Frances Ford SEYMOUR

1908 - 1950  (42 years)

• Name	Frances Ford SEYMOUR
  Birth	4 Apr 1908	Brockville, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Apr 1950	Craig House, Beacon, Dutchess County, NY
  	Cause: Suicide
  Burial	Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, NY
  Notes	(1) "Frances Ford Seymour," from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Frances Ford Seymour (April 4, 1908 - April 14, 1950) was a Canadian-born American socialite, the second wife of actor Henry Fonda, and the mother of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda. Early life Born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, she was a daughter of Eugene Ford Seymour and Sophie Mildred (née Bower; July 13, 1886 - April 15, 1974). According to daughter Jane Fonda, medical records revealed that Seymour was a victim of recurrent sexual abuse in her childhood. Marriages On January 10, 1931, she married George Tuttle Brokaw, a millionaire lawyer and sportsman, whose previous marriage, to Clare Boothe Luce, had ended in divorce. They had one child, Frances de Villers Brokaw (October 10, 1931 - March 10, 2008, known as "Pan"), who married Francesco Corrias and became a painter. The Corriases had a daughter, Pilar Corrias, owner of Pilar Corrias Gallery in London. By this marriage Frances Ford Brokaw also had a stepdaughter, Ann Clare Brokaw (1924-1944). A year after George Tuttle Brokaw died, she married actor Henry Fonda on September 16, 1936, at Christ Church, New York City. She had met Fonda at Denham Studios in England on the set of the film Wings of the Morning. The couple had two children, actress Jane (born December 21, 1937) and actor Peter (born February 23, 1940), but their marriage was troubled. According to Peter Fonda, these difficulties later gave him an empathy for the marital problems of actor Dennis Hopper, his co-star in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Death Frances Ford Fonda committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor blade ten days after her 42nd birthday while she was a patient at Craig House, a sanatorium in Beacon, New York. This suicide came three-and-a-half months after Fonda asked her for a divorce. (2) www.findagrave.com: Frances Ford Seymour Birth: 4 Apr 1908, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Death: 14 Apr 1950 (aged 42), Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, USA Burial: Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA Actress. A New York Socialite and descendant of Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams, and the second President of the United States John Adams. Married for a time to actor/producer Henry Fonda, with whom she had two kids, Jane and Peter Fonda, also to become screen stars. Bio by: MC Family Members: Parents: Eugene Ford Seymour (1870-1966); Spouses: George Tuttle Brokaw (1879-1935, m. 1931), Henry Fonda (1905-1982, m. 1936) Siblings: Ford DeVillers Seymour (1906-1985) Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: MC Added: 11 Nov 2004 Find A Grave Memorial 9795853
  Person ID	I3534	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Eugene Ford SEYMOUR,   b. 15 Apr 1870, NY d. 5 Apr 1966, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Sophie Mildred BOWER,   b. 13 Jun 1886, Kemptville, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Apr 1974 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1905	Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F19334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George Tuttle BROKAW,   b. 14 Nov 1879, New York City, New York County, NY d. 28 May 1935, Hartford, Hartford County, CT (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1931
  Family ID	F2183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Jaynes FONDA,   b. 16 May 1905, Grand Island, Hall County, NE d. 12 Aug 1982, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1936	Christ Church, New York City, New York County, NY   [1]
  Children	1. Living   2. Peter FONDA,   b. 23 Feb 1939, New York City, New York County, NY d. 16 Aug 2019, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F2182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

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