Birth | December 1, 1910 26 21 Note: Name at birth was Grace Bernadette Parsons. |
Event | Caught typhoid fever December 1912 (Age 2) Source: Vermilion News Citation details: December 12, 1912 Text: Little Bernadette Parsons, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dett Parsons who was reported ill last week, is still very ill, suffering from typhoid fever. She was a little better at the last report and is hoped a run of the disease may be averted. |
Death of a maternal grandfather | James Corbin March 11, 1922 (Age 11) Source: Vermilion News Citation details: after March 11, 1922 Text: James Corbin Died Saturday
Saturday, March 11, marked the close of life for James Corbin, for many years a familiar figure in the work and on the streets of Vermilion. Quiet and unassuming, the presence of Mr. Corbin was felt rather than seen. He was a carpenter by trade. Fond of the water, his spare time was usually spent along the river or lake and often with children in charge. He was a member of the Security Benefit Association and the Vermilion Boat Club. He was born August 26, 1853 and was sixty-eight years, six months and fifteen days of age. He was ill with asthma and flu about ten days. He leaves to mourn their great loss, his wife, two daughters, Mrs. jay Stephens and Mrs. F. B. Parsons of Vermilion, one son, Charles of Sandusky, two brothers, Edward Corbin of Toledo and George Corbin of Menomimee, Michigan.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the home of his daughter Mrs. F. B. Parsons where he was taken a few days before his death. |
Occupation | Soda jerk 1926 (Age 15)Employer: Hart’s Drugstore Source: memory of Molly Milner |
Education | 4 semesters between 1928 and 1930 (Age 17)School or college: New England Conservatory of Music Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Text: ...she studied piano with Alfred Devoto. She also took classes in voice with William L. Whitney; Solfegge with Clara Ellis and Clement Lenom; Harmony with Margaret Mason; Piano sight playing with Edwin Klahre; Music History lecture with F. Stuart Mason; Music Appreciation lecture with Frederick S. Converse; Italian diction with Anna Bottero; and Stage Deportment with Clayton D. Gilbert. It appears from her first year that Parsons had intended to pursue a diploma but for whatever reason did not take a full load of classes her second year. |
misc. | performed in a piano recital November 22, 1928 (Age 17)Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Text: Chopin, Nocturne in G. major, op. 37, no. 2 |
misc. | Joined Alpha Chi Omega sorority, Zeta chapter December 1928 (Age 18)Address: Boston, Mass. Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Citation details: picture of Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters, 1930 Text: Others in sorority were Wakefield (no relation), Smith, Tucker, Hodgson, Martin, Black, Finley, Nelson, Waltz, Duncan, Parsons (self), Bartlett, Thieme, Riblet, Boothby, Bearce |
misc. | performed in a piano recital January 26, 1929 (Age 18)Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Citation details: recital program Text: Debussy, Clair de lune |
misc. | performed in a piano recital March 23, 1929 (Age 18)Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Text: Schumann, Traumeswirren |
Occupation | piano teacher between 1930 and 1971 (Age 19) |
misc. | engagement party December 1934 (Age 24) Source: Vermilion News Text: Miss Florence Kennedy entertained a group of twenty-eight Saturday evening at her home in Rocky River for the pleasure of Miss Bernadette Parsons and Mr. Fred Wakefield bride and groom elect. Games furnished diversion followed by a delicious lunch. The home was beautifully decorated, a huge Christmas tree well laden with gifts for the new home. Eighteen from Vermilion were among the guests.
Mrs. C. E. Swanbeck will entertain on Saturday evening at her home in Huron in honor of Miss Parsons. |
Residence | 1936 (Age 25) Address: corner of Washington and Lake Streets |
Death of a maternal grandmother | Florence May Van Benschoten August 30, 1941 (Age 30) |
Death of a paternal grandmother | Franc Horton December 14, 1945 (Age 35) |
Death of a father | Frank Burdette “Dette” Parsons June 21, 1949 (Age 38) Note: Died on Lake Erie while captain of the J. Burton Ayers. |
Marriage of a parent | James Murray Brown — Florence Maud Corbin — View family June 16, 1955 (Age 44) |
Residence | between 1948 and 1971 (Age 37) Address: 89 Salem Lane
Evanston, Illinois |
Death of a mother | Florence Maud Corbin May 27, 1975 (Age 64) |
Death of a husband | Frederick Wright Wakefield June 18, 1987 (Age 76) |
Death | January 16, 2004 (Age 93) |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Frank Burdette “Dette” Parsons Birth: October 1, 1884 29 22 — Vermilion, OH Death: June 21, 1949 — Cleveland, OH |
mother |
Florence Maud Corbin Birth: December 21, 1888 35 32 — Wakeman, Florence Township, Huron County, Ohio Death: May 27, 1975 — Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, FL |
Marriage: January 19, 1910 — Vermilion, OH |
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Bernadette Parsons Birth: December 1, 1910 26 21 — Vermilion, OH Death: January 16, 2004 — Lancaster, PA |
Mother’s family with James Murray Brown - View family |
step-father |
James Murray Brown Birth: October 7, 1882 30 33 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland Death: April 11, 1971 — Palm Beach or Boynton Beach, Florida |
mother |
Florence Maud Corbin Birth: December 21, 1888 35 32 — Wakeman, Florence Township, Huron County, Ohio Death: May 27, 1975 — Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, FL |
Marriage: June 16, 1955 — Evanston IL |
Family with Frederick Wright Wakefield - View family |
husband |
Frederick Wright Wakefield Birth: February 17, 1908 44 34 — Cleveland, OH Death: June 18, 1987 — Delray Beach, FL |
Bernadette Parsons Birth: December 1, 1910 26 21 — Vermilion, OH Death: January 16, 2004 — Lancaster, PA |
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Event | Vermilion News Citation details: December 12, 1912 Text: Little Bernadette Parsons, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dett Parsons who was reported ill last week, is still very ill, suffering from typhoid fever. She was a little better at the last report and is hoped a run of the disease may be averted. |
Occupation | memory of Molly Milner |
Education | email from Maryalice Perrin-Mohr to Molly Milner Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Text: ...she studied piano with Alfred Devoto. She also took classes in voice with William L. Whitney; Solfegge with Clara Ellis and Clement Lenom; Harmony with Margaret Mason; Piano sight playing with Edwin Klahre; Music History lecture with F. Stuart Mason; Music Appreciation lecture with Frederick S. Converse; Italian diction with Anna Bottero; and Stage Deportment with Clayton D. Gilbert. It appears from her first year that Parsons had intended to pursue a diploma but for whatever reason did not take a full load of classes her second year. |
misc. | email from Maryalice Perrin-Mohr to Molly Milner Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Text: Chopin, Nocturne in G. major, op. 37, no. 2 |
misc. | email from Maryalice Perrin-Mohr to Molly Milner Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Citation details: picture of Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters, 1930 Text: Others in sorority were Wakefield (no relation), Smith, Tucker, Hodgson, Martin, Black, Finley, Nelson, Waltz, Duncan, Parsons (self), Bartlett, Thieme, Riblet, Boothby, Bearce |
misc. | email from Maryalice Perrin-Mohr to Molly Milner Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Citation details: recital program Text: Debussy, Clair de lune |
misc. | email from Maryalice Perrin-Mohr to Molly Milner Publication: Jan. 11, 2013 Text: Schumann, Traumeswirren |
misc. | Vermilion News Text: Miss Florence Kennedy entertained a group of twenty-eight Saturday evening at her home in Rocky River for the pleasure of Miss Bernadette Parsons and Mr. Fred Wakefield bride and groom elect. Games furnished diversion followed by a delicious lunch. The home was beautifully decorated, a huge Christmas tree well laden with gifts for the new home. Eighteen from Vermilion were among the guests.
Mrs. C. E. Swanbeck will entertain on Saturday evening at her home in Huron in honor of Miss Parsons. |
Birth | @Name at birth was Grace Bernadette Parsons.@ |
Occupation | Hart’s Drugstore was built and owned by A. D. Baumhart in 1916. A. D. Was the brother of Henry Baumhart who married Eliza Grummond Horton who was Bernadette’s great-aunt.
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Media object | BernadetteParsons.jpeg Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 241 × 286 pixels File size: 19 KB Type: Photo Source: Collection of Molly Milner Citation details: pastel portrait by Polly Line Kane in 1934 Date of entry in original source: 1934 |
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