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Edward Franklin George Sr.

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Ohio, USA
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Edward Franklin George Sr. was born in 1871 in Ohio, a son of James Madison George and Elizabeth Durke George.

Edward married Lena Maitland in 1896. Mrs. George was a daughter of Frank Maitland and wife Lydia Elmer. She died on 14 Feb 1914 in Seattle, King County, Washington.

In 1914 Mr. George married Rosa G. Gadd in Seattle, Wash. According to their marriage records, Rosa was divorced and Edward was a widower. It was a third marriage for both the bride and groom. She was a maid and he was a sawyer. Rosa was a daughter of Powell Wade Gadd and wife Emma Melissa Martin of West Virginia.

According to a George family researcher who provided the marriage records, Rosa and Edward "had one son Edward F. George, born April 13, 1920, but he died apparently the same day or within a few days of birth."

SOURCES: Mr. George's birth date, place of birth and marriage to Lena Maitland: U.S. census 1900, Highland, Osceola, Michigan, Roll 737, Page 6B, Enumeration District 0147, FHL microfilm 1240737; information on Lena Maitland George, death date and parents, Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960, FHL Film Number 1992191.
Edward Franklin George Sr. was born in 1871 in Ohio, a son of James Madison George and Elizabeth Durke George.

Edward married Lena Maitland in 1896. Mrs. George was a daughter of Frank Maitland and wife Lydia Elmer. She died on 14 Feb 1914 in Seattle, King County, Washington.

In 1914 Mr. George married Rosa G. Gadd in Seattle, Wash. According to their marriage records, Rosa was divorced and Edward was a widower. It was a third marriage for both the bride and groom. She was a maid and he was a sawyer. Rosa was a daughter of Powell Wade Gadd and wife Emma Melissa Martin of West Virginia.

According to a George family researcher who provided the marriage records, Rosa and Edward "had one son Edward F. George, born April 13, 1920, but he died apparently the same day or within a few days of birth."

SOURCES: Mr. George's birth date, place of birth and marriage to Lena Maitland: U.S. census 1900, Highland, Osceola, Michigan, Roll 737, Page 6B, Enumeration District 0147, FHL microfilm 1240737; information on Lena Maitland George, death date and parents, Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960, FHL Film Number 1992191.


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