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Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards 1859–1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 DEC 1859

Birth Location: near Athena, Wasco later Umatilla Co., Oregon

Death Date: 15 MAY 1930

Death Location: Johnson, Whitman Co., Washington

Father: Charles Edwards

Mother: Catherine Wolford

Spouse(s): Charles Beckett

Children(s): Harry Beckett, Orilla Beckett, Bessie Beckett, OLive Beckett

Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards was born in 1859 in near Athena, Wasco later Umatilla Co., Oregon, the child of Charles Wesley Edwards And Catherine Ranelda Wolford. Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards married Charles Millard Beckett, and had children including Bessie Beckett, Harry E Beckett, Olive Beckett, Orilla Beckett. Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards passed away in 1930 in Johnson, Whitman Co., Washington.

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Biography

  • Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards was born in 1859 in near Athena, Wasco later Umatilla Co., Oregon, the child of Charles Wesley Edwards And Catherine Ranelda Wolford.
  • Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards married Charles Millard Beckett, and had children including Bessie Beckett, Harry E Beckett, Olive Beckett, Orilla Beckett.
  • Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards passed away in 1930 in Johnson, Whitman Co., Washington.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Edwards
1829–1898
Birth Location: Darke Co., Ohio
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Catherine Wolford
1842–1921
Birth Location: Mount Blanchard, Hancock Co., Ohio
CW

Spouses(s)

Charles Beckett
1855–1933
Birth Location: Oregon
CB

Children(s)

Harry Beckett
1881–1916
Birth Location: Washington
HB
Orilla Beckett
1879–
Birth Location: Washington
OB
Bessie Beckett
1890–
Birth Location: Washington
BB
OLive Beckett
1882–1917
Birth Location: Washington
OB

Maria Edwards's Ancestors

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Maria Edwards
1859–1930
Birth Place: near Athena, Wasco later Umatilla Co., Oregon
Parents
Charles Wesley Edwards
1829–1898
Darke Co., Ohio
Catherine (Ranelda) Wolford
1842–1921
Mount Blanchard, Hancock Co., Ohio
Grandparents
Samuel ((Brown or Byron?)) Edwards
1788–1840
Greenville, Greenville Co., South Carolina
Priscilla (Mills) Edwards
1790–1851
East Markham, Notts, England
George (Washington) Wolford
1809–1862
Lydia Lake
1809–1880
Jackson Co., Ohio
Great-Grandparents
David Sr.
1765–1820
Mary Patty
1773–1863
John Wolford
1777–1829
Asa Lake
1764–1844
Chloe Abbott
1769–1855
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Edwards
1742–1809
James II
–1832
Gottfried Wohlfarth
1737–1801
Gershom Lake
1739–1799
Zerviah Lake
1737–1833
Joseph Abbott
1739–1804
Esther Osborn
1746–

Maria Edwards's Descendants

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Maria (Josephine "Josie") Edwards (30 DEC 1859–15 MAY 1930) m. Charles (Millard) Beckett (1855–1933)
  1. 1. Harry (E.) Beckett 1881–1916
    1. 1. Charlotte (May) Beckett 1915–
  2. 2. Orilla Beckett 1879–
    1. 1. Roma Haynes 1913–
    2. 2. Clair (Earnest) Haynes 1910–
    3. 3. Vivian (Jo) Haynes 1909–
  3. 3. Bessie Beckett 1890–
    1. 1. Mildred (Marie) Swales 1924–
    2. 2. Millard (Osborne) Swales 1918–
  4. 4. OLive Beckett 1882–1917

Maria Edwards's Timeline

2 Records

1859
30 DEC 1859
Birth of Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards in near Athena, Wasco later Umatilla Co., Oregon
near Athena, Wasco later Umatilla Co., Oregon
1930
15 MAY 1930
Age 71
Death of Maria Josephine "Josie" Edwards in Johnson, Whitman Co., Washington
Johnson, Whitman Co., Washington

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 DEC 1859
    Event Place: near Athena, Wasco later Umatilla Co., Oregon
    Record Source: Info from Dayton Library

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 MAY 1930
    Event Place: Johnson, Whitman Co., Washington
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