Married Agnes Chester and had kids
Thomas,Margaret,John & Agnes
Agnes dies in 1929
He then marries Emma Peters and has Anna & Violet
He was Irish Catholic & a free mason 32nd degree
Occupation as a superintendent in a factory, union member and proud of it
He did not approve of bootlegging or the mob getting involved in peoples lives. The family story is that he and his father argued frequently over Edward's career as a bootlegger.
This wasn't helped by his son Thomas choice to later become a bootlegger and join the Irish mob.
He did not approve Thomas's wife Mildred because she wasn't a Catholic
Family rumor he might have known Hungarian language
He loved bowling, smoked pipes and cigars, his favorite tobacco was cherry, He lived in Chicago all his life
From the words of his grandaughter Patricia Doyle-
"To me he looked like alfred hitchcock, I thought he was a very loving man, he was very nice to us girls when we visited, would give us girls each a silver dollar and told us to go to the store and spend it. Sometimes he would ask me as oldest there at the time to pick up some beer, in those days people sold you beer easily, I must have been 8 or 9. He was very friendly and he liked to hang out at bars and talk with all kinds of people".
Married Agnes Chester and had kids
Thomas,Margaret,John & Agnes
Agnes dies in 1929
He then marries Emma Peters and has Anna & Violet
He was Irish Catholic & a free mason 32nd degree
Occupation as a superintendent in a factory, union member and proud of it
He did not approve of bootlegging or the mob getting involved in peoples lives. The family story is that he and his father argued frequently over Edward's career as a bootlegger.
This wasn't helped by his son Thomas choice to later become a bootlegger and join the Irish mob.
He did not approve Thomas's wife Mildred because she wasn't a Catholic
Family rumor he might have known Hungarian language
He loved bowling, smoked pipes and cigars, his favorite tobacco was cherry, He lived in Chicago all his life
From the words of his grandaughter Patricia Doyle-
"To me he looked like alfred hitchcock, I thought he was a very loving man, he was very nice to us girls when we visited, would give us girls each a silver dollar and told us to go to the store and spend it. Sometimes he would ask me as oldest there at the time to pick up some beer, in those days people sold you beer easily, I must have been 8 or 9. He was very friendly and he liked to hang out at bars and talk with all kinds of people".
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