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Florence B. Rockwell

Female 1914 - 2006  (92 years)

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  • Name Florence B. Rockwell  [1]
    Birth 17 Feb 1914  Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 25 Apr 1950  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Death 18 May 2006  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 22 May 2006  Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Clair and Florence Bisbee    		 Clair and Florence Bisbee
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I32  Bisbee
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Father Charles Ernest Rockwell,   b. 24 Nov 1880, , , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951 (Age 70 years)
    Mother Donna A. Hecker,   b. 8 Apr 1893   d. 23 Jan 1955 (Age 61 years)
    Marriage Y  [7, 8]
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clair Arnold Bisbee,   b. 14 Jun 1908, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1969, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Marriage 22 Oct 1929  Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9] 
    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 - 17 Feb 1914 - Meadville, Crawford, 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 - 18 May 2006 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 22 May 2006 - 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
    Florence B. Rockwell Bisbee (1914-2006)    		Florence B. Rockwell Bisbee (1914-2006)
    Wife of Clair Arnold Bisbee (1908-1969)

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

    2. [S1217] Pennsylvania. Erie., Death, Erie Times-News, "Florence Bisbee (Obituary)," Saturday, May 20, 2006.
      "Florence (Rockwell) Bisbee, 92, of E. High St., Union City, Pa., died on Thursday, May 18, 2006, at the Village at Luther's Square, Erie, Pa. She was born February 17, 1914 in Meadville, Pa., the daughter of the late Charles E. and Donna A. (Hecker) Rockwell. She had worked for Grants Grocery and also for the Ben Franklin 5 and 10 cent store in Union City, Pa., as a clerk. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Union City, Pa., and was also an active member of the Union City Senior Center, where she player her violin, and also taught Aerobics. She also could play seven different instruments of which she was self taught, loved to bowl, go dancing, and gardening. She was especially fond of spending time with her family and her grandchildren, and enjoyed showering them with lots of love. She was married to Clair Bisbee and he preceded her in death in Sept. of 1969. She was also preceded by a half-sister, Helen Vera Rockwell. Survivors include two daughters, Donna Russell of Union City, Pa., and Linda Woods and her husband, David, of Erie, four grandchildren; ten greatgrandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; a very special niece, Beverly Monroe, and her husband, Donald, of Union City, Pa.; and several other nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to call at the Glenn Funeral Home, 62 S. Main St., Union City, Pa., on Sunday, May 21, 2006 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and may attend funeral services there on Monday, May 22, 2006 at 10 a.m. Rev. Terry Shaughnessy of the First United Methodist Church, Union City, will officiate, and interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Pa."

    3. [S1200] Bisbee, William F: Records and Recollections, Nephew of subject.

    4. [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.

    5. [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.

    6. [S1215] Gravestone, Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, PA, Florence Bisbee.
      "BISBEE / FLORENCE B. (no dates)" -- photographed 2004 by William F. Bisbee
      Series of emails providing some family history.

    7. [S944] Rockwell, Charles Ernest (I391): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2036, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 11B, page 11B, line 64, dwelling #, family 257; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1930.PA.Erie.Erie.69.22.

    8. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 39.

    9. [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."