Ernest Henry WakefieldAge: 9019152005

Name
Ernest Henry Wakefield
Given names
Ernest Henry
Surname
Wakefield
Birth February 11, 1915 51 41
Death of a sisterAlice M. Wakefield
March 23, 1918 (Age 3)
Cause: died during surgery
Publication: www.FamilySearch.org
Death of a fatherFrederick William Wakefield
June 4, 1934 (Age 19)
Publication: www.FamilySearch.org
Citation details: Death date for Frederick Wakefield
accident
broke leg
1934 (Age 18)

Graduation
Type: B. S.
February 1938 (Age 22)

Agency: University of Michigan
Graduation
Type: M. S.
May 1939 (Age 24)
Agency: University of Michigan
Occupation
Instructor of Electrical Engineering
1940 (Age 24)

Employer: University of Tennessee
Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Source: ancestry.com
Citation details: U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Text:
faculty University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee age 25
Military
sergeant in army
1942 (Age 26)
Agency: Manhattan Project
Note: Involved in radiation detection. Recollection of John Wakefield, son.
Occupation
founded radiation instrument mfg. co.
1946 (Age 30)
Address: 1844 West 21st St. Chicago, Illinois
Employer: Radiation Counter Laboratories
Death of a motherMary Poley
May 1951 (Age 36)
Citation details: May 15, 1951
Education
Ph. D. in electrical engineering
May 1952 (Age 37)

School or college: University of Michigan
Source: ancestry.com
Citation details: U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Text:
employer: University of Tennessee faculty Knoxville, Tennessee
Occupation
relocated factory to new building
1952 (Age 36)
Address: 5122 W. Grove St. Skokie, Illinois
Employer: Radiation Counter Laboratory
Citation details: p. 51
Residence 1952 (Age 36)
Residence 1958 (Age 42)
Death of a brotherAlbert Fred Wakefield
August 10, 1969 (Age 54)
Death of a wifeHilda Gertrude Overholt
November 6, 1970 (Age 55)
Citation details: November 8, 1970
Text:
Mrs. Ernest H. Wakefield Services for Mrs. Hilda G. Wakefield, 55, of 2727 Lincoln St., Evanston, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the First United Methodist Church of Evanston, 1630 Hinman Av. Mrs. Wakefield, who died Friday in Wesley Memorial Hospital, was the wife of Ernest H. Wakefield, president of Linear Alpha Corp., an electronics firm at 823 Emerson St., Evanston. She also is survived by a son John F.; a daughter, Ann Mary; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Overholt; and a brother.
volunteer
president of Board of Education, Evanston, IL
1970 (Age 54)

Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Death of a sisterRuth Marion Wakefield
June 18, 1974 (Age 59)
Cause: breast cancer
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Death of a half-sisterClara Mabel “Dearie Dee” Wakefield
June 1980 (Age 65)
Publication: www.FamilySearch.org
Citation details: Clara Hofrichter, U. S. Social Security Death Index
Death of a brotherFrederick Wright “Fred” Wakefield
June 18, 1987 (Age 72)
Occupation
author
1990 (Age 74)

Employer: Ann Arbor Science and the Society of Automotive Engineers
Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Text:
Three volumes on electric vehicles were published by Ann Arbor Science and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Death of a brotherTheodore Dunmore Wakefield
October 1992 (Age 77)
Death of a brotherGeorge Patterson Wakefield
June 16, 2001 (Age 86)
Death March 25, 2005 (Age 90)
Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Text:
Wakefield, Ernest Henry Ernest Henry Wakefield, 90, of Silver spring, MD died Friday, March 25, 2005 in Mariner Health of Silver Spring after a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 11, 1915 in Vermilion, OH where he lived until moving to Chicago, IL in 1943. He was a resident of Evanston, IL, from 1957 until 1997. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving in World War II. He was an [sic] assigned to the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb. He was an entrepreneur. ....
Family with parents - View family
father
mother
 
Marriage: February 14, 1895Cleveland OH
13 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
small Alice M. WakefieldAlice M. Wakefield
Birth: June 11, 1898 35 24Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Death: March 23, 1918Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
Father’s family with Caroline “Carrie” Miller - View family
father
step-mother
 
Marriage: September 21, 1887Cuyahoga County, Ohio
10 months
half-sister
Family with Hilda Gertrude Overholt - View family
wife
daughter
son

Graduationmemory of Ann Wakefield
Graduationmemory of Ann Wakefield
Occupationnewspapers.com
Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Occupationancestry.com
Citation details: U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Text:
faculty University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee age 25
OccupationErnest Wakefield, 90, U.S. Army Veteran
Educationmemory of Ann Wakefield
Educationancestry.com
Citation details: U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Text:
employer: University of Tennessee faculty Knoxville, Tennessee
Occupationhttp://national-radiation-instrument-catalog.com
Citation details: p. 51
Residencememory of Ann Wakefield
Residencememory of Molly Wakefield Milner
volunteernewspapers.com
Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Occupationnewspapers.com
Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Text:
Three volumes on electric vehicles were published by Ann Arbor Science and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Deathnewspapers.com
Citation details: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2005.
Text:
Wakefield, Ernest Henry Ernest Henry Wakefield, 90, of Silver spring, MD died Friday, March 25, 2005 in Mariner Health of Silver Spring after a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 11, 1915 in Vermilion, OH where he lived until moving to Chicago, IL in 1943. He was a resident of Evanston, IL, from 1957 until 1997. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving in World War II. He was an [sic] assigned to the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb. He was an entrepreneur. ....
Military
Involved in radiation detection. Recollection of John Wakefield, son.