Walter Lester Edel (abt. 1895 - 1991)

Born about 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Biography

Walter was born about 1896.^[1]

He served in the Chemical Warfare Service at Edgewood Arsenal during The First World War. ^{[2] [3][4]}

At the time of the 1940 Census, Walter was married to Elsie, living in Mansfield, Connecticut. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2FQ-QW6 : accessed 11 July 2020), Walter L Edel in household of Samuel T Edel, Baltimore Ward 10, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 151, sheet 7A, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 556; FHL microfilm 1,374,569.
2. ↑ "Seven Marylanders Now Officers," The Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep 1918, p. 3, col. 3. clipping
3. ↑ Edgewood Arsenal, The Chemical Warfare, Vol. 1, part 5, March 1919. p.59.link
4. ↑ "Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Q2K-V13Z : 2 September 2019), Walter L Edel, 25 Jun 1918; citing Military Service, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City.
5. ↑ "1940 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Walter Edel, Head; Year: 1940; Census Place: Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut; Roll: m-t0627-00527; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 7-9.

See also:

• The Baltimore Sun, 25 Jun 1991, p. 3D, col. 3. Clipping