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Edwin Thomas Read 1898 – 1952 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jan 1898

Birth Location: Illinois

Death Date: 2 Jan 1952

Death Location: Cook County, IL

Father: Frank Read

Mother: Bertha Kates

Spouse(s): Ellen Dougherty

Children(s): Mary Read, Evelyn Reed, Joannie Reed

Edwin Thomas Read was born in 1898 in Illinois, the child of Frank E Read and Bertha Anna Koetz \ Kates. In 1935, Edwin Thomas Read resided in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois. In 1940, Edwin Thomas Read resided in South Ottawa Twp, Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, USA. Edwin Thomas Read married Ellen Katherine (Nellie) Dougherty, and had children including Mary Lorraine Read, Evelyn Reed, Joannie Reed. Edwin Thomas Read passed away in 1952 in Cook County, IL.

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Biography

  • Edwin Thomas Read was born in 1898 in Illinois, the child of Frank E Read and Bertha Anna Koetz \ Kates.
  • In 1935, Edwin Thomas Read resided in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois.
  • In 1940, Edwin Thomas Read resided in South Ottawa Twp, Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, USA.
  • Edwin Thomas Read married Ellen Katherine (Nellie) Dougherty, and had children including Mary Lorraine Read, Evelyn Reed, Joannie Reed.
  • Edwin Thomas Read passed away in 1952 in Cook County, IL.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Edwin Read's Ancestors

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Edwin Read
1898 – 1952
Birth Place: Illinois
Parents
Frank E Read
1876 – 1901
Pella, Ford, Illinois, United States
Bertha (Anna Koetz \) Kates
1878 – 1949
Meerdorf, Cloppenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Edwin (Theodore) Read
1832 – 1908
Chautauqua County New York, USA
Helen (Elizabeth) Ebersol
1842 – 1900
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Read
1801 – 1863
Eliza Ferguson
1813 – 1878
Joseph Ebersol
1790 – 1873
Elizabeth Ebersol
1797 – 1871
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Read
1756 – 1834
Nancy Keys
1770 – 1823
David Ferguson
1773 –
Mary Thompson
1776 –

Edwin Read's Descendants

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Edwin (Thomas) Read (28 Jan 1898 – 2 Jan 1952) m. Ellen (Katherine (Nellie)) Dougherty (21 December 1898 – 30 August 1967)
  1. 1. Mary (Lorraine) Read (24 December 1920 – 26 May 1989) m. John (Hillian) Brown (30 December 1919 – )
    1. 1. John (Edwin) Brown (abt 1950 – )
  2. 2. Evelyn Reed (abt 1923 – abt 2007) m. Theodore (Charles) Guenther (abt 1921 – )
    1. 1. Karen Guenther (abt 1949 – ) m. William (Floyd) Beltz
  3. 3. Joannie Reed (abt 1927 – ) m. Eugene Toth (abt 1926 – )
    1. 1. Michael Toth

Edwin Read's Timeline

5 Records

1898
28 Jan 1898
Birth of Edwin Thomas Read in Illinois
Illinois
1935
1935
Age 37
Edwin Thomas Read resided here in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois
Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois
1940
1940
Age 42
Edwin Thomas Read resided here in South Ottawa Twp, Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, USA
South Ottawa Twp, Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, USA
1950
1950
Age 52
Edwin Thomas Read resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1952
2 Jan 1952
Age 54
Death of Edwin Thomas Read in Cook County, IL
Cook County, IL

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1898
    Event Place: Illinois

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00834; Page: 62A; Enumeration District: 50-95

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: South Ottawa Twp, Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00834; Page: 62A; Enumeration District: 50-95

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Chicago, Cook, Illin

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1952
    Event Place: Cook County, IL

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