Benjamin Edkins (1860 - 1928)

Born 24 May 1860 in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Maud (Cushing) Edkins — married 24 May 1887 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 May 1928 at age 67 in Westwood, Massachusetts

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Biography

Benjamin Edkins was born 24 May 1860 in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England,^[1] and was baptized 1 Jul 1860 in nearby Beaudesert.^[2] By the time he was 21, he was apprenticed to bricklayer George W. H. Coppage, with whom he lived in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire.^[3] Ben moved to Massachusetts 6 May 1883,^[4] where he met Maud Nellie Cushing. They were married 24 May 1887 in Cambridge, Mass.^[5] Ben became a naturalized American citizen on 27 Oct 1893.^[6] They settled in Westwood, Mass.^{[7] [8]} Their first child died from diphtheria at age 13 months,^[9] but they raised the next five children to adulthood. Ben died 22 May 1928 in Cambridge^[10] from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried 24 May 1928 in Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden, Mass.

Sources

1. ↑ Selected Passports. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2. ↑ Warwickshire Anglican Registers. Warwick, England: Warwickshire County Record Office.
3. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881.
4. ↑ Naturalization Records. National Archives at Boston, Waltham, Massachusetts.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ Selected U.S. Naturalization Records. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
7. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
8. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
10. ↑ Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.