Ross Allan Parkinson
1936 - 2016 (80 years)
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Name Ross Allan Parkinson [1, 2, 3, 4] Born 16 Apr 1936 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada 
[3, 4] Gender Male Residence 1940 New Hartford, New Hartford, Oneida, New York, USA StreetAddress: Alport Place; 3 Age: 3; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 33-39; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son Residence 1950 New Hartford, Oneida, New York, USA [5] Residence 1954 New Hartford, New York, USA [2] Arrival 17 Jul 1954 Southampton, England [4] Departure Montreal, Quebec, Canada [4] Race White [1] Residence Clifton Park, New York, USA [6] Residence Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia, USA [7] Residence 1955 Ithaca, New York, USA [3] Residence Between 1986 and 2000 Clifton Park, New York, USA [8] Residence 1993 Clifton Park, NY [9] Residence Between 1995 and 2020 Eatonton, Georgia, USA [8] Residence Between 1999 and 2003 Greensboro, Georgia, USA [8] Residence 2000 Clifton Park, New York, USA [8] Died 8 May 2016 Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia, USA [7] Person ID I12268 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Alfred Elton Parkinson, b. 7 Dec 1901, Helmshore, Lancashire, England , d. 21 Feb 1978, Rockport, Maine, USA (Age 76 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Ruth Brown, b. 12 Apr 1907, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada , d. Dec 1982, Prospect, Oneida, New York, USA (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Married 5 Jun 1926 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Married 6 Jun 1926 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada [10] Ryerson United Church Family ID F3265 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Living van Gelder Children 1. Living Parkinson [natural] 2. Living Parkinson [natural] Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F7052 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Martha Ann Bartle, b. 14 Aug 1935, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA , d. 1 Apr 1979, Vail, Eagle, Colorado, USA (Age 43 years) Married 7 Apr 1956 New Hartford, New York, USA Children 1. Living Parkinson [natural] 2. Living Parkinson [natural] 3. Living Parkinson [natural] 4. Living Parkinson [natural] Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F7051 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Siv Lindblom, b. Abt 1940, d. UNKNOWN Married Abt 1965 Halmstad, Halland, Sweden Children 1. Living Parkinson [natural] Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F7053 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Ross Parkinson was born in 1936 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.
In 1938, when Ross was just two years old, his parents moved to New Hartford (Utica), New York, USA.
Ross attended Cornell University but dropped out after losing his right arm in 1956, at age 20, in an industrial accident at the company that his father was running in nearby Oriskany, New York, USA.
In 1956, at age 20, the same year that he lost his arm, Ross married in New Hartford, New York, USA to Martha Ann Bartle, with whom he had four children.
In 1962 or1963, Ross and Martha divorced.
In May 1964, Ross moved to Halmstad, Sweden, where he worked as a consultant to a Swedish felt maker. They extended their stay to 14 years after Ross became the General Manager of the company.
Ross and Nina had two daughters in Sweden. According to a long-time family friend Ross may also have had another daughter, possibly named Eva, in Sweden with a woman named Siv Lindblom.
In 1978, at age 42, Ross sold the Swedish company, Wallbergs A/B, to Albany International.
In 1979, Ross and Nina and their daughters moved to Albany, New York, USA.
A few months later, in the spring of 1980, they moved to Blumenau, Brazil where Ross became Vice-President and General Manager of the Albany operations there. They were there for seven years.
In 1987, Ross and his family moved back to the United States where he was Vice-President of Northern operations for the company. Ross later retired in Eatonton, Georgia, USA, where he died in 2016 at age 80.
(Source: Author's personal correspondence with Ross in 2010, supplemented by information from long-time family friend, Jim Kellner. See below.)
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Obituary: "Ross Allan Parkinson, 80, of Eatonton Georgia, passed away at his residence on Sunday May 8, 2016 after a long illness. He was born on April 16, 1936 in Hamilton Ontario, to the late Alfred Parkinson and Ruth Margaret Brown Parkinson. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Stewart Parkinson.
No service is planned at the present time.
After a long career at Albany International he retired and enjoyed filling his days with his love of golfing and hunting. He is survived by his loving wife Nina Parkinson van Gelder, son Mark Parkinson (Betsy), daughter Carol Parkinson, daughter Sandra Pabis (James), grand children Christopher and Matthew Parkinson and Chandler Pabis."
It is worth noting that only one of the four children from his first marriage is listed in the obituary.
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According to Jim Kellner:
My family was very close to Ruth and Fred, but not so much with their sons. My father worked with Ross in the paper Industry and was the US Sales representative for a Swedish Company where Ross worked. Ross stayed with us on a couple business trips from Sweden and my parents travelled to Sweden once on business as well.
Ross (1936-2016) was married at least twice. First to Martha Bartle (1936-1979) with whom he had four children - 1 son Mark and three others [whom] I do not have any additional information on.
His 2nd Marriage was to Nina Van Gelder with whom he had two daughters: Carol and Sandra. Ross had another daughter who used to visit Ruth and Fred - I do not recall her name (possibly Eva) and I believe her mother never married Ross. Ross’ ex-wife Martha was the victim of a murder/suicide by her 2nd husband in 1979.
Ross lived in Sweden for a time which is where he met and married Nina. (sic) He may have been married to someone else in Sweden between his marriages to Martha and Nina but those details are fuzzy.
- Ross Parkinson was born in 1936 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources - [S216] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: New Hartford, Oneida, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02700; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 33-39.
Record for Fred Parkinson
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Record for Fred Elton Parkinson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7921&h=3855682&indiv=try
- [S216] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: New Hartford, Oneida, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02700; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 33-39.