Barbara Thrall

Barbara married Arthur Wood Rogers on 29 Aug 1939 in Gallup, McKinley, New Mexico, USA. Arthur and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1896
• Occupation: 1896-1913; Detroit Screw Works
• Occupation: From 1913, Walkerville, Ontario, Canada; Wilt Twist Drill Company

Notes:

Note:
A kind and gentle man, possessed of a ready wit and a keen and inquiring mind, a love of the outdoors. He was known for his honesty and loved and admired by all who knew him.

Education:
He graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1896 on his twenty-first birthday.

Occupation:
He graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1896 on his twenty-first birthday. He vould have liked to study medicine, but at his father's insistence he entered the family business, the Detroit Screw Works, instead.

Occupation:
In 1913, he and two partners started the Wilt Twist Drill Company in Walkerville, Ontario.

Frederick married Rachel Hutchinson on 13 Sep 1904 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. Rachel was born on 12 Jan 1881 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 1 Nov 1936 in Newtonville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 1856, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Hotel manager

Notes:

Was one of two sons and several daughters of a well-known lawyer, locally educated. His great delight was his family and he was never happier than when most or all of his descendants were around him The big old house he bought on Gross Ile, about twenty miles from Detroit and on an island in the Detroit River, was the family home until his death and did often hold all the children and grandchildren of his branch of the family. George had a delightful sense of humour and a great kindliness. He was a successful businessman and a beloved and respected husband, father and grandfather. It can truly be said, "His word is his bond."

Occupation:
He decided at about 20, to enter the hotel business and the agitation about the time of the start of the Civil War found him managing a Hotel in New Orleans. From there, he wrote interesting letters home, particularly to his sister "Franc" or Frances who was his favourite. He continued in the hotel business until his two sons were about half-grown, living invarious parts of the country, lastly in Omaha, Nebraska.

George married Jessie Clarkson on 4 Oct 1866 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. Jessie was born on 17 Jun 1841; died on 10 Nov 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Notes:

Daughter of a Scottish mercant from Edinburgh. In 1955 the Clarkson family still lived in and around Rochester.