William
Leslie
Edison
Born in Menlo Park, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Alva Edison I
and Mary Jane (Stillwell) Edison
Brother of
Marion Estelle (Edison) Oeser, Thomas Alva Edison II, Madeleine (Edison) Sloane [half], Charles Edison [half] and Theodore Miller Edison [half]
Husband of
Blanche Fowler (Travers) Edison
— married
7 Nov 1899 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 58
in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Oct 2009
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Biography
William was the son of Thomas Alva Edison and Mary Jane Stillwell.[1] In 1898, he attended school in New Haven, Connecticut. He married Blanche Travers.[2] He traveled from New York to West Indies 1935.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1880; Census Place: East New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey; Roll: 790; Family History Film: 1254790; Page: 279C; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 0399. United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Salisbury, Wicomico, Maryland; Roll: T623_629; Page: 35B; Enumeration District: 123. United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: West Orange Ward 4, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: T624_884; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 227; Image: 1042. United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Morris, Morris, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1061; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 30. United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
- Year: 1930; Census Place: District 7, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 287; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 94; Image: 650.0. United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
- ↑ Year: 1935; Arrival: New York, United States; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_5619; Line: 11. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
- See also:
- NJ Births & Christenings Index
- US School Yearbooks
- OH Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index
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