Background
Trafford, Bernard Walton was born on July 2, 1871 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Bradford and Rachel Mott (Davis) Trafford.
Trafford, Bernard Walton was born on July 2, 1871 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Bradford and Rachel Mott (Davis) Trafford.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., 1889. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1893.
Began with American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Later member engineering staff Bell Telephone Сompany, became senior operating vice president, Middle West. Vice president First National Bank of Boston, 1912-1928, president, March 1928-December 1929, vice-Chairman of the Board, 1929-1935, chairman since 1935.
President Sterling Ring Traveller Company. Director N.E. Telephone & Telegraph Company, Westport Manufacturing Company. Member corporation Suffolk Savings Bank.
In charge membership campaign, N.E., American Red Cross, 1917, war fund campaign, 1918. Trustee Phillips Exeter Academy. Regent Avon School, Farmington, Connecticut.
Clubs: Harvard, Union, Milton, Hoosic-Whisick (Boston).
Married Leonora Brooks Borden, June 5, 1901. Children: Leonora (Mistress George Owen, Junior.