George Washington EDWARDS

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16 January 1876 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

17 June 1937 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 16 January 1876 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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George Washington EDWARDS

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Ida MILLS

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George Washington married Anna Amelia CROUSS 19 April 1900 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anna Amelia CROUSS was born 12 January 1874 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Anna Amelia died 27 July 1954 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Anna Amelia was the child of Johann Georg "George John" KRAUSCH "CROUSS" and Amalie Christiane "Augusta" VOGEL.

George Washington EDWARDS died 17 June 1937 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of George Washington EDWARDS

George Washington EDWARDS married

Anna Amelia CROUSS
Marriage date: 19 April 1900
Marriage place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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Anna Amelia CROUSS was the child of Johann Georg "George John" KRAUSCH "CROUSS" and Amalie Christiane "Augusta" VOGEL

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He is a jeweler, age 24. She is age 25. Both were born in Pittsfield.

Groom's Name: George W. Edwards

Groom's Birth Date: 1876

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Groom's Age: 24

Bride's Name: Anna A. Crouse

Bride's Birth Date: 1875

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Bride's Age: 25

Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1900

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Groom's Father's Name: George W.

Groom's Mother's Name: Ida Mills

Bride's Father's Name: George

Bride's Mother's Name: Augusta Vogel

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09662-0

Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy

Source Film Number: 234553

Reference Number: p 39

Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Source: familysearch.org

article about wedding

Date: April 20, 1900

Location: Massachusetts

Paper: Springfield Republican

Children of George Washington EDWARDS and Anna Amelia CROUSS

George Washington EDWARDS

Born: 11 December 1901, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 11 December 1901, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Priscilla EDWARDS

Born: 15 March 1903, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 19 July 1999, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

Married: Burdette Mase FITCH 1936

Married: William Waldo DOBYNS CHASE 1955

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Birth — 1876
16 January 1876
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: George W. Edwards
Residence: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1876
birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's Name:
spouse's birthPlace:
father's Name: George W. Edwards
father's birthPlace: New Hampshire, United States
mother's Name: Ida Edwards
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 4 years
Occupation:
nara Film Number: T9-0521
pAge: 336
page character: D
entry number: 3716
Film Number: 1254521
Household Gender Age
parent George W. Edwards M 38
parent Ida Edwards F 26
Blanche M. Edwards F 5
George W. Edwards M 4

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: George Edwards
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Residence: Pittsfield city, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Birth Date: Jan 1876
birthPlace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Son
spouse Name:
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father Name:
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father birthPlace: New Hampshire
mother Name: Ida Edwards
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mother birthPlace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Ida Edwards
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 0
estimated marriage year: 1900
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enumeration District: 0077
Sheet Number and Letter: 11A
Household ID: 223
reference number: 08
gsu Film Number: 1240633
Image Number: 00000362
Household Gender Age
parent Ida Edwards F
Blanche Edwards F
George Edwards M
Anna C Edwards F
Ellen Cafferty F

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1900 Marriage / Partner
George Washington EDWARDS and Anna Amelia CROUSS 19 April 1900, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

He was 24 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1901 Birth of Child
George Washington EDWARDS was born 11 December 1901, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

George Washington was 25 years old.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1903 Birth of Child
Priscilla EDWARDS was born 15 March 1903, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

George Washington was 27 years old.

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

George W. Edwards

Among the younger merchants of Pittsfield who have won recognition as men of superior business capacity, the gentleman whose name introduces this narrative may be appropriately numbered. He was born in Pittsfield, January 16, 1876, son of the late George W. and Ida (Mills) Edwards, the former a native of Laconia, New Hampshire, the latter a daughter of the late Josiah Mills, who was a prominent lawyer of Chatham, New York.

The late George W. Edwards was a soldier in the Civil War, serving as first lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Locating in Pittsfield, he purchased Washington Root the jewelry business that had been established by the latter in 1848 at No. 44 North street, and this business was continued bye Mr. Edwards at the location named during the remainder of his life, becoming the leading industry of its kind in Berkshire county. It was conducted for a time following Mr. Edwards' decease (1890) by his widow, the

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1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: George W Edwards
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Pittsfield Ward 4, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: New Hampshire
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
family number: 315
page number: 15
Household Gender Age
George W Edwards M 34y
spouse Anna C Edwards F 34y
child Priscilla Edwards F 7y

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 World War I Draft Registration

Name: George Washington Edwards
26 Paisley Terrace
City: Pittsfield
County: Berkshire
State: Massachusetts
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1876
Age: 42
Race: White
U.S. Citizen

merchant, self-employed
44 North St., Pittsfield, Mass.

Nearest relative: Anne Crouse Edwards
26 Paisley Terrace, Pittsfield, Mass.

Tall with small build, grey eyes, brown hair

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: George W Edwards
Residence: Precinct B Pittsfield City 4, Berkshire, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1876
Age: 44
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: W
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820680
Digital Folder Number: 4301046
Image Number: 00829
sheet number: 13
Household Gender Age
George W Edwards M 44y
spouse Anna C Edwards F 43y
child Pricilla Edwards F 16y

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: George W Edwards
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1876
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
father's birthPlace: New Hampshire
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 60
family number: 85
Sheet Number and Letter: 5A
Line Number: 19
nara publication: T626, roll 885
Film Number: 2340620
Digital Folder Number: 4606982
Image Number: 00785
Household Gender Age
George W Edwards M 54
spouse Anna C Edwards F 54
child Priscilla Edwards F 27

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - Arrival on a ship to Miami, Florida

Name: George Edwards
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1876
Birth Place: Pittsfield, Mass
Arrival Date: 2 Jan 1931
Arrival Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Ship: Iroquois

Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.

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1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1932 - Arrival on ship from Venezuela

Name: George Washington Edwards
Arrival Date: 30 Mar 1932
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1876
Last Permanent Address: Massachusetts
Other Last Permanent Address: Pittsfield
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: La Guaira, Venezuela
Port of Arrival: New York, New York, USA
Ship Name: Reliance

Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

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1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

Death

George W., June 17, 1937, age 61 yrs. 5 mos. 1 dy. (26 Paisley Ter.)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts Deaths 1886-1941
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ maberksh/ towns/ pittsfield/ pitt_deaths/ e-1.html

George Washington EDWARDS - Article about will

Article about will

Springfield Republican, Springfield, MA, Wednesday, September 8, 1937

Probate Court News

Pittsfield, Oct. 11 - The late George W. Edwards of this city left personal property of $1427.50 and real estate of $40,000 according to the inventory held in probate court today. The real estate consists of a block on North street valued at $125,000 on which there is a mortgage of $85,000. The largest item in the personal property consists of 41 shares of Merchants Acceptance corporation of Springfield listed at $517.50.

Date: October 12, 1937
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican

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