Fifteenth Generation

5191. Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor Sr was born on 10 November 1908 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Montecito, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA. Robert died in February 1980 at the age of 71 in Manchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried in Santa Barbara Cmtry., Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA. Burial Plot: Summit Section - Lot 694
Find A Grave Memorial# 80960524
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Successful businessman whose name occasionally cropped up in the newspaper society pages. He is probably best remembered by some for his four year marriage to former debutante and distant cousin, Brenda Frazier (1921-1982). After their marriage failed, Brenda said of him that he was a gentleman in every sense of the word.

Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor Sr and Valborg Edison Palmer were married on 5 November 1928 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. New York, New York City Marriage Records
Name Robert Farwell Chatfield Taylor
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 05 Nov 1928
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York
Event Place (Original) Manhattan, New York, New York
Gender Male
Age 25
Marital Status Single
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1903
Birthplace Chicago, Ill.
Father's Name Hobart C.
Mother's Name Rose Farwell
Spouse's Name Valborg Edison Palmer
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 24
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Race White
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1904
Spouse's Birthplace NYC
Spouse's Father's Name Harry Buchanan
Spouse's Mother's Name Valborg Nielson
Valborg Edison Palmer, daughter of Harry Buchanan Palmer and Valborg Laurentze Nielsen, was born on 14 September 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. She appeared in the census in 1940 in Wayzata City, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. She lived in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, USA in 2003. Valborg died on 13 February 2006 at the age of 97 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, USA. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Buchanan Palmer of Mcndham, NJ.
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United States Social Security Death Index
Age 98
Given Name Valborg
Middle Name Edison
Surname Mockridge
Birth Date 14 Sep 1908
State New york
Last Place of Residence Bexar, Texas
Previous Residence Postal Code 78209
Event Date 13 Feb 2006
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United States Census, 1940
Name James Ford Bell
Titles and Terms Jr
Event Place Wayzata, Wayzata City, Hennepin, Minnesota
Sex Male
Age 36
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birthplace Minnesota
Birth Year (Estimated) 1904
Last Place of Residence Same Place
James Ford Bell Head M 36 Minnesota
Valborg Bell Wife F 31 New York
Lita Taylor Dau F 10 New York
James Ford Bell Son M 3 Minnesota
Hazel Benson Servant F 34 North Dakota
Mary Murphy Servant F 43 Ireland
Anitra Kuld Servant F 22 Minnesota
William Sims Servant M 30 Colorado
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United States Public Records
Name Valborg Palmer Mockridge
Residence Date 01 Sep 1996-25 Mar 2008
Residence Place San Antonio, Texas
Birth Date 14 Sep 1908
Address San Antonio, Texas 78209
Address Date 01 Sep 1996-25 Mar 2008
2nd Address Tucson, Arizona 85719
2nd Address Date 01 Dec 1993
3rd Address Tucson, Arizona 85719
3rd Address Date 01 Mar 1993-01 Oct 1999
Possible Relatives Norton A Mockridge
Record Number 121269453

Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor Sr and Elinor Mackenzie were married in USA. Elinor Mackenzie was born in 1915 in New York Co., New York, USA. She died on 1 November 1999 at the age of 84 in San Rafael, Marin Co., California, USA. 2nd Marriage. - first to Joseph A. Thomas.

OBITUARY -- Elinor Chatfield-Taylor
November 06, 1997
Elinor Chatfield-Taylor, once one of San Francisco's leading real estate brokers, died Monday in San Rafael after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 84.
Born in New York City, Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor was a descendant of Captain Edward Bangs, a member of the Plymouth Colony and founder of the town of Brewster, Mass.
Several years after a divorce from her first husband, the late Joseph A. Thomas, Mrs. Chatfield- Taylor moved to San Francisco in 1948 with her second husband, the late Robert Chatfield-Taylor.
Known for her vibrance, Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor devoted most of her time to the Children's Hospital Women's Auxiliary, which helped raise money for the San Francisco hospital.
During her real estate career, she specialized in luxury homes, retiring from Hill and Company in the late 1980s.
She is survived by four children, Michael M. Thomas of Sag Harbor, N.Y., Jeffrey Thomas of San Francisco, Joan Chatfield-Taylor of San Francisco and Robert F. Chatfield-Taylor Jr. of Weston, Mass.; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be private, and a memorial service is scheduled for December.

Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor Sr and Elinor Mackenzie had the following children:

Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor Sr and Brenda Diana Duff Frazier were married in 1957 in USA. Brenda Diana Duff Frazier was born on 9 June 1921 in Quebec, Canada. She died Cancer on 3 May 1982 at the age of 60 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 137319423
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BRENDA FRAZIER, WHO CAUGHT EYE OF PUBLIC AS DEBUTANTE, DIES AT 60
By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY
Published: May 6, 1982
New York Times

Brenda Frazier Kelly Chatfield-Taylor, whose name was once synonymous with glittering debutante balls and the social whirl, died of cancer Monday at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Boston. She was 60 years old.

Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor, who as Brenda Frazier captured headlines in the 1930's and 40's, had lived quietly for more than 20 years at her homes on Beacon Hill and at East Harwich on Cape Cod. It was a stark contrast to the time when her photograph peered out almost daily from New York newspapers, lunching at the Stork Club, dancing with such eligible bachelors as Howard Hughes, John F. Kennedy and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor had no fond memories of the period around 1938 when she was grouped with Hedy Lamarr, Bette Davis, Anthony Eden and the Duke of Windsor as the epitome of glamour. In a bitter memoir published in Life magazine in 1963, she spoke of the confining and meaningless life that had frozen the smile on her face. 'True Meaning of Love'

''Though it hurts me, I must admit it: I have never known the true meaning of love,'' she wrote. ''I thought at the time that I loved everyone - all my beaux, all my relatives, everyone I met. But I loved them only because I wanted them to love me, because the faintest sign of rejection by another person, even a nightclub doorman whom I might never see again, brought back all my old childhood feelings of being unwanted and depressed.''

She said that with the help of psychoanalysis she had come to terms with herself, and vowed that her daughter would not become a debutante.

''I am free now to give her both love and the guidance that teenagers require and desperately want,'' she wrote. She was born Brenda Diana Duff Frazier, and to the end her friends called her Diana. Her father, Frank Duff Frazier, who died in 1932, was from a family that had grown rich by cornering the Western wheat market. Her mother, Brenda Taylor of England, was the daughter of Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor, a banker and friend of royalty. Said Her Fortune Was Mythical

Her family left her a fortune in trust, and at the age of 12 she was called one of the richest children in the world. She said much later that her fortune was largely a myth, and that she had difficulty meeting expenses.

Her debut in 1938 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York was the social event of the season, attracting 1,000 people. Her picture, showing her raven-black hair and hazel eyes, was on the cover of the leading magazines, and in interviews she spoke of her happiness. Much later, she quoted a poem she had written at the time: I give the impression of savoir-faire; Everyone I meet gives me an inward scare. They think I'm fast and they think I'm bad, For my favorite man is an invariable cad. I grit my teeth and smile at my enemies; I sit at the Stork Club and talk to nonentities.

In 1941, at the age of 21, she married John Sims (Shipwreck) Kelly, a stockbroker and former professional football player. They were divorced in 1956 and the next year she married Robert F. Chatfield-Taylor, a New York sales executive. They separated a few years later. Mr. Chatfield-Taylor died in 1980.