Birdseye 2012 page 1

Birdseye 2012 page 1 by ric gustafson


Clarence Frank Birdseye II was born on December 9 1886. His father Clarence Frank Birdseye was born in 1854 and attended Columbia Law School in 1877. Clarence's father married Ada Jane Underwood in 1855. Ada's father Henry Underwood was a belt manufacturer and he invented a belt that would run in pulleys with angular grooves.
Clarence and Ada lived in Cobble Hill which was one of the oldest neighborhoods in Brooklyn New York. Clarence and Ada had nine children and Clarence was number six. Clarence was quiet as a child and disliked sports. He enjoyed being a naturalist at the family farm on Long Island. As the years went on, taxidermy became an interest for Clarence. He was fascinated by the Old West and Buffalo Bill. When Clarence entered high school, the family moved to Montclair New Jersey. In high school, his interest was in science and taking cooking classes.


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