Edward John DeGaine (1897 - 1970)

Born 18 Dec 1897 in Glenn Hazel, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Feb 1970 at age 72 in Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, United States

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Biography

Edward was born 18 December 1897 in Glenn Hazel, Pennsylvania, the son of Arthur DeGaine and Eugénie Truchon.

Archie, Eugénie, and their children lived in Jones, Elk County, PA in the 1900 (last name recorded as Degin)^[1] and 1910 (last name recorded as Degain) censuses^[2]

Sometime between 1910 and 1915, the family moved to Salamanca, NY, as evidenced by the 1915 New York State Census^[3]

He married Margaret Kayes on 22 January 1919^[4].

They lived in Salamanca in 1920 ^[5], but moved to Buffalo, NY by 1940^[6].

Edward died on 12 February 1970, in Cheektowaga, Erie, NY^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3S6-B58 : accessed 16 March 2017), Archie Degin, Jones Township (east half), Elk, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 18B, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,406.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGQT-LL4 : accessed 16 March 2017), Eugena Degain in household of Archie Degain, Jones, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 12B, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1341; FHL microfilm 1,375,354.
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9FL-6M8 : 8 November 2014), Eugenia De Gain, Salamanca Ward 3, A.D. 01, E.D. 01, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 09, line 4, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
4. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVGV-K39 : 24 January 2016), Edward John Degain and Margaret Kayes, 22 Jan 1919; citing county clerk’s office, , New York, United States; FHL microfilm 583,818.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJKG-N5G : accessed 17 March 2017), Edward De Gain, Olean Ward 9, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing ED 84, sheet 22B, line 94, family 397, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1088; FHL microfilm 1,821,088.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ57-55N : accessed 17 March 2017), Edward J De Gain, Ward 14, Buffalo, Buffalo City, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-293, sheet 1A, line 38, family 19, 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 2832.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-HTZC : 13 December 2015), Edward DeGain, 1970; Burial, Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, United States of America, Mount Calvary Cemetery; citing record ID 117987097, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.