Conner, Virginia Montez
1910 - 1985 (75 years)-
Name Conner, Virginia Montez [1] Birth 27 Jan 1910 Cleveland, OH 
[1] Gender Female Death 9 May 1985 New York, New York, USA [1] Notes - [dunbar_tree.FTW]
Virginia married (1) Willoughby Francis Brazeau, (2) William Karl Dick and (3)Frederick Strong Moseley (as his 2nd wife). She was a prominent interior designer who also designed furniture for Frank Lloyd Wright and Henredon, among others. She
graduated from the Paris (France) School of Fine and Applied Arts in 1931, and also attended The University of Akron (where she was a Kappa Kappa Gamma) and the Cleveland School of Art.
In 1939 she did a house for Wannamaker's at the New York World's Fair, and in 1940 exhibited a room of her own company at the same fair. In May, 1940, GO, a magazine for New York visitors, profiled her and reported that "Ginni" is 5'6", slim,
blue-eyed and attractive. And that she loves "golf, opera, philharmonic, fishing, swimming and walking her Keeshund, Meisje, through the park." She was often featured in "House and Garden" - the August, 1936 issue shows photos of her own apartment
(p. 74), the June, 1938 issue contains a multi-page layout and article about her work, the March, 1943 shows her dining room at One Beekman Place and the May, 1944 shows her bedroom at Allen Winden Farm, Islip, NY.
Person ID I2325 Bratt Family Tree Last Modified 17 Jul 2016
Father Conner, Edwin Solon, b. 15 Apr 1881, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine d. 26 Apr 1960, Stuart, FL (Age 79 years) Mother Kenniston, Vivian Inez, b. 27 Sep 1881, Amherst, ME d. 21 Jun 1960, Castine, Hancock, Maine (Age 78 years) Marriage 6 Dec 1901 Amherst, ME [1] Family ID F1126 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Dick, William Karl, b. 28 May 1888, Brooklyn, NY d. 5 Sep 1953, Islip, NY (Age 65 years) Marriage 24 Dec 1941 Akron, OH [1] Children + 1. Dick, D.V. + 2. Dick, W.K. Family ID F1159 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Aug 2015
Family 2 Moseley, Frederick Strong Jr., b. 23 Nov 1903, Boston, MA d. 1 Feb 1972, New York, New York, USA (Age 68 years) Marriage 28 Dec 1958 New York, New York, USA [1] Family ID F1160 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2016
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Event Map 
Marriage - 28 Dec 1958 - New York, New York, USA 
Death - 9 May 1985 - New York, New York, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.
Date of Import: Mar 1, 2003
- [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.