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George Edgerton, son of Clarence and Mary Maria (Clark) Edgerton.

born:	January 1849; Rutland, Rutland Co., VT. (CR MI1900 Mason Twp.)
died:	February 10, 1938; Detroit, Wayne Co., MI.
buried:	Cedar Valley Cemetery; Twining, Arenac Co., MI. (GI)

married:

November 25, 1873; Berlin, St. Clair Co., MI. (Co. VR 2:168:2037)

Mary Jane Freligh, daughter of James Smith and Emily (Sager) Freligh.

born:	February 1854; Berlin, St. Clair Co., MI. (CR MI1900 Mason Twp.)
died:	1926; Twining, Arenac Co., MI. (GI)
buried:	Cedar Valley Cemetery; Twining, Arenac Co., MI. (GI)

Children:

Ada B., b. September 7, 1874; Berlin, St. Clair Co., MI.
Oswald C., b. June 16, 1878; Berlin, St. Clair Co., MI.
Bertram Galloway, b. April 26, 1882; Wales, St. Clair Co., MI.
Florence Ruth, b. May 30, 1885; Wales, St. Clair Co., MI.
Adell, b. August 8, 1887; Wales, St. Clair Co., MI.

The household of George “Egerton” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Berlin, St. Clair County, Michigan (pg. 7; dwelling #156; family #171-2; enum. June 21-22, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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George Egerton		31	VT	Canada	Canada	laborer
Janie	wife	26	MI	Canada	MI	keeping house
Ada	dau.	6	MI	MI	MI	at home
Oswell	son	2	MI	MI	MI	at home
Charles Ramsey	serv.	23	NY	NY	NY	farm labor

At the time of this census, the family was residing adjacent to Mary Jane’s brother, Edward Freligh, who whose household was enumerated just previously on the Berlin census roll. It appears that George’s birthplace was first written as “Michigan”, but later erased and corrected to “Vermont”; however, the enumerator apparently failed to make the appropriate correction in the listings for the two children.

The household of George “Egerton” was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Mason Township, Arenac County, Michigan (pg. 215; dwelling #144; family #145; enum. June 12, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
George Egerton	head	Jan. 1849	VT	51	M 27y	Canada	VT
Jenny	wife	Feb. 1854	MI	46	M 27y	VT	MI
Ada B.	dau.	Sept. 1874	MI	25	S	VT	MI
Oswald C.	son	June 1878	MI	21	S	VT	MI
Bertram G.	son	Apr. 1882	MI	18	S	VT	MI
Florence	dau.	May 1885	MI	15	S	VT	MI
Adell	dau.	Aug. 1887	MI	12	S	VT	MI

According to the above census record, Jenny was the mother of five children, all of whom were still living. George’s occupation was listed as “farmer”, Ada was listed as a “schooteacher”, Oswald was listed as a “day laborer”, and the three younger children were noted as “at school”.

Original Source Documents:

Marriage record – George Edgerton & Mary Jane Freligh; St. Clair Co., MI Vital Records, Marriages, Book 2, pg. 168, #2037.

1880 Federal Census – household of George Edgerton; Berlin, St. Clair Co., MI.

1900 Federal Census – household of George Edgerton; Mason Twp., Arenac Co., MI.

Gravestone photo – George Edgerton & Mrs. Mary Jane (Freligh) Edgerton; Cedar Valley Cemetery; Twining, Arenac Co., MI.