Edward Dewitt Armstrong (1840 - 1914)

Born Sep 1840 in Ireland

Died 24 Mar 1914 at age 73 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Edward was born in 1840. He was the son of Robert Armstrong and Mary Hayden. He passed away in 1914.

Sources

• Death reported in New York Times 26 March 1914, page 11, column 5.Age 76. Two daughters and one son: Josephine E. Schaeffer, Mary Cooney, Robert Hayden Armstrong.

1875 Census in Brooklyn, Kings, New York

1880 Census in Brooklyn, Kings, NY 40 ship's carpenter; Annie 38; Robert H 13; Mary J 9; Josephine 7; Edward D 2

1890 Brooklyn directory 577 Atlantic Avenue, Carpenter

1910 Census in Brooklyn, Kings, New York 70 living with Josephine Scheffer(daughter); ship carpenter

Sea Captain on Clipper Ships out of Liverpool to China; Settled around Brooklyn Heights; St. Annes Episcopal Church, Brooklyn

"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WN8-4B1 : 2 June 2020), Edward Dewitt Armstrong, 24 Mar 1914; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,324,275.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2P-YRL2 : 6 August 2020), Edward DeWitt Armstrong, ; Burial, Brooklyn, Kings (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America, Green-Wood Cemetery; citing record ID 76369539, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.