Montgomery Clift
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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, New Jersey in 1908 and served four years as a captain in the infantry 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. | 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, New Jersey in 1908 and served four years as a captain in the infantry 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 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. When Ethel was pregnant with Brooks, she had to lie immobile for three weeks to save the baby at the end of her pregnancy. Emma Wilke, then head of nursing, then became the private nurse to the Clift family and stayed with the family until Brooks went off to college. | + | 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. When Ethel was pregnant with Brooks, she had to lie immobile for three weeks to save the baby at the end of her pregnancy. Emma Wilke, then head of nursing, admiring Ethel's strength, then became the private nurse to the Clift family and stayed with the family until Brooks went off to college. |
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| + | In 1924, Bill "obtained a more lucrative position as sales manager of Ames Emerich Investment Company" in Chicago. The family moved to a large house in Highland Park and Bill began making a substanial amount of money. During this period Sunny's restless nature kept her and the children on the move, traveling to New England, Bermuda, Europe and back to the United States. Since Bill's occupation kept him traveling to Manhattan often, they also took a house in Yorktown Heights, New York. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
