Edward Langdon Burwell Jr. (1919 - 1993)

Born 7 Dec 1919 in Seattle, King County, Washington, United States of America

Husband of Barbara (Gates) Burwell — married 13 Jun 1943 (to 3 May 1993) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Died 3 May 1993 at age 73 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Biography

Edward was born in 1919 in Seattle, WA, the son of Edward Langdon and ?? (??) Holmlund. He graduated from Harvard College in 1941 and from Harvard Medical School in 1944. He married Barbara Gates in 1943 in Woods Hole, MA, and they eventually settled there and raised four children together. He practiced medicine on Cape Cod, MA for 35 years and helped found the Falmouth Hospital. He passed away at Woods Hole, MA in 1993.

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Sources

Robert Cady Gates. 2002. George Gates of East Haddam Connecticut and Some of his Descendants. Published by Robert Cady Gates, P.O. Box 7032, Hudson, FL 34674-7032. Accessed 10 June 2015 at: Gates genealogy

New York Times (New York, NY), 1943. Ancestry.com, Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003. Accessed 8 Jun 2015. "Gates--Burwell. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Elsmith of 2 Beekman Place and Woods Hole, Mass., have announced the engagement of Mrs. Elsmith's daughter, Miss Barbara Gates, to Edward Langdon Burwell Jr., son of Mrs. Harry A. Holmlund of Rochester, N.Y., and of the late Edward Langdon Burwell. Miss Gates was graduated from Milton Academy and is now a senior at Smith college. Mr. Burwell attended Phillips Exeter Academy and was graduated from Harvard College in 1941. He is now attending the Harvard Medical School."

"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24RD-8PP : accessed 9 June 2015), Barbara G Burwell, 1949; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,296,447. Name: Barbara G Burwell; Event Type: Immigration; Event Date: 1949; Event Place: New York City, New York, United States; Gender: Female; Age: 28; Birthplace: New York; Ship Name: Queen Elizabeth; Sailing from Cherbourg, France, 14 Sep 1949; to NY, 19 Sep 1949; Birth Year (Estimated): 1921; Passport: 250582 (Family); Status: Married; Residence: Box Y, Wood's Hole, Mass. Traveling with: Edward Burwell, 29, M, married; Longdon G. Burwell, 5, m, single; Beverly Burwell, 3, f, single; David G. Burwell, 2, m, single.