayor between 1912 and 1915 (Age 48) Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 7, Issue 26, September 12, 2009 Note: Ordered destruction of all thistles by homeowners in Vermilion, May 15, 1913. |
yachting | charter member of Vermilion Boat Club 1913 (Age 49)Citation details: Tuesday, June 5, 1934, "Fred Wakefield Dies, Vermilion," p. 1. Text: He had also served as president of the Lakewood Yacht Club, and was a charter member of the Vermilion Boat Club. |
Event | Traveled to Put-In Bay July 1913 (Age 50) Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: July 24, 1913 Text: Mayor F. W. Wakefield and sons Albert and Willie, and Ray Crosier and Dean Quigley, are enjoying a few days at the Bay aboard the Lotus. |
Birth of a son #9 | Ernest Henry Wakefield February 11, 1915 (Age 51) |
Occupation | President 1915 (Age 51)Employer: Wakefield Brass Company Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 26, Sept. 11, 2010 Archive Issue #391 Source: Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: December 30, 1915 Text: To the surprise of many, building trades has taken a sudden start throughout the country this fall and there is promise of more of it in the spring. In consequence the F. W. Wakefield Brass Company, instead of running short time as usual this time of year, finds sufficient orders to keep running full time. While full force is not as yet employed, some 33 are on the payroll. It is thought that business will increase from now on and perhaps keep the little plant along the Nickel Plate humming all the time. Note: Company invented (1) a battery-operated light for small boats, and (2) an auto spotlight that could be changed instantly to a red danger light. |
Event | member of Masons 1915 (Age 51)Publication: Lewis Publishing Company 1916 Citation details: Biography of Frederick W. Wakefield Text: In his home city he is affiliated with Ely Lodge No. 424, Free and Accepted Masons, and he retains membership in the chamber of Commerce in the City of Cleveland. |
Death of a daughter | Alice M. Wakefield March 23, 1918 (Age 54) Cause: died during surgery Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org |
Occupation | President 1918 (Age 54)Employer: Wakefield Brass Company Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 26, Sept. 11, 2010 Archive Issue #391 Note: During WWI, company production entirely consisted of building lanterns for the U.S. Navy. |
Marriage of a child | Albert Fred Wakefield — Mary Ada Parsons — View family Type: Religious marriage September 6, 1919 (Age 56)Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org |
Misc | commodore of the Inter-Lake Yachting Association (I-LYA) 1920 (Age 56) |
Death of a sister | Clara Wakefield March 12, 1923 (Age 59) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Clara Wakefield Patterson death |
Misc | Purchased power yacht Tobermory II 1924 (Age 60) Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vermilion Views, January 23, 2010 Text: The Tobermory II was the first of its kind on the Great Lakes. It was commissioned to be built by the Crossley Lead and Machine Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. ...This was possibly the first power yacht on Lake Erie that was constructed entirely of galvanized sheeting. Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vermilion Views, June 6, 2020 Text: The name "Tobermory" was derived from a town in Ontario, Canada. It is part of the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula and lies at the very tip of the peninsula in Ontario - a strip of land separating Lake Huron from Georgian Bay. It is considered to be a paradise" by many naturalists, etc. The natural beauty of that place may very well explain the reason Wakefield found the name so appealing. |
Misc. | Wakefield Brass Co. destroyed by fire December 4, 1924 (Age 61) Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 26, Sept. 11, 2010 Note: Plans made to rebuild a 12,000 sq. ft. fireproof factory. |
Event | Traveled round-trip from Vermilion, Ohio to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the Inland Waterway 1924 (Age 60) |
Death of a sister | Emily Ann Wakefield March 1928 (Age 64) Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: January 22, 2011 Text: The "Aunt Emily" in the photo was my greatgrandmother, Emily Wakefield Copeland, who died in March, 1928. |
Death of a brother | Ernest Henry Wakefield June 16, 1929 (Age 66) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: death of Ernest Henry Wakefield |
Misc. | Received order to furnish lighting fixtures for Parcel Post building in NYC January 1933 (Age 69) Source: www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: January 16, 1933 |
Event | member of Rotary Club, Elks Lodge, and Masons 1934 (Age 70)Citation details: Tuesday, June 4, 1934 |
Death | June 4, 1934 (Age 71) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Death date for Frederick Wakefield |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
William Wakefield Birth: August 17, 1834 37 — Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England Death: June 25, 1907 — Vermilion, Ohio |
mother |
Sarah Wright Birth: 1831 42 34 — Stockport, Cheshire, England Death: August 8, 1882 — (formerly Newburgh Township), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio |
Marriage: October 9, 1853 — St. Thomas Parish Church, Birmingham, England |
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13 months elder brother |
Henry “Harry” Wakefield Birth: November 11, 1854 20 23 — England Death: December 1854 — |
17 months elder sister |
Emily Ann Wakefield Birth: April 11, 1856 21 25 — Birmingham, England Death: March 1928 — Vermilion, Ohio |
4 years elder sister |
Clara Wakefield Birth: December 21, 1859 25 28 — England Death: March 12, 1923 — Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia |
9 months elder sister |
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3 years |
Frederick William Wakefield Birth: April 26, 1863 28 32 — Birmingham, England Death: June 4, 1934 — Vermilion, Ohio |
20 months younger sister |
Alice Wakefield Birth: 1864 29 33 — Death: 1866 — |
3 years younger brother |
Ernest Henry Wakefield Birth: August 27, 1866 32 35 — Birmingham, Warwick, England Death: June 16, 1929 — Vermilion, Erie, Ohio |
6 years younger brother |
Arthur John Wakefield Birth: October 26, 1872 38 41 — England Death: August 27, 1878 — Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio |
Family with Caroline “Carrie” Miller - View family |
Frederick William Wakefield Birth: April 26, 1863 28 32 — Birmingham, England Death: June 4, 1934 — Vermilion, Ohio |
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wife |
Caroline “Carrie” Miller Birth: April 1868 36 30 — Illinois Death: March 18, 1893 — W. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio |
Marriage: September 21, 1887 — Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
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10 months daughter |
Clara Mabel “Dearie Dee” Wakefield Birth: July 24, 1888 25 20 — Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Death: June 1980 — Lee, Florida 33904 |
Family with Mary Poley - View family |
Frederick William Wakefield Birth: April 26, 1863 28 32 — Birmingham, England Death: June 4, 1934 — Vermilion, Ohio |
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wife |
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Marriage: February 14, 1895 — Cleveland OH |
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13 months son |
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2 years daughter |
Alice M. Wakefield Birth: June 11, 1898 35 24 — Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Death: March 23, 1918 — Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio |
3 years son |
William Ralph Wakefield Birth: 1900 36 26 — Ohio Death: — |
4 years daughter |
Ruth Marion Wakefield Birth: November 19, 1903 40 30 — Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Death: June 18, 1974 — Vermilion, Ohio |
4 years son |
Frederick Wright “Fred” Wakefield Birth: February 17, 1908 44 34 — Cleveland OH Death: June 18, 1987 — Delray Beach, FL |
2 years son |
George Patterson Wakefield Birth: April 11, 1910 46 36 — Vermilion, Ohio Death: June 16, 2001 — Gloucester, Virginia |
3 years son |
Theodore Dunmore Wakefield Birth: 1912 48 38 — Ohio Death: October 1992 — Vermilion, Ohio |
3 years son |
Ernest Henry Wakefield Birth: February 11, 1915 51 41 — Vermilion, Erie, Ohio Death: March 25, 2005 — Silver Spring, Maryland |
Birth | findagrave.com Citation details: Frederick W. Wakefield Text: Birth
26 April 1863 Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Death
4 June1934 Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, United States of America |
Occupation | 1880 census |
Marriage | familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Marriage license |
Occupation | Letter from Clara Hofrichter to Alice Wakefield, 1966 Text: The Selzer Co., importers, had beautiful large showrooms with all kinds of bric-a-brac, statues, elaborate candelabras, crystal fixtures and lovely pieces in metal. Father spent some years there before he went on his own way. I have one mirror he made for my mother. I think his artistic talent was stimulated greatly while working there. |
Occupation | A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio Publication: Lewis Publishing Company 1916 Citation details: Biography of Frederick W. Wakefield Text: Later he was employed for some time in the Cleveland establishment of C. A. Selzer, an importer of and dealer in lighting fixtures, brass goods, bric-a-brac, etc. He remained thus engaged about eight years, and thereafter established himself independently in a similar line of business in Cleveland. |
Marriage | familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org |
Religion | Letter from Clara Hofrichter to Alice Wakefield, 1966 Text: Religion - both mother and father were on the roll of Franklin Circle Church of Christ. We had been baptized there at Franklin Ave. and Fulton St. My father would take me occasionally. I remember holding onto one finger when walking with him. But my grandfather often took me to church there. |
Occupation | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol IX, No. 32, Jan. 18, 1906 Text: The businessmen of Vermilion have received a proposition from F. W. Wakefield of F. W. Wakefield Brass Co., manufacturers of Standard Universal Lighting Fixtures of Cleveland .... |
Property | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, No. 9, Aug. 10, 1905 Text: It is reported that Miss Cora Thompson has sold her place to Commodore Wakefield, of the Lakewood Yacht Club, for a summer home. |
Property | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, no. 12, Aug. 31, 1905 Text: A 50-foot flagpole is being placed near the lakefront on Com Wakefield's place. Messers Giddings and Quigley are doing the work. |
Misc. | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: December 15, 2012 Text: In 1905 a fellow by the name of F.W. "Fred" Wakefield, who owned an interest in a light fixture company in Cleveland, sailed his yacht "Unique" into Vermilion harbor and, it is said, turning to his companions told them that he thought it looked like a good place to locate a factory. And that is precisely what he did. In 1906 he sold his interest in the Cleveland firm, and went to work building what became the F. W. Wakefield Brass Company just south of the Nickel Plate rails on River Road in Vermilion. |
Event | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, No. 8, Aug. 3, 1905 Text: ...registered at the Lakeside Inn... Among those there at present are...Com. Wakefield and family of Cleveland... |
Occupation | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 23, Aug. 21, 2010, Archive Issue # 388 |
Occupation | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vo. IX, No. 32, Jan. 18, 1906 Text: ... F. W. Wakefield ... proposes to erect a factory building 150x40 ft. and to contain all the necessary equipment to manufacture brass illuminating gas fixtures, gas, electirc and combination under the F. W. Wakefield letters patent .... |
yachting | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: Vol. IX, No. 52, June 7, 1906 Text: F. W. Wakefield's Gasoline boat the Lotus has been launched. The boat has been greatly improved by a house over the engine and painted. |
Property | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: May 23, 1907 Text: The F. W. Wakefield Brass Works Co., have been having some shade trees placed around their buildings and will in short time make their grounds one of the prettiest views in town. |
Residence | www.inlandseas.org |
Residence | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: November 18, 1909 Text: Locals
F. W. Wakefield and family are moving into their beautiful new home. |
Event | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: June 29, 1911 Text: Members of the W. R. C. wish to express their thanks to F. W. Wakefield for taking them to the G. A. R. encampment on his launch "Lotus." |
Event | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: December 14, 1911 Text: F. W. Wakefield who underwent an operation for goiter at Lakeside Hospital Cleveland last week is getting along nicely. |
volunteer position | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: April 21, 1949 |
elected office | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 7, Issue 26, September 12, 2009 |
yachting | Sandusky Register (Sandusky, Ohio) Citation details: Tuesday, June 5, 1934, "Fred Wakefield Dies, Vermilion," p. 1. Text: He had also served as president of the Lakewood Yacht Club, and was a charter member of the Vermilion Boat Club. |
Event | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: July 24, 1913 Text: Mayor F. W. Wakefield and sons Albert and Willie, and Ray Crosier and Dean Quigley, are enjoying a few days at the Bay aboard the Lotus. |
Occupation | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 26, Sept. 11, 2010 Archive Issue #391 |
Occupation | Vermilion News Publication: Vermilion, Ohio Citation details: December 30, 1915 Text: To the surprise of many, building trades has taken a sudden start throughout the country this fall and there is promise of more of it in the spring. In consequence the F. W. Wakefield Brass Company, instead of running short time as usual this time of year, finds sufficient orders to keep running full time. While full force is not as yet employed, some 33 are on the payroll. It is thought that business will increase from now on and perhaps keep the little plant along the Nickel Plate humming all the time. |
Event | A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio Publication: Lewis Publishing Company 1916 Citation details: Biography of Frederick W. Wakefield Text: In his home city he is affiliated with Ely Lodge No. 424, Free and Accepted Masons, and he retains membership in the chamber of Commerce in the City of Cleveland. |
Occupation | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 26, Sept. 11, 2010 Archive Issue #391 |
Misc | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vermilion Views, January 23, 2010 Text: The Tobermory II was the first of its kind on the Great Lakes. It was commissioned to be built by the Crossley Lead and Machine Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. ...This was possibly the first power yacht on Lake Erie that was constructed entirely of galvanized sheeting. |
Misc. | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: Vol. 8, Issue 26, Sept. 11, 2010 |
Misc. | www.vermilionohio.org Citation details: January 16, 1933 |
Event | Sandusky Register (Sandusky, Ohio) Citation details: Tuesday, June 4, 1934 |
Death | familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Death date for Frederick Wakefield |
Immigration | He had never seen tomatoes before coming to America. |
Naturalization | 1900 census under naturalization says Na |
Occupation | Went to work for uncle William Wilkshire to learn a trade. |
Marriage | Marriage was performed by Rev. William Gaston, pastor of North Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. |
Marriage | Marriage was performed by Rev. William Gaston, pastor of North Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. |
Event | Lakeside Inn is now the Gilchrist House. |
Occupation | Factory built by John Gegenheimer. First paychecks issued 1906. August 1, 1910 Wakefield Brass Factory incorporated. Directors were F. W. Wakefield, A. C. Hofrichter, E. H. Wakefield, A. J. Copeland, and W. T. Dunmore. 1911-12 added two-story,fire-proof addition. |
Residence | Harbor View was donated to the Great Lakes Historical Society in1953 by eldest son, Albert F. Wakefield, as the Wakefield Museum. Later it became the Inland Seas Maritime Museum. |
volunteer position | Persuaded Louis A. and James R. Dall to locate Dall Motor Parts in Vermilion. |
elected office | Ordered destruction of all thistles by homeowners in Vermilion, May 15, 1913. |
Event | Ray P. Crosier, AKA Rae Crosier, was born in 1892 in Sandusky. His father was Brazil Bradford Crosier, born in July 1853 in Vermilion and died in 1912. In 1920 Ray's occupation was machinist at the shipyard and in 1930 he was an electrician at the F.W. Wakefield Brass factory.
Dean Quigley was born in 1894 and his mother was Mary Ada "Molly" Horton. |
Occupation | Company invented (1) a battery-operated light for small boats, and (2) an auto spotlight that could be changed instantly to a red danger light. |
Occupation | During WWI, company production entirely consisted of building lanterns for the U.S. Navy. |
Misc. | Plans made to rebuild a 12,000 sq. ft. fireproof factory. |
Note | had never seen tomatoes |
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