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Edward Abbott Sheldon 1886 – 1980 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Nov 1886

Birth Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Death Date: Feb 1980

Death Location: Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

Father: Augustus Sheldon

Mother: Emma Cushing

Spouse(s): Olive Patterson

Children(s): Howard Sheldon, Gail Sheldon

Edward Abbott Sheldon was born in 1886 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA, the child of Augustus Charles Sheldon and Emma Eliza Cushing. Edward Abbott Sheldon married Olive Louise Patterson, and had children including Howard Watson Sheldon, Gail Abbott Sheldon. Edward Abbott Sheldon passed away in 1980 in Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.

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Biography

  • Edward Abbott Sheldon was born in 1886 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA, the child of Augustus Charles Sheldon and Emma Eliza Cushing.
  • Edward Abbott Sheldon married Olive Louise Patterson, and had children including Howard Watson Sheldon, Gail Abbott Sheldon.
  • Edward Abbott Sheldon passed away in 1980 in Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Augustus Sheldon
1837 – 1907
Birth Location: Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA
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Emma Cushing
1848 – 1934
Birth Location: Barnston, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
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Spouses(s)

Olive Patterson
1889 –
Birth Location: Minnesota, USA
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Children(s)

Howard Sheldon
1919 – 2009
Birth Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
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Gail Sheldon
1921 – 1992
Birth Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
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Edward Sheldon's Ancestors

Self
Edward Sheldon
1886 – 1980
Birth Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Parents
Augustus Charles Sheldon
1837 – 1907
Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA
Emma (Eliza) Cushing
1848 – 1934
Barnston, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Grandparents
Aiken (Edmund) Sheldon
1804 – 1894
Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA
Phebe Perry
1804 – 1887
Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Sheldon
1769 – 1850
Mary Haight
1781 – 1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Caleb Haight
1746 – 1782
Elizabeth Allen
1745 – 1823

Edward Sheldon's Descendants

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Edward (Abbott) Sheldon (26 Nov 1886 – Feb 1980) m. Olive (Louise) Patterson (1889 – )
  1. 1. Howard (Watson) Sheldon (20 Dec 1919 – 30 Jan 2009)
  2. 2. Gail (Abbott) Sheldon (7 Aug 1921 – 2 Jun 1992) m. Jean (Helen) Ferree
    1. 1. Ann (Louise) Sheldon (4 Aug 1947 – )
    2. 2. Stephen (Harley) Sheldon (2 Jul 1954 – )

Edward Sheldon's Timeline

2 Records

1886
26 Nov 1886
Birth of Edward Abbott Sheldon in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
1980
Feb 1980
Age 94
Death of Edward Abbott Sheldon in Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Nov 1886
    Event Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1980
    Event Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
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