Harry Herbert Edwards (1882 - 1957)

Ancestors

Biography

Harry was born in 1882. He was the son of Samuel Edwards and Sarah Hutchison. His father died of Typhoid Fever in 1895 when Harry was 13 years old. He married Carrie M. Cochran in 1908. Carrie died of Typhoid Fever on 1 Feb 1914. He remarried to Zella Marie Wilson and they had a daughter Verna Lucille on 4 Oct 1914. Zella died of a stroke in 1941. Harry passed away in 1957.

Sources

Birth

• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR92-LB2 : 8 March 2021), Henrh L. Edwards, 15 Jun 1882, Grandview, Washington, Ohio, United States.

Marriages

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X895-74K : 29 September 2021), Harry H. Edwards and Carrie M. Cochran, 6 Jun 1908, Washington, Ohio, United States.

Harry was remarried to Zella Marie Wilson, presumably between 1 Feb 1914, when his first wife died, and 4 Oct 1914, when Zella gave birth to their daughter, Verna. Record not yet located

Draft Registrations

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6ND-ZFX : 23 February 2021), Harry Herbert Edwards, 1917-1918.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5D7-XXS : 10 March 2021), Harry Herbert Edwards, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMXK-K8V : accessed 30 September 2021), Harry H Edwards in household of Etta Edwards, Independence Township, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 10B, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,330.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8C-Y7M : accessed 30 September 2021), Harry H Edwards, Grandview, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 137, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1237; FHL microfilm 1,375,250.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD5T-PNZ : 3 February 2021), Harry H Edwards, Rochester, Lorain, Ohio, United States; citing family 12

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4Z2-NJR : accessed 30 September 2021), Harry Edwards, Matamoras, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 3B, line 88, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1887; FHL microfilm 2,341,621.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWGN-LQH : 9 January 2021), Harry H Edwards, New Matamoras, Grandview Township, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-13, sheet 3A, line 4, family 56, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3165.

Death & Burial

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94693293/harry-herbert-edwards : accessed 30 September 2021), memorial page for Harry Herbert Edwards (15 Jun 1882–1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94693293, citing New Matamoras Cemetery, New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Honoring our Ancestors (contributor 46844300).

Other Family Records

1914 - Birth of daughter, Verna Lucille Edwards

• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q238-G358 : 8 March 2021), Harry H Edwards in entry for Verna Lucille Edwards, 4 Oct 1914, Jackson Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States.

1939 - Marriage of daughter, Verna Lucille Edwards to Elmer Gale Swallow

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNQ9-2LJ : 29 September 2021), Harry Herbert Edwards in entry for Elmer Gale Swallow and Verna Lucille Edwards, 22 Dec 1939, Washington, Ohio, United States.

1941 - Death of wife, Zella Marie (Wilson) Edwards

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZXN-QVK : 8 March 2021), Harry Edwarsd in entry for Zella Marie Edwards, 11 Sep 1941; citing New Matamoras, Washington, Ohio, reference fn 58292; FHL microfilm 2,023,924.