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Thomas Owen Edwards

Male 1869 - 1963  (93 years)


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  • Name Thomas Owen Edwards  [1, 2, 3
    Born 14 Oct 1869  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Apr 1963  Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Said to be the son of William J. Edwards and Mary Elizabeth Owens, who also shows his place of brith as Caledonia Twp, Columbia County, Wisconsin. (Harold Henderson, hhsh@earthlink.net)
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:


      1900 Census
      Wisconsin, Sauk County, Baraboo, 2nd ward
      220 241
      Edwards, Thos. O. head WM Oct 1871 28 M & WI WAL WAL contractor & carpenter
      Minnie wife WF Aug 1866 33 M 7 2 2 WI PA GER
      Pearl dau W F Aug 1893 6 S WI WI WI at school
      Hazel dau W F Sep 1895 4 S WI WI WI

      Henderson, Harold (hhsh@earthlink.net) "Ancestor Exchange!" Versin 2009-05-20 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hendersonscholes
    Person ID I12736  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2021 

    Family Minnie A. Benkelman,   b. 28 Aug 1866, Lima Center, Rock County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1901, Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 17 Aug 1892  Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    • Could this marriage have actually been in 1882? Lorraine Smith Benkelman cites a letter written from Portage, Wisconsin, on August 13, 1882, from Minnie to her cousin G. A. Striffler. She announced she was to be married on August 17. It is more likely that Lorraine mistranscribed the year of the letter, as Minnie was only 15 in 1882.

      Married by Lyman B. Webb, Methodist elder, witnesses Chas. Mathison & Cor a Benkleman
      "Minnie A. Benkleman" v4 p 0145 on 17 Aug 1892 in Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin

      Henderson, Harold (hhsh@earthlink.net) "Ancestor Exchange!" Version 2009-05-20 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hendersonscholes

      BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Thomas Edwards was "of Baraboo" and that after their marriage the young couple lived in that town, where Thomas worked as a contractor-carpenter. Minnie died of consumption when her daughters were still young, and as a result they were carried for by relatives of their fathers in Baraboo during remainder of their childhood. They later moved back to Portage, where they were married.







    Children 
     1. Pearl Alida Edwards,   b. 24 Aug 1893, Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1967, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Sarah Hazel Edwards,   b. 18 Sep 1895, Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1961, Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Photos
    Benkelman, Minnie with husband Thomas Owen Edwards and their daughters
    Benkelman, Minnie with husband Thomas Owen Edwards and their daughters
    Minnie Benkelman and husband, Thomas Owen Edwards, with their daughters, Pearl and Hazel, Baraboo, Wisconsin ca 1896. Minnie was a daughter of Sarah Jane Keech and Johannes Benkelmann, one of ten Benkelmann siblings who immigrated from Germany to the US in the 1850s.
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013 
    Family ID F3171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Oct 1869 - Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Aug 1892 - Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Apr 1963 - Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Henderson, Harold (hhsh@earthlink.net) "Ancestor Exchange!" Versin 2009-05-20 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hendersonscholes (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 108 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 108, ca 1890 (Reliability: 3).