This post is a mix of my grandfather, his family of origin, his ancestors, offshoots, his wife and a little bit of her family, and his own children. The “offshoots” take the form of my grandfather’s aunt’s family, the Parmly’s. They are a Vermont family. Some of them went to New Jersey. There’s a fascinating account of my grandfather’s second(?) cousins, one of whom married a man who’d been convicted of manslaughter. My mom wondered why her father never mentioned anything about that. And yet, not exactly a point of pride.
Duncan Dunbar, My mother’s father. (1894-1977)Duncan Dunbar as a youthDuncan Dunbar with his father, who was 65 when he was born. Wallace Dunbar was a wholesaler of red and yellow ochre. Wallace Dunbar, my great grandfather. (1833-1911). Son of the Reverend (also called Pastor) Duncan Dunbar, below.Pastor Duncan Dunbar, (1790-1864), grandfather of my grandfather, Duncan Dunbar. Pastor Duncan Dunbar was father of Katharine Dunbar, who was my grandfather’s aunt. She married a minister named Wheelock Hendee Parmly.
My grandfather, Duncan DunbarKatharine Parmly This is a granddaughter of Katharine Dunbar, (later Katharine Dunbar Parmly), wife of Wheelock Hendee Parmly. I’ve seen this girl’s name spelled Katherine, but her own photo album has Katharine as the spelling. Her parents were Duncan Dunbar Parmly and Carrie Johnson Parmly. And there’s a story about them!My grandfather’s side of family, unsure who exactly. Is it Katharine Parmly?Unknown, but she looks to me like Katharine Parmly, daughter of Duncan Dunbar Parmly and Carrie Johnson Parmly. Will link to interesting story about her family. Probably my Great Aunt Margaret, Duncan Dunbar’s sister. Another picture of her below farther below with her siblings.Elizabrth Parmly, daughter of Duncan Dunbar Parmly who was son of Katharine Dunbar and Wheelock Parmly.I believe this is Katharine Parmly.I believe this is Katharine Parmly.Wheelock Hendee Parmly, D.D. This is the husband of my grandfather’s aunt, Katharine Dunbar. (I know it’s confusing to have two Katharines). They had named their son Duncan Dunbar Parmly. (Confusing to have so many Duncan Dunbars).Here he is again. Died in 1894, the year my grandfather was born. Here is Katharine Dunbar Parmly, my grandfather’s aunt. She died in 1877. She’s the grandmother of the three Parmly children in the story linked to elsewhere. The children’s names were Katharine, Henry, and Elizabeth Parmly.
Carrie Johnson Parmly (wife of Duncan Dunbar Parmly) and Katharine Parmly as an infant. Katharine and Elizabeth Parmly, daughters of Carrie Johnson Parmly and Duncan Dunbar Parmly. Elizabeth married a man who had been convicted of manslaughter. Here is the business associate of Duncan Dunbar Parmly, Henry G. Marquand. They financed electricity projects together all over the country. Duncan named his son after him: Henry Marquand Parmly. Maybe Woods Hole, MA. Marion Evans Eaton, my grandmother, on left, before she married. And here is Duncan Dunbar Parmly, son of Wheelock Hendee Parmlee and Katharine Dunbar. He married Carrie Ella Johnson and they had Katharine, Henry, and Elizabeth. “H.M.P.” I learned that this is Henry Marquand Parmly. He is the brother of the two girls pictured above. His middle name is due to his father’s association with a wealthy financier who is part of the story I’ll link to. Henry drowned as a young man. This might be Henry M. ParmlyAnother picture of Katharine Parmly, the oldest of the three. She is the one who passed down the photo albums to my grandfather. Katharine ParmlyMy mother’s parents, Marion and Duncan Dunbar (Grandson of Pastor Duncan Dunbar) Unknown on the left, (Could it be Spencer Eaton?), unknown child, Duncan and Marion Dunbar, Helen Eaton on right (Spencer and Marion’s sister)1925 Marion and Duncan Dunbar (My grandparents). My mother’s name is Beth Day.Marion’s uncle, Daniel Emery Eaton, possibly at Marion’s wedding. Unknown child, perhaps one of Uncle Emery’s grandsons. Daniel Emery Eaton is grandfather of Elizabeth “Connie” Converse. See previous posts of the Eatons. My grandparents, Marion and Duncan Dunbar Either my mother, Beth, or Martha, her sister (who died before she was born), and their Uncle Spencer Eaton, who is their mother’s brother.Left to right: My Great Aunt Margaret, my Grandfather (Duncan Dunbar), my Great Aunt Christina. Duncan’s father, Wallace Dunbar (namesake of his own son, farther below), married a twenty year old at age fifty with whom he had four daughters. At age sixty five, they had Duncan.Wally, Duncan, Martha (who died when she was four), Marion, and Randy. Duncan and Marion would have one more daughter, Beth, several years later. Beth is my mother. Duncan Jr, Randolph, WallaceIn rear: Duncan, Randolph, Duncan Jr, Wallace. In front: Beth (my mother), and Marion. In rear: Randolph and Wallace. In front: Duncan, Beth, Marion, Duncan Jr. Randolph and Duncan JrMartha and WallaceMartha and WallaceDuncan JrRandolph Dunbar, my mother’s brother, who was named after Randolph Parmly, brother of Wheelock Henry Parmly. Randolph is the name of the town in Vermont where the Parmly’s lived. It’s 30 minutes from where I live now.Another photo album recently discovered contains more pictures of the Parmly family. Here are Katharine and Wheelock. Below is Wheelock’s brother. The original Randolph Parmly. Pretty sure he named a son Randolph, too. Backs of heads: John and Alden Eaton (sons of Spencer Eaton). Standing: Duncan Dunbar. Seated by window: Randy and Ethel Dunbar. On right: Spencer’s wife, Eleanor. See previous posts about the Eatons. Ethel Dunbar by window, Eleanor Eaton in center, Marion and Beth on the right. Backs of heads: John and Alden Eaton. Spencer was taking photo. Randy, Wallace, and Duncan Dunbar, Brownie the dog, unknown Bunny.Randy, Wally, Duncan Jr Duncan Dunbar and Duncan Dunbar III, 1958?Wheelock Hendee Parmly was presumably named after Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth college. Wheelock Hendee Parmly, a pastor, married my grandfather’s aunt, the daughter of a pastor, Duncan Dunbar. Duncan Jr and Duncan IIIMy mother, Beth Day, with her parents. 1940’s.
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