Catherine Edge (1934 - 1996)

Born 1934 in New York

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Biography

Catherine Edge is born around 1934 in what is now Central Islip, Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. She is the daughter of Edward Lister Edge and Lillian Meigel.

The Edge family appears in the 1940 US Census of Islip Town, an unincorporated place in Central Islip, in Suffolk County, New York. According to this census, the family still lived in the same house on 1 April 1935.

Edward, age 38, is the head of the household and his wife Lillian, who answered the questions for this census, is 39. Their children are Edward, 13, and Catherine, who is six (b. 1934).

Edward and his wife have completed seven years of education. Their son, Edward, has so far completed six. All were born in New York. Edward is a chauffeur for a lumber yard.^[1]

In the 1950 federal census taken 15 April, Edward J. Edge, 48 (b. 1902), heads a household at 20 Suffolk Ave. with his wife, Lillian K., 49 (b. 1901), and children Edward K. Jr., 23 (b. 1927), and Catherine C., 16 (b. 1934), all born in New York. Edward Sr. is a carpenter and Edward Jr. is a laborer, both employed by a general contractor.^[2]

According to notes from her nephew, Edward Edge, Catherine dies January 25, 1996.

Her mother, Lillian, dies three months later.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27843-1663-35?cc=2000219 : accessed 20 March 2016), New York > Suffolk > Islip Town > 52-114A [from 52-114]: Islip Town bounded by (N) Town Line; (E) Town Line; (S) Long Island Rail Road; (W) Town Line; also Brentwood (part), Central Islip (part), Hauppauge (part), Lake Ronkonkoma (part), Ronkonkoma (part), Ross Sanitarium > image 34 of 78; citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012).
2. ↑ 1950 United States Federal Census. Central Islip, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 5885; Sheet Number: 26; Lines 22-25. Enumeration District: 52-186.