Thomas
Alva
"Dash"
Edison
II
Born in Raritan, Middlesex, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Alva Edison I
and Mary Jane (Stillwell) Edison
Brother of
Marion Estelle (Edison) Oeser, William Leslie Edison, Madeleine (Edison) Sloane [half], Charles Edison [half] and Theodore Miller Edison [half]
Husband of
Marie Louise Toohey
— married
11 Feb 1899 in New Jersey, United States
Husband of
Beatrice (Heyzer) Edison
— married
7 May 1906 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 59
in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Thomas Alva Edison Jr. was born on Jan 10, 1876 in Raritan, Middlesex, New Jersey[1] to famed Inventor Thomas Alva Edison I and his 1st wife Mary (Stillwell) Edison. His nickname was "Dash", as sister Marion's nickname was "Dot".
He refused to work in the lab or go to school and became involved in some medicinal "quackery", so his father asked him to change his name, which he did to Thomas Willard, for a time. He tried his hand at some failed inventions and a mushroom farm.
He married 1) stage actress Marie Louise Toohey in a secret ceremony on Feb. 19, 1899 in Manhattan, New York.[2] The marriage failed after a year.
He then married 2) Beatrice Montaigne Heyzer on May 7, 1906 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey.[3]
Thomas died on 25 August 1935 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
Sources
- ↑ 'New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 for Thomas A Edison (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
- ↑ New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 for Thomas Edison & Marie L Toohey (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
- ↑ U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 for Thos. A. Edison Jr & Beatrice M. Heyzer
See also:
- U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 for Thomas Alva Edison Jr., 18 Sep 1895 (Ancestry.com [on-line database])
- Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
- 1880 United States Federal Census for East New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey. With parents, sister & brother.
- New Jersey State Census, 1895 (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
- 1900 United States Federal Census for Manhattan, New York, New York.
- 1920 United States Federal Census for Orange Ward 1, Essex, New Jersey. With 2nd wife,
- 1930 United States Federal Census for Orange, Essex, New Jersey. With 2nd wife,
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Thomas Alva Edison Jr, living in R. D. # 3, Burlington, New Jersey; 12 Sep 1918.
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