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Walter Edwards 1807 – 1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 08 Jan 1807

Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1880

Death Location: New York, United States

Father: Amos Edwards

Mother: Olive Churchill

Spouse(s): Sarah DeForest

Children(s): Edwin Edwards, Walter Edwards, Mary Edwards, Susan Edwards, Charles Edwards, Wheeler Edwards

Walter Edwards was born in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA in 1807, to Amos Edwards and Olive Churchill. Later in life, Walter Edwards married Sarah DeForest; among their children were Edwin Wakeman Edwards, Walter Edwards, Mary Porter Edwards, Susan Lord Edwards, Charles Atwood Edwards and Wheeler D. F. Edwards. Walter Edwards died in New York, United States, 1880.

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Parents

Amos Edwards
1778 –
Birth Location: Connecticut, USA
AE
Olive Churchill
1784 –
Birth Location: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
OC

Spouses(s)

Sarah DeForest
1811 – 1881
Birth Location: Connecticut
SD

Children(s)

Edwin Edwards
1832 – 1886
Birth Location: –
EE
Walter Edwards
1834 – 1895
Birth Location: New York, New York
WE
Mary Edwards
1838 – 1919
Birth Location: New York, New York, New York
ME
Susan Edwards
1841 – 1849
Birth Location: –
SE
Charles Edwards
1844 –
Birth Location: –
CE
Wheeler Edwards
1852 –
Birth Location: New York
WE

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 08 Jan 1807
    Event Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: New York City, New York, New York; Roll: 880; Family History Film: 1254880; Page: 108B; Enumeration District: 279; Image: 0158

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830 US Census; Census Place: Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut; Page: 105; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 7; Family History Film: 0002800

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: New York City, New York, New York, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: New York City, New York, New York; Roll: 880; Family History Film: 1254880; Page: 108B; Enumeration District: 279; Image: 0158

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: New York, United States
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