The Edgerton Database |
George Ingham Edgerton, son of Andrew and Phebe Jane (Smith) Edgerton.
Josephine Chase, daughter of James and Betsey (Tripp) Chase.
Children:
The household of George
Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal
Census of Rock Stream (Starkey Townhip),
At the time of this census, George’s family was residing in the same dwelling as his aunt, Harriet Edgerton, who was enumerated just previously on the census roll (dwelling #82, family #97). The household of George I. Edgerton was recorded
in the 1900 Federal
Census of
Starkey Town,
According to the above census record, Josephine was the mother of seven children, five of whom were still living. George’s occupation was listed as “Fruit-grocer”, and the younger two children (Mildred and Claude) were noted as “at school”. The household of George Edgerton was recorded in
the 1910 Federal
Census of
Ithaca (Ward 4),
According to the above
census record, Josephine was the mother of seven children, five of whom were
still living. George’s occupation was
listed as “farmer – fruit farmer”. The
family was residing at The following obituary
for Mrs. Josephine (Chase) Edgerton was published in The Penn Yan Democrat on Friday, March 2, 1917: “EDGERTON – In Ithaca, February 21, 1917, Mrs. George I. Edgerton. Burial in Rock Stream, her former home. She leaves her husband and four children.” The following obituary for
George Ingham Edgerton was published in The
Hilton Record on Thursday, March 24, 1932: “FORMER PARMA RESIDENT DIES IN FLORIDA Word has been received of the death in a hospital at Miami, Fla., on March 14th of George I. Edgerton, 84 years of age. Mr. Edgerton, who was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Anna C. Burritt and Darwin Chase, formerly lived on the Parma-Greece Town Line Road, near the Christian Church. He has resided in Coral Gables, Florida, during the past few years. The remains will be brought in April to Rock Stream, N.Y., near Watkins Glen, for interment.” Original Source Documents: 1880 Federal
Census – household of George Ingham
Edgerton; Rock Stream (Starkey Twp.), Yates Co., NY. 1900 Federal
Census – household of George Ingham
Edgerton; Starkey Town, Yates Co., NY. 1910 Federal
Census – household of George Ingham
Edgerton; Ithaca (Ward 4), Tompkins Co., NY. Obituary
– Mrs. Josephine (Chase) Edgerton; Ithaca
Daily News – Friday, February 23, 1917. Obituary
– Mrs. Josephine (Chase) Edgerton; The
Penn Yan Democrat – Friday, March 2, 1917. Obituary –
George Ingham Edgerton; The Hilton
Record – Thursday, March 24, 1932. Obituary –
George Ingham Edgerton; Geneva Daily Times
– Friday, March 25, 1932. Funeral
notice – George Ingham Edgerton; The
Penn Yan Democrat – Friday, April 13, 1932. |