Montgomery Clift
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==William Brooks Clift== | ==William Brooks Clift== | ||
| − | William Brooks Clift was born 18 Dec 1886 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, [[Tennessee]], the son of [[#Moses Haney Clift|Moses Haney Clift]] by his wife [[#Florence Virginia Parrot|Florence Virginia Parrot]]. Bill was the youngest child of six siblings. He went to Cornell University in 1908 and served four years in the infantry, possibly while going to college. In 1910 while they were both at Cornell he met [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]]. He graduated in 1912 with a degree in engineering, while she stayed on to finish her own degree. They became engaged during her senior year at Cornell. They were married in October 1914, and lived firstly in Saltillo, [[Mississippi]] where Bill had a job building dams. Sunny encouraged Bill to leave engineering and become a banker. By 1917 he had become a bond salesman for National City Company of Chicago, [[Illinois]]. He had blue eyes, and dark brown hair. | + | William Brooks "Bill" Clift was born 18 Dec 1886 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, [[Tennessee]], the son of [[#Moses Haney Clift|Moses Haney Clift]] by his wife [[#Florence Virginia Parrot|Florence Virginia Parrot]]. Bill was the youngest child of six siblings. He went to Cornell University in 1908 and served four years in the infantry, possibly while going to college. In 1910 while they were both at Cornell he met [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]]. He graduated in 1912 with a degree in engineering, while she stayed on to finish her own degree. They became engaged during her senior year at Cornell. They were married in October 1914, and lived firstly in Saltillo, [[Mississippi]] where Bill had a job building dams. Sunny encouraged Bill to leave engineering and become a banker. By 1917 he had become a bond salesman for National City Company of Chicago, [[Illinois]], and lists his residence as Nashville, Tennessee. He had blue eyes, and dark brown hair. |
| − | They | + | They moved to Omaha, [[Nebraska]] where their first child William Brooks Clift Jr was born 4 Feb 1919 and where William was nominated for the vice-presidency of the Omaha National Bank and the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where their twins Montgomery and Ethel were born in 1920. After several hard-scrabble year, in Omaha they lived in a three-story house with stained-glass windows, a maid and a nurse. |
| − | + | Bill had several occupations over his lifetime: engineer, bond salesman, banker, insurance salesman, and stock broker. He was a bit long-suffering, while Ethel and the children spent months in Europe and also in Florida, Bill continued to live and work in New York City. Ethel worked as well, but it's quite likely that it was Bill who footed most of the bills. Ethel has been described as wearing the pants in the family, and Bill often deferred to her, especially in regard to their children. | |
He died 24 Feb 1964 of a heart attack, at New York Hospital, New York City, [[New York]]. At the time of his death, he and his wife were living in New York City, while Brooks may have already been living in Atlanta, Georgia (where he was in 1966) and Ethel, the wife of lawyer Robert Campbell McGinnis (1918-95) was then living in Austin, Texas. | He died 24 Feb 1964 of a heart attack, at New York Hospital, New York City, [[New York]]. At the time of his death, he and his wife were living in New York City, while Brooks may have already been living in Atlanta, Georgia (where he was in 1966) and Ethel, the wife of lawyer Robert Campbell McGinnis (1918-95) was then living in Austin, Texas. | ||
