Charles Edwin Read (1892 - 1963)

Born 11 Apr 1892 in Ford, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Oct 1963 at age 71 in Paxton, Ford, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Charles Edwin, known as Eddie, was born 11 Apr 1892.^[1][2] He was the son of Charles Read and Malvina Marble.

In 1900, Eddie was in Pella township, Ford, Illinois with his parents and brothers on the family farm.^[3]

The family moved to Kankakee, Kankakee county, Illinois by 1910.^[4] According to his obituary, he graduated from Kankakee Business college.

By 1920, the family returned to Pella township in Ford county.^[5] He was there with his widowed mother Malvina in 1930 and 1940.^[6][7]

In 1943, Eddie and his mother Malvina moved to Piper City. He went into a nursing home in Paxton in Ford county in 1957.^[8]

He passed away in 1963 in Paxton.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6DW-Z5R : accessed 22 July 2015), Charles Edwin Read, 1917-1918; citing Ford County, Illinois, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,613,400.
2. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1K6-23W : accessed 22 July 2015), Charles Edwin Read, 1942; citing NAID identifier , NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS71-VTN : accessed 22 July 2015), Charles E Reed in household of Charles M Reed, Pella Township, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,301.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKDP-Z4L : accessed 22 July 2015), Edwin C Read in household of Charles M Read, Kankakee Ward 4, Kankakee, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 5B, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,311.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJWT-LS4 : accessed 22 July 2015), Edward Read in household of Charles Read, Pella, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,368.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSY8-NY3 : accessed 22 July 2015), C Edwin Read, Pella, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0019, sheet 4B, family 92, line 85, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 515; FHL microfilm 2,340,250.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWH9-TM9 : accessed 22 July 2015), Edwin Read, Pella Township, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-18, sheet 2A, family 25, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 802.
8. ↑ Obituary for Edwin Read, Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph, published Oct 12, 1963, page 12, column 1.
9. ↑ Obituary for Edwin Read, Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph, published Oct 12, 1963, page 12, column 1.