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This gathering of the clan took place at the
Nightingale pavilion at Badwater Lake, north of Iron
Mountain, Mich., in 1930, and featured dozens of
descendants of Nathaniel Blanchard Parmelee. The families
of eight of his 11 children -- from Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and California -- gathered for the
first time in 20 years, according to a local newspaper.
"Dinners were served
at noon and at 6 o'clock, with the sisters and brothers
seated at one table and the relatives at others. Most of
the guests remained for the dance in the evening,"
the article states.
Among those attending --
and probably are in the photograph -- were:
- Edson Dwight Parmelee (1863-1952) and
wife Emma of Floodwood, Mich.; son of
Nathaniel
- Freeland
"Fred" E. Parmelee
(1864-1947) and wife Carrie of Iron
Mountain, Mich.; son of Nathaniel
- Dr. Milton R. Parmelee (1867-1945)
and wife Rena of Montebello, Calif.;
son of Nathaniel
- Alice May Butler (1867-1954) and
husband Charles C. of Virginia,
Minn.; daughter of Nathaniel
- Violetta Adelaide Hunting (1869-1948)
and husband Alfred "Fred"
of Racine, Wis.; daughter of
Nathaniel
- Emma D. Whiting (ca1873- ? ) and
husband Franklin C. of Virginia,
Minn.; daughter of Nathaniel
- Anna "Nana"
B. Parmelee Simpson (1878- ? ) and
husband Stanley of Winnetka, Ill.;
daughter of Nathaniel
- Charles H. Parmelee (1880- ? ) and
wife Laura of Green Bay, Wis.; son of
Nathaniel
- Claude Edson Parmelee (1891-1952) and
wife Ruth; son of Freeland
- Gale Freeland Parmelee (1894-1952)
and wife Helen; son of Freeland
- Robert Parmelee (1916-1932); son of
Claude
- Jeanne Parmelee (1918-1994); daughter
of Claude
- George Parmelee; unplaced
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- Mary L. Davidson
- Malcom Hunting
- Russel Hunting
- C.C. Lymons
- W.J. Reynolds
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- Jean Simpson
- Scotty S. Simpson
- Edward Smith
- Carol Jane Taylor
- Edna P. Taylor
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 The
Nightingale, a dance hall-restaurant-sportsmen's
facility, was opened in 1925 by marksman Claude
"Parm" Edson Parmelee
(1891-1952), a grandson of Nathaniel's. It was known as
the finest ballroom north of Chicago and attracted many
of the Big Bands of the era.
Parm managed the facility
until the main complex was destroyed by fire in 1940.
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