William Henry Parsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
^ Laura Wolcott Collins, I found this link:
http://archive.org/stream/historyofclassof00yale/historyofclassof00yale_djvu.txt
BBM - seem William H. the 3rd graduated Yale in 1910.
William Henry Parsons is the son of William Henry
Parsons and Laura C. (Palmer) Parsons. Parsons' father
was born on July 7, 1 831, in Staten Island, New York, was
a manufacturer and merchant in New York during his life,
and died in Palm Beach, Florida, in February, 1905. His
parents were Edward Lamb Parsons and Matilda Clark.
His wife was the daughter of John Palmer of Rye and
Harriet (Barker) Palmer, and was born on March 6, 1832,
and died in February, 1893, at Rye. Parsons' paternal
grandfather came from England and settled at Rye, New
York, and his mother's family was of New England origin.
Our classmate was born on January 31, 1859, in New
York City, but lived his early life in Rye, where he prepared
for college. In college Parsons was fond of sailing and was
the second commodore of the Yale Yacht Club. He was
chairman of the senior promenade committee, a member of
Delta Kappa and Psi Upsilon, and is a graduate member
of Wolf's Head. He roomed with Morris in South Middle
in sophomore year, and in junior and senior years with
Gallaher in Durfee.
Since graduation Parsons has been in the paper business
as manufacturer and exporter. On leaving college he first
traveled over Europe with a number of the class, going as
far as Constantinople and returning via Greece and Italy.
He reached home in December, 1882, and in January, 1883,
went into business with his father's firm, W. H. Parsons &
Company of New York City. At present he is of the firm
of Parsons & Whittemore, at 174 Fulton Street, New York
City. Other trips to Europe were taken in 1875, 1884,
1898, 1900, and 1904. Parsons is a Presbyterian and
has been an officer of the church since 1887. He was
superintendent of a mission Sunday-school in New York
from 1888 to 1906. He has taken considerable interest
in politics at various times, although he has never held
any public office. He is a member of the University, Yale,
Graduates', New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, and Nas-
sau County clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, and of a
number of religious and charitable societies. Among his
relatives who were Yale men were his brother, John P.
Parsons, '85, and his cousins, Edward L. Parsons and
Herbert Parsons.
On June 26, 1884, in Rye, New York, Parsons married
Laura Wolcott Collins, daughter of the Rev. Charles Jewett
Collins and Annie (Rankin) Collins. Mrs. Parsons is of
New England ancestry; her father was a graduate of Wil-
liams, her grandfather of Yale. They have had six children:
Annie Rankin, born on August 8, 1885, died October 5,
1886; William Henry 3d, born on May 29, 1888, in New
York City; John Palmer, born on April 16, 1890, in New
York City; Oliver Wolcott, born on September 12, 1892,
in Rye; Laura Cecilia, born on November 6, 1893, in Rye;
and Mary Marselis, born on October 8, 1894, in Rye. Wil-
liam H. 3d was graduated at Yale 19 10, John is in Yale
191 2, and Oliver is at the Sanford School. The daughters
are at school in New York. They have lived in New York
City, except for two or three winters spent in the country.
Their summer home is at Glen Cove, on Long Island Sound.
Our New York dinners have been due to the initiative taken
by Parsons, and as chairman of the reunion committee he
deserves the praise and thanks that were accorded him by
every member present at the twenty-fifth reunion.
His business address is 174 Fulton Street, and his resi-
dence is 324 West End Avenue, New York City.
Eta: oh and this:
575. MRS. WILLIAM H. PARSONS
(Laura Wolcott Collins)
Fifth in descent from Governor Roger Wolcott
from:
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030920262/cu31924030920262_djvu.txt
Pedigree was a HUGE deal to these people.. intermarriages were not uncommon, and were probably to do with keeping assets and ties in place within the families, as well as simply that they had their own small social circle limited by class and prestige, and so had fewer options for marriage partners than the general public as it were. Sort of like an American version of the nobility..
They must have had an absolute poo when William married Anna.
eta: google links to Laura's grandpa, also a churchman:
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