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Robert Edgerton, son of Duncombe and Christina (Taylor) Edgerton.

born:	December 4, 1867; Dryden, Lapeer Co., MI. (WA State DC #1554)
died:	December 14, 1939; Spokane, Spokane Co., WA. (WA State DC #1554) (OB Spokane Review 12/16/1939)
buried:	Mountain View Cemetery; Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., WA.

married:

~1899. (CR WA1900 Lakeside Prct – “m. 1y”)

Isabelle Banks

born:

August 1865; Kansas. (CR WA1900 Lakeside Prct)

Children:

Hazel Christina, b. September 23, 1901; Walla Walla Co., WA.

The household of Robert Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Lakeside Precinct, Chelan County, Washington (pg. 29; dwelling #67; family #68; enum. June 8, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Robt Edgerton	head	Dec. 1868	MI	31	M 1y	Canada	Scotland
Belle	wife	Aug. 1865	KS	34	M 1y	KY	MO
Lulu B. Phillips	st-dau.	Apr. 1886	IA	14	S	MO	KS
Bessie	st-dau.	July 1887	IA	12	S	MO	KS
Cordilia	st-dau.	Dec. 1888	ID	11	S	MO	KS
Nora	st-dau.	Feb. 1890	ID	10	S	MO	KS

According to the above census record, Belle was the mother of seven children, all of whom were still living. Robert’s occupation was listed as “school teacher”; he was noted as being unemployed for three months in the past year.

The household of Robert Edgerton was recorded in the 1910 Federal Census of Buhl Precinct, Twin Falls County, Idaho (dwelling #406; family #413; enum. May 28, 1910), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Birthplace	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
				Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	--------	-----------	----------	----------	----------
Robt Edgerton	head	42	MI	M 10y	England	Scotland
Isabelle	wife	43	IA	M 10y	IL	IL
Christina	dau.	8	WA	S	MI	IA
Frank Phillips	s-i-l	26	IA	M 0y	IA	IA
Minnie	st-d-i-l	20	WA	M 0y	Norway	Norway

Robert Edgerton was recorded in the 1920 Federal Census of Hatton Precinct, Adams County, Washington, residing in the household of Mrs. Bertha Bridges (dwelling #16; family #18; enum. January 3, 1920). He was enumerated as “Robert Edgerton, boarder, aged 53, divorced, born in Michigan, father born in Vermont, mother born in Scotland”. His occupation was listed as “teacher – public school”.

Robert Edgerton was recorded in the 1930 Federal Census of Spokane City, Spokane County, Washington, residing in the boarding house of Byron E. Cowan on 210 West Sprague Avenue (pg. 261; dwelling #77; family #238; enum. April 12, 1930). He was enumerated as “Robert Edgerton, lodger, aged 63, divorced, born in Michigan, father born in Michigan, mother born in Scotland”. His occupation was listed as “teacher – public school” and it was also noted that he was aged 30 at the time of his first marriage.

The following obituary for Robert Edgerton was printed in the Spokane Review on December 16, 1939 (transcript courtesy of Diane Hosler):

“EDGERTON, Robert – Age 74 years. His home was at the Bristol hotel. He was a retired schoolteacher and a resident of Spokane the past 25 years. Survived by 1 daughter, Mrs. Hazel Nightingale, Redwood City, Calif. Funeral Mon., Dec 18, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of the TURNBULL-MERAGER FUNERAL HOME, W615 4th ave. Rev. D. T. Yoder will officiate. Cremation will follow. O.G. Merager, funeral director in charge.”

Original Source Documents:

1900 Federal Census – household of Robert Edgerton; Lakeside Prct., Chelan Co., WA.

1910 Federal Census – household of Robert Edgerton; Buhl Prct., Twin Falls Co., WA.