Rockwell Family History & Genealogy

Archibald Carlyle Rockwell was born on January 26, 1880 to Nathan Tupper Rockwell, and has siblings Leon Rockwell, Ira Clayton Rockwell, Vivian Grace Rockwell, Wallace Rockwell, Fredrick Shaw Rockwell, and Dwight James. Archibald Rockwell married Eunice McPhee, and has children Elsie Rockwell, Noel Rockwell, Kathleen Rockwell, Florence Rockwell, Norman Rockwell, Everett Rockwell, and Carmen Rockwell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Archibald Carlyle Rockwell.

Innocent Lavoina (“Livena”) Webb, daughter of William and Innocent Webb, born August 30, 1851 in Jackson Township, Keokuk County, Iowa. She married Daniel M. Cardwell; he died in 1880. She later married Fred Anson Rockwell; they had two children. Innocent died September 8, 1917 in Ada County, Idaho and was buried in Kohlerlawn Cemetery in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, plot section OC, lot 231, space 4.

Leslie Howard Rockwell of Atkinson, Rockingham County, NH was born on April 1, 1891, and died at age 76 years old in November 1967.

Josie Mae (Oakry (Oakrey)) Rockwell was in a relationship with Arthur Lee Rockwell, Sr., and has children Bobby G Rockwell, Arthur Lee Rockwell, Jr., Jocie Marie (Rockwell) Spraglin, Annie (Rockwell) Owens, Fannie (Rockwell) Linwood, Garry Allen Rockwell, Anita (Rockwell) Grant, Stephon Rockwell, Dorsey Rockwell Flowers, and Wayne Rockwell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Josie Mae Rockwell.

Arthur Lee Rockwell Jr. was born to Arthur Lee Rockwell, Sr. and Josie Mae Rockwell, and has siblings Bobby G Rockwell, Jocie Marie (Rockwell) Spraglin, Annie (Rockwell) Owens, Fannie (Rockwell) Linwood, Garry Allen Rockwell, Anita (Rockwell) Grant, Stephon Rockwell, Dorsey Rockwell Flowers, and Wayne Rockwell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arthur Lee Rockwell, Jr..

Roland Leon Rockwell was born in 1908 at Amherst N.S., and died at age 38 years old in 1946 at Halifax N.S.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roland Leon Rockwell.

Nora Josaphine Rockwell was born in 1915 at Amherst N.S., and died at age 60 years old in 1975 at Amherst N.S.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nora Rockwell.

Harold Rockwell has siblings Harriet Bryant and Edith Louise Rockwell Roulo. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harold Rockwell.

Kittie Rockwell of Colorado United States was born in February 1885, and died at age 15 years old in 1900.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Fannie (Rockwell) Linwood.

Bobby Glenn Rockwell Sr. of Pittsburg, Camp County, TX was born on May 8, 1946 to Arthur Lee Rockwell, Sr. and Josie Mae Rockwell. Bobby Rockwell had siblings Arthur Lee Rockwell, Jr., Jocie Marie (Rockwell) Spraglin, Annie (Rockwell) Owens, Fannie (Rockwell) Linwood, Garry Allen Rockwell, Anita (Rockwell) Grant, Stephon Rockwell, Dorsey Rockwell Flowers, and Wayne Rockwell. He was the parent of Shelisa McGill, Lorene Willis Mitchell, and Antuan Willis. He married Gwendolyn Faye (Rogers) Rockwell, and they had children Tina Yevette (Rockwell) Fountain, Bobby Glenn Rockwell, Jr, Alishia Deshae Rockwell, Pamela Annette Rockwell, Pamela Faye Rockwell, and Ophelia Glenita Rockwell. Bobby Rockwell died at age 59 years old on April 3, 2006.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gwendolyn Faye (Rogers) Rockwell.

NORMAN ROCKWELL: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed. —Norman Rockwell Born in New York City in 1894, Norman Rockwell always wanted to be an artist. At age 14, Rockwell enrolled in art classes at The New York School of Art (formerly The Chase School of Art). Two years later, in 1910, he left high school to study art at The National Academy of Design. He soon transferred to The Art Students League, where he studied with Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgman. Fogarty’s instruction in illustration prepared Rockwell for his first commercial commissions. From Bridgman, Rockwell learned the technical skills on which he relied throughout his long career. Rockwell found success early. He painted his first commission of four Christmas cards before his sixteenth birthday. While still in his teens, he was hired as art director of Boys’ Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America, and began a successful freelance career illustrating a variety of young people’s publications. At age 21, Rockwell’s family moved to New Rochelle, New York, a community whose residents included such famous illustrators as J.C. and Frank Leyendecker and Howard Chandler Christy. There, Rockwell set up a studio with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe and produced work for such magazines as Life, Literary Digest, and Country Gentleman. In 1916, the 22-year-old Rockwell painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post, the magazine considered by Rockwell to be the “greatest show window in America.” Over the next 47 years, another 321 Rockwell covers would appear on the cover of the Post. Also in 1916, Rockwell married Irene O’Connor; they divorced in 1930. The 1930s and 1940s are generally considered to be the most fruitful decades of Rockwell’s career. In 1930 he married Mary Barstow, a schoolteacher, and the couple had three sons, Jarvis, Thomas, and Peter. The family moved to Arlington, Vermont, in 1939, and Rockwell’s work began to reflect small-town American life. In 1943, inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt’s address to Congress, Rockwell painted the Four Freedoms paintings. They were reproduced in four consecutive issues of The Saturday Evening Post with essays by contemporary writers. Rockwell’s interpretations of Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear proved to be enormously popular. The works toured the United States in an exhibition that was jointly sponsored by the Post and the U.S. Treasury Department and, through the sale of war bonds, raised more than $130 million for the war effort. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), "Freedom of Speech," 1943 "Freedom of Worship," 1943, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). Oil on canvas, 46” x 35 ½”. Story illustration for "The Saturday Evening Post," February 27, 1943. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©1943 SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN Freedom of Worship "Freedom from Want," Norman Rockwell, 1943. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©1943 SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN Freedom from Want Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), "Freedom From Fear," 1943 Freedom from Fear Although the Four Freedoms series was a great success, 1943 also brought Rockwell an enormous loss. A fire destroyed his Arlington studio as well as numerous paintings and his collection of historical costumes and props. In 1953, the Rockwell family moved from Arlington, Vermont, to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Six years later, Mary Barstow Rockwell died unexpectedly. In collaboration with his son Thomas, Rockwell published his autobiography, My Adventures as an Illustrator, in 1960. The Saturday Evening Post carried excerpts from the best-selling book in eight consecutive issues, with Rockwell’s Triple Self-Portrait on the cover of the first. In 1961, Rockwell married Molly Punderson, a retired teacher. Two years later, he ended his 47-year association with The Saturday Evening Post and began to work for Look magazine. During his 10-year association with Look, Rockwell painted pictures illustrating some of his deepest concerns and interests, including civil rights, America’s war on poverty, and the exploration of space. In 1973, Rockwell established a trust to preserve his artistic legacy by placing his works in the custodianship of the Old Corner House Stockbridge Historical Society, later to become Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge. The trust now forms the core of the Museum’s permanent collections. In 1976, in failing health, Rockwell became concerned about the future of his studio. He arranged to have his studio and its contents added to the trust. In 1977, Rockwell received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2008, Rockwell was named the official state artist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, thanks to a dedicated effort from students in Berkshire County, where Rockwell lived for the last 25 years of his life. Old Corner House (Norman Rockwell Museum), Stockbridge, MA

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tina Yevette (Rockwell) Fountain.

Jocie Marie (Rockwell) Spraglin was born to Arthur Lee Rockwell, Sr. and Josie Mae Rockwell, and has siblings Bobby G Rockwell, Arthur Lee Rockwell, Jr., Annie (Rockwell) Owens, Fannie (Rockwell) Linwood, Garry Allen Rockwell, Anita (Rockwell) Grant, Stephon Rockwell, Dorsey Rockwell Flowers, and Wayne Rockwell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jocie Marie (Rockwell) Spraglin.

Annie (Rockwell) Owens was born to Arthur Lee Rockwell, Sr. and Josie Mae Rockwell, and has siblings Bobby G Rockwell, Arthur Lee Rockwell, Jr., Jocie Marie (Rockwell) Spraglin, Fannie (Rockwell) Linwood, Garry Allen Rockwell, Anita (Rockwell) Grant, Stephon Rockwell, Dorsey Rockwell Flowers, and Wayne Rockwell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Annie (Rockwell) Owens.

Olive M Rockwell of Conneaut, Ashtabula County, OH was born on June 20, 1899, and died at age 92 years old on April 4, 1992.

Anita (Rockwell) Grant was born to Arthur Lee Rockwell, Sr. and Josie Mae Rockwell, and has siblings Bobby G Rockwell, Arthur Lee Rockwell, Jr., Jocie Marie (Rockwell) Spraglin, Annie (Rockwell) Owens, Fannie (Rockwell) Linwood, Garry Allen Rockwell, Stephon Rockwell, Dorsey Rockwell Flowers, and Wayne Rockwell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anita (Rockwell) Grant.

Donald William Rockwell was born in 1912 at Amherst N.S., and died at age 65 years old in 1977 at Amherst N.S.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donald William Rockwell.

George Rockwell of Wolfeboro, Carroll County, NH was born on August 27, 1891, and died at age 76 years old in September 1967.