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Parmelee family (Connecticut)

 Family

Family History

Philip H. Parmalee (1923-1981) enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II on January 27, 1942, and was discharged on November 6, 1945. After the war, he worked as a radio engineer at a radio station.

Philip married Lucy M. Burkett (b. ca. 1925) in Simsbury, Connecticut, on November 1, 1942. She worked as a homemaker. Their daughters, Diane Carol and Linda M. Parmalee were born about 1944 and about 1949, respectively. In the 1950 census, the family lived in Granby, Connecticut.

External sources:

U.S. Federal Census, 1950

"Philip H Parmelee" in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/14243104:2441, accessed December 12, 2023.

"Connecticut Vital Records — Index of Marriages, 1897-2001", Connecticut State Library, https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/, accessed December 12, 2023.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Cards and Illustrations Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-093
Abstract

The scrapbooks in this collection contain holiday cards, advertising and trade cards, and illustrations of people, animals, and flowers. One of the scrapbooks and some pages belonged to the Bennett family of Kansas. Some of the loose scrapbook pages were likely created by the Parmelee family of Connecticut. The owners and creators of the other scrapbooks and loose pages are unidentified.

Dates: [ca. 1880s-1940s]