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Clair Arnold Bisbee

Male 1908 - 1969  (61 years)

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  • Name Clair Arnold Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 14 Jun 1908  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 3 May 1910  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 7 Jan 1920  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 25 Apr 1950  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Death 1 Sep 1969  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 9, 10] 
    Burial 4 Sep 1969  Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 11] 
    Clair and Florence Bisbee    		 Clair and Florence Bisbee
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I30  Bisbee
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2009

    Father Adelbert Melvin Bisbee,   b. 28 May 1869, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1951, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Ethel Mae Hatch,   b. 15 Sep 1884, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1968, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 4 Jul 1906  Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Family ID F6937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence B. Rockwell,   b. 17 Feb 1914, Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 2006, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Marriage 22 Oct 1929  Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 14] 
    Children 
    +1. Donna Mae Bisbee,   b. 21 Jul 1937, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 2010, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +2. L.J. Bisbee
    Family ID F35  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Jun 1908 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 May 1910 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Jan 1920 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Oct 1929 - Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Apr 1940 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 25 Apr 1950 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Sep 1969 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 4 Sep 1969 - Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Clair Arnold Bisbee (1908-1969)    		Clair Arnold Bisbee (1908-1969)
    Son of Adelbert Melvin Bisbee (1869-1951) and
    Ethel Mae Hatch Bisbee (1884-1968)

  • Notes 
    • In June of 1908, the Union City Times printed the following: "A son was born to Mr. & Mrs. D.M. Bisbee yesterday morning, and the popular auctioneer is the happiest man in town. The youngster weighed nine pounds and has been named Clair Arnold Bisbee. Parties in need of an auctioneer will be accomodated free of charge until dear papa's enthusiam subsides...." Clair Bisbee found great joy in hunting, fishing, and camping. He was a farmer, an electrician, and for a time, owned his own TV repair business. He was a pillar of the family--anyone who needed help, or who had a problem, found a staunch friend in Clair. He was a natural born trader, and had a sly, dry sense of humor. His home at 87 East High St., Union City, PA, which he purchased in 1941, was over a hundred years old at that time.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 129.

    2. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 22.

    3. [S1534] Social Security Death Index - Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com, 2007: Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File), entry for Clair Bisbee, 1969, SS no. 194-03-8341.

      Name: CLAIR BISBEE
      SSN: 194-03-8341
      Born: 14 Jun 1908
      Last Benefit:
      Died: Sep 1969
      State (Year) SSN issued: PA (Before 1951)

    4. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 259.

    5. [S1303] Bisbee, Adelbert M. (I18229): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1343; enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 26B, page 161B, line 88, dwelling 634, family 666; image accessed 12/21/208.), 1910.PA.Erie.Union Ward 1.133.22.

    6. [S1307] Bisbee, Adelbert M. (I18229): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1567; enumeration district (ED) 140, sheet 9A, page 180A, line 45, dwelling 217, family 237; image accessed 12/21/208.), 1920.PA.Erie.Union City Ward 1.140.17.

    7. [S3243] Bisbee, Clair Arnold (I30): 1940 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2012): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T627, roll 3501, enumeration district (ED) 25-51, sheet 10A, page 728A, line 39, household 236; image accessed 8 Apr 2012.), 1940.PA.Erie.Union City.25-51.19.

    8. [S3527] Bisbee, Clair Arnold (I30): 1950 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2022): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T628, enumeration district (ED) 25-81, sheet 111, line 30, household 142; Image accessed 11 Jan 2023), US.1950.PA.Erie.Union City.25/12.

    9. [S1536] Death, Erie Times, (Erie, Pennsylvania), "Clair Bisbee (Obituary)," September 2, 1969.
      "Monday, September 1, 1969, Clair Bisbee, age 61 years, residence 87 East High Street, Union City. Husband of Florence Bisbee, Father of Donna Mae Russell, Gambrills, Maryland, Linda Jean Woods, Union City. Brother of Mrs. Dan (Helen) Stone, Union City, Lynn Bisbee, Erie, Pa. Half-brother of Marjorie Capozzi, Olean, New York. Also 2 grandchildren survive. Friends will be received at the Glen Funeral Home, Union City, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Masonic services will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m."

    10. [S2402] Erie County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, (Erie County Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania), File 89000, Clair Bisbee.

      CLAIR ARNOLD BISBEE, d. Sept. 1, 1969, Union City, 87 E. High St.
      Surviving widow:
      FLORENCE B. BISBEE.
      Surviving children:
      DONNA MAE RUSSELL
      LINDA J. WOODS

    11. [S1215] Gravestone, Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, PA, Clair Bisbee.
      "Bisbee/Clair A./1908-1969" -- photographed 2004 by Wm. F. Bisbee.

    12. [S1213] Bisbee, Adelbert & Ethel: Marriage Record, (City Clerk, Jamestown, New York, 23 Feb 2005).

    13. [S1273] Bisbee, Adelbert-Ethel Hatch Marriage Certificate, (1906, Jamestown, New York).
      Married 4 July 1906 in Jamestown, Chautaqua, New York, by A. A. Horton, Minister of the Gospel.

    14. [S1216] Pennsylvania. Meadville., Marriage, Meadville Tribune Republican, "Bisbee-Rockwell Marriage," Oct. 24, 1929, p. 5, col. 3.
      "Marriage- Bisbee, Clare (sic) A. (Union City), married to Florence B. Rockwell (Erie) on Oct 22, 1929 at office of First M. E. Church, Meadville, by Rev. Dr. G. S. Lackland."