Albert Fred WakefieldAge: 7318961969

Name
Albert Fred Wakefield
Given names
Albert Fred
Surname
Wakefield
Source: ancestry.com
Citation details: WWII Draft Registration Card
Birth March 9, 1896 32 22

Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Poley
April 2, 1897 (Age 12 months)
Citation details: April 3, 1897, 7
Text:
DIED Poley - At I. O. O. F. Home, Hollis, L. I. April 2, 1897, Thomas Poley Sr., aged 64; Bright’s Disease
Note: I. O. O. F. is an abbreviation for Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Hollis is a neighborhood in Queens, New York.
Birth of a sisterAlice M. Wakefield
June 11, 1898 (Age 2)
Publication: www.FamilySearch.org
Citation details: death record for Alice Wakefield
Birth of a brotherWilliam Ralph Wakefield
1900 (Age 3)
Birth of a sisterRuth Marion Wakefield
November 19, 1903 (Age 7)
Publication: www.FamilySearch.org
Citation details: Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
Text:
19 Nov 1903 father Frederick William Wakefield mother Mary Poley
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Wakefield
June 25, 1907 (Age 11)
Citation details: June 26, 1907
Text:
Wakefield - William, late of Cleveland, resident Vermilion, Ohio, June 25.
Birth of a brotherFrederick Wright “Fred” Wakefield
February 17, 1908 (Age 11)
Event
Recitation of Go Plant the Cross at Centennial Children's Day Program of the Christian Sunday School
June 6, 1909 (Age 13)
Citation details: May 31, 2017
Text:
Recitation, Go Plant the Cross Albert Wakefield
Birth of a brotherGeorge Patterson Wakefield
April 11, 1910 (Age 14)
Education
Attended prep school
1912 (Age 15)
School or college: University School
Birth of a brotherTheodore Dunmore Wakefield
1912 (Age 15)
Fact
Owner of ice boat 15 feet “Ice Queen”
1912 (Age 15)

Publication: Vermilion, Ohio
Citation details: February 22, 1912
Birth of a brotherErnest Henry Wakefield
February 11, 1915 (Age 18)
volunteer committee chairman
chairman of water sports committee at regatta
June 1915 (Age 19)
Citation details: October 20, 2012
Text:
water sports: Albert Wakefield
Education
college graduate
1917 (Age 20)
School or college: University of Michigan
Publication: Lewis Publishing Company 1916
Citation details: Biography of Frederick W. Wakefield
Text:
Albert F. Wakefield, the eldest of the sons, is a member of the class of 1917 in the great University of Michigan, in the City of Ann Arbor.
Note: A lifelong friend from college was Clinton DeWitt, Oconto, Wisconsin.
Death of a sisterAlice M. Wakefield
March 23, 1918 (Age 22)
Cause: died during surgery
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Religious marriageMary Ada ParsonsView family
September 6, 1919 (Age 23)
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Death of a wifeMary Ada Parsons
July 9, 1929 (Age 33)

Death of a fatherFrederick William Wakefield
June 4, 1934 (Age 38)
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Citation details: Death date for Frederick Wakefield
Occupation
President and General Manager
November 1940 (Age 44)
Employer: F. W. Wakefield Company
Citation details: April 15, 2004
Note: Built new addition that doubled size of plant. 55% of business was in fluorescent lighting, for which they used the material "Plaskon."
MarriageLydie PoleyView family
about 1946 (Age 49)

Death of a motherMary Poley
May 1951 (Age 55)
Citation details: May 15, 1951
Occupation
president
between 1934 and 1960 (Age 37)

Employer: Wakefield Brass Company
Citation details: December 13, 2014
Text:
Albert Wakefield stood at the helm of the lighting firm from 1934 to 1960. ...He retired as board chairman in 1964, but remained on as a director and was a member of the executive committee. He died in August of 1969 at the age of 73.
misc.
donated family home
1953 (Age 56)
Note: Family home, "Harbor View," was donated to found the Wakefield Museum of the Great Lakes Historical Society, later called the Inland Seas Maritime Museum.
Death August 10, 1969 (Age 73)
Family with parents - View family
father
mother
 
Marriage: February 14, 1895Cleveland OH
13 months
2 years
younger sister
small Alice M. WakefieldAlice M. Wakefield
Birth: June 11, 1898 35 24Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Death: March 23, 1918Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Caroline “Carrie” Miller - View family
father
step-mother
 
Marriage: September 21, 1887Cuyahoga County, Ohio
10 months
half-sister
Family with Mary Ada Parsons - View family
wife
 
Marriage: September 6, 1919Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Family with Private - View family
wife
son
Family with Lydie Poley - View family
wife
 
Marriage: about 1946
Private + Lydie Poley - View family
wife’s husband
wife

EventVermilion Views
Citation details: May 31, 2017
Text:
Recitation, Go Plant the Cross Albert Wakefield
EducationMemory of Mary Wakefield Buxton
FactVermilion News
Publication: Vermilion, Ohio
Citation details: February 22, 1912
volunteer committee chairmanwww.vermilionohio.org
Citation details: October 20, 2012
Text:
water sports: Albert Wakefield
EducationA Standard History of Erie County, Ohio
Publication: Lewis Publishing Company 1916
Citation details: Biography of Frederick W. Wakefield
Text:
Albert F. Wakefield, the eldest of the sons, is a member of the class of 1917 in the great University of Michigan, in the City of Ann Arbor.
Marriagefamilysearch.org
Publication: www.FamilySearch.org
OccupationVermilion Photojournal
Citation details: April 15, 2004
Occupationwww.vermilionohio.org
Citation details: December 13, 2014
Text:
Albert Wakefield stood at the helm of the lighting firm from 1934 to 1960. ...He retired as board chairman in 1964, but remained on as a director and was a member of the executive committee. He died in August of 1969 at the age of 73.
Nameancestry.com
Citation details: WWII Draft Registration Card
Education
A lifelong friend from college was Clinton DeWitt, Oconto, Wisconsin.
Occupation
Built new addition that doubled size of plant. 55% of business was in fluorescent lighting, for which they used the material "Plaskon."
misc.
Family home, "Harbor View," was donated to found the Wakefield Museum of the Great Lakes Historical Society, later called the Inland Seas Maritime Museum.
Media object
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