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The Edgerton Database |
Charles Marson Edgerton, son of Marson and Lucy (Gregory) Edgerton.
Harriet Louise Hoffman
Children:
Charles Marson Edgerton was
born March 5, 1853 at Charles was a bookeeper, cashier and insurance agent by profession. He also worked for a time circa September 1886 as a nurse attendant at the Flatbush Insane Asylum. While there, he accidentally caused the death of an inmate, Patrick McCarthy, by mistakenly placing him in a bath of scalding water. Charles was arrested on a charge of manslaughter, but was subsequently acquitted of all charges. Various accounts of the incident were published in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The New York Times and the Newark Daily Advocate. Charles M. Edgerton was
married at Brooklyn, Charles and Harriet resided in Brooklyn, where all five of their children were born. They had a family of three sons and four daughters: Rollin Edward, Florence Louise, Benjamin Marson, Lucy Gregory and Reed Marson. All five of the children were married and had children of their own. The household of Charles M. Edgerton was recorded
in the 1880
Federal Census of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (pg. 298; dwelling #383;
family #843; enum. June 17, 1880), as follows:
At the time of this enumeration, Charles and Louise were residing at 715 Flushing Avenue. Charles Edgerton was listed in
the 1888-89 Directory of Brooklyn, New
York (Lain & Co., publishers) as, “Charles M. Edgerton, insurance” residing
at “2214 The household of Charles M. Edgerton was recorded
in the 1900
Federal Census of Brooklyn (Ward 23),
According to the above
census record, Louise was the mother of five children, all of whom were still
living. Charles’ occupation was listed
as “Cashier Ins.”, Rollin’s occupation was listed as “jewelry wholesale”, and
The household of Charles M. Edgerton was recorded
in the 1910
Federal Census of Brooklyn (Ward 27), Kings County, New York (pg. 246;
dwelling #44; family #165; enum. April 21, 1910), as follows:
According to the above census record, Harriet was the mother of five children, all of whom were still living. Charles’ occupation was listed as “Bookkeeper – Insurance office” and Rollin was listed as a “Superintendant – Curtain Factory”. The family was residing at 177 Suydum Street. Circa 1915, Charles moved
his family from Brooklyn to Richmond Hill in The household of “Charles M. Egerton” was recorded
in the 1920
Federal Census of Richmond Hill (5th Assembly
District), Queens County, New York (pg. 227; dwelling #44; family #165; enum.
January 21, 1920), as follows:
At the time of this enumeration, the family was residing at 1714 117th Street. Charles’ occupation was listed as “Broker – Brokerage”. On October 12, 1929, while
crossing “EDGERTON – On Oct. 24, 1929, CHARLES M. EDGERTON. Born in Pawlet, Vt., March 5, 1853. Services from his residence 111-12 117th st., Glen Morris, L.I., Sun., Oct. 27, at 2:30 p.m.” Mrs. Harriet (Hoffman)
Edgerton survived her husband about nine years. In 1929, she was granted guardianship of
her two grandsons, Edgerton Charles Wolfert and Reed Marson Wolfert, following
the death of her elder daughter, Florence Louise (Edgerton) Wolfert. Harriet died in September of 1938 (probably
at Queens or Brooklyn). She was buried
on September 23, 1938 at The various descendant lines
of Charles and Harriet Edgerton’s five children are currently being
researched by Robert C. Wolfert of
Original Source Documents: Marriage
Certificate – Charles Marson Edgerton & Harriet Lousie Hoffman; New
York City Marriage Certificates, #321. 1880 Federal
Census – household of Charles Marson
Edgerton; Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. 1900 Federal
Census – household of Charles Marson
Edgerton; Brooklyn (Ward 23), Kings Co., NY. 1910 Federal
Census – household of Charles Marson
Edgerton; Brooklyn (Ward 27), Kings Co., NY. 1920 Federal
Census – household of Charles Marson Edgerton; Richmond Hill (5th Assembly
District), Queens Co., NY. Death
Certificate – Charles Marson Edgerton; New York City Death Certificates,
#6505. Obituary –
Charles Marson Edgerton; The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle – Sunday, October 27, 1929. |
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