Edwin W Lapham (1895 - 1932)

Born 5 Mar 1895 in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Apr 1932 at age 37 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States

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Biography

Edwin W. Lapham (Thomas H, Daniel W, Horace, Duty, Solomon, Nicholas, John) son of Thomas H Lapham (1870-1928) & Mary (Vanderbilt) Lapham (abt.1865-) married Anna Wynn. One child is listed:

William E, married Gertrude Skiff. ^[1]

The 1910 census for Ramapo New York lists:

Edwin W Lapham age 15 New York

living with his parents and three siblings.^[2]

Edwin W Lapham registered for the draft on 5 Jun 1917 in Mount Vernon, New York. He was born there 5 Mar 1895. ^[3]

The 1920 census shows Edwin & Anna living with her parents in Westchester, New York:

William G Wynn M 56 Head New York

Katharyn Wynn F 55 Wife New York - both parents born in Germany

Edwin Lapham M 25 son-in-law

Anna M Lapham F 30 daughter^[4]

Edwin Wade Lapham served in the Army from 18 Jul 1918 to 15 Mar 1919. He was born 5 Mar 1894 (sic) and died 11 Apr 1932 at the Grey Oakes Sanatarium in Yonkers New ^[5][6]

Research Notes

There is an entry at Ancestry for this Edwin, son of Thomas H & Mary Vanderbilt that calls him Edwin W.V. Lapham with the dates 5 Mar 1895 - 11 Apr 1932.^[7]

The 1930 census for Mount Vernon, Westchester New York lists:

Anna M Lapham Head F 39 married New York

William E Lapham Son M 8 New York

Kate M Wynne Mother F 64 widowed New York^[8]

Which leads to the question - was Ed already in the sanitarium in Yonkers by 1930? which got me wondering - was he gassed during the war? as so many were.

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pp 258, 321
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBY-HJG : accessed 29 October 2018), Thomas Lapham, Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 6A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 953; FHL microfilm 1,374,966.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXT1-9ZS : 23 February 2021), Edwin W Lapham, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3H-W6L : 2 February 2021), Edwin Lapham in entry for William G Wynn, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TPV-BLMM : 23 October 2019), Edwin Wade Lapham, 15 May 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
6. ↑ Death date & place - "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-5B48 : 19 October 2019), Edwin W Lapham, 1932.
7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edwin-w-v-lapham-24-4l6pgm
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4GZ-XMM : accessed 7 October 2021), William E Lapham in household of Anna M Lapham, Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 225, sheet 9A, line 34, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1662; FHL microfilm 2,341,396.