Eighth Generation

851. Edward Bernard Bedwell¹¹⁵ was born on 1 Jul 1861 in Yamhill County, Oregon. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Southwest Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon. He died in Jan 1933 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon. He was buried in Fir Crest Cemetery. He was a farmer.⁸⁹⁶

• Washington State census taken approx. 1883 shows E.B. Bedwell, 22, a longshoreman, and wife Viola Bedwell, 20, both born in Oregon, residing in New Tacoma, Washington.

• 1900 Census for Rickreall Precinct, Polk County, Oregon shows Edward Bedwell, born July 1861, a farmer who rents his land, as head of household containing: Viola, born Oct 1862; his wife of 18 years who has had seven children, all still living; daughters Erva, born June 1883; Ethel, born June 1885; Jean, born April 1888; Alice, born June 1890; Lilie, born Jan 1893; Ednelle, born Aug 1895; and Violet, born Jan 1900; and father-in-law Charles Wood, born Sep 1820 in New York, a widower who works as a shoemaker. Everyone else was born in Oregon except Erva, who was born in Washington.

• 1920 Census for Southwest Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon shows Edward Bedwell, 58, a farmer, living with wife Alice E., 37, born in Washington.

• 1930 Census for Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon shows Edward Bedwell, 67, born in Oregon of parents born in Missouri, a painter, as head of household with wife A. Edith, 48, born in Pennsylvania, who runs a boarding house from their home. They are renters, at a rate of $35/mo. The census shows that Edward was first married at 21, and Edith at 30.

• from Contact: Verona Schmidt, vschmidt@@rkymtnhi.com:
Buried by America and Elisha Bedwell and brother Erie Herschel Bedwell and sisters Alice C. and Annie G. at Fir Crest Cemetery

Edward Bernard Bedwell and Viola Jane Wood were married on 21 Apr 1882 in Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon. Viola Jane Wood⁸⁹⁷ (daughter of Charles Wood and ?) was born on 5 Oct 1862 in Polk County, Oregon. She died on 2 Mar 1941 in Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon. Edward Bernard Bedwell and Viola Jane Wood had the following children:

2557	i.	Erva Bedwell898 was born in Jun 1883 in Washington.898
2558	ii.	Ethel Bedwell898 was born in Jun 1885 in Oregon.898
+2559	iii.	Jean D. Bedwell.
+2560	iv.	Alice Constance Bedwell.
2561	v.	Lillie Bedwell898 was born in Jan 1893 in Oregon.898
+2562	vi.	Ednelle Bedwell.
2563	vii.	Violet Bedwell898 was born in Jan 1900 in Oregon.898
+2564	viii.	Bernard Franklin Bedwell.

Edward Bernard Bedwell and Alice Edith [--?--] were married on 21 Dec 1911 in Polk County, Oregon.⁸⁹⁹ Alice Edith [--?--]⁹⁰⁰ was born about 1883 in Washington or Pennsylvania.^900,901