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Van Ransellier Stevens Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Caleb Edwards |
Hannah Welch | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 7/1839 |
Otisfield ME |
2/27/1893 |
Cape Elizabeth ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Elvira Ann Dresser | 2/9/1854 | Stoneham MA | Elijah Charles Dresser | Eliza Dresser |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 6/4/1830 | Haverhill MA | 2/14/1893 | Norway ME |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Mary Esther Edwards | 10/2/1854 | 6/13/1862 | Otisfield ME | |
| Hattie Elizabeth Edwards | 10/1/1856 | |||
| George Albert Edwards | 12/12/1858 | |||
| Charles Melvin Edwards | 10/19/1861 | |||
| John Herbert Edwards | 1/27/1864 | Naples ME | 1/19/1928 | St Petersburg FL |
Comments:
Family located:
Otisfield ME; Cape Elizabeth ME
Occupation:
Shoemaker
Other Info:
[1898 marriage record] grooms f of Cape Elizabeth , m of Georgetown MA b Georgetown MA; bride dau of Hiram Ellis and Ella R EllisElvira Ann Edwards d heart failure; bur MA
| Census: |
1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Elvira Edwards 28 Mistress 400 Georgetown MA
V R S 26 Farming
Mary E 5
Harriett E 3
George A 1
1880 Cape Elizabeth (Cumberland) ME
Edwards V R S 44 Widowed Shoe Maker ME ME ME
_____ Charles N 19 Son Farm Laborer ME ME ME
_____ John H 17 Son Laborer ME ME ME
1880 Georgetown (Essex) ME
Edwards Elvira A 50 Widowed Keeping house Inflammat?? ??? MA ME MA
Dresser Elijah W 36 Brother Working in Shoe factory MA ME MA
also 2 boarders in household
| Cemetery: |
Mary Esther Edwards is buried in Forrest Edwards' Cemetery, Otisfield ME.
| Online: |
For more information on the ancestors of Elvira Ann Dresser, see this section of Dresser Family Genealogy - Main Line.
| Published History/Genealogy: |
Van Ransellier son of Caleb lived on the place with his father until after his children were born, later moved to South Portland or the Cape.
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by the Town of Otisfield, 2nd edition