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The Edgerton Database |
John Oliver Edgerton, son of Guy Earl and Mary Louise (Crebassa) Edgerton.
Matilda Mary O’Donnell, daughter of John and Catherine (O’Neill) O’Donnell.
Children:
John Oliver Edgerton was born at L’Anse Township,
Michigan on February 2, 1864, the eldest son of Guy Earl Edgerton and Mary
Louise Crebassa. John was raised in
L’Anse Township and resided for the whole of his life in the upper peninsula
of Michigan – in Baraga and Houghton Counties. He made his living as a farmer. John O. Edgerton was married at Detroit, Michigan
on January 4, 1902 to Matilda Mary O’Donnell, a native of Canada. According to the marriage
record
(Wayne Co. VR 4:359:10260), John was
aged 27, a resident of Detroit, b. in Michigan, the son of G. E. Edgerton and
Mary Crebassa; and Matilda was aged 23, a resident of Saulte Ste. Marie, b.
in Canada, the daughter of Jno. O’Donnell and Cath. O’Neill. The witnesses to the marriage were Patrick
O’Donnell of Portage Entry, Michigan (probably John’s brother-in-law) and
Elizabeth Edgerton of Detroit (John’s younger sister). Matilda may have been related to Patrick
O’Donnell (~1855 – ) who had
married John’s elder sister, Mary Louise, a few years earlier. John
and Matilda Edgerton resided in Chassell Township, Houghton County,
Michigan. They had four children: two sons, Earl Chester and Raymond Henry;
and two daughters, Eileen Catherine and Ruth Louisa. The household of John O. Edgerton was recorded in
the 1900 Federal
Census of
Chasell Township,
According to the above
record, Matilda was the mother of three children, all of whom were still
living, and had immigrated to the John Oliver Edgerton died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hancock, Michigan on April 9, 1903. His death certificate (#357) reports that he was aged 39 years, 2 months, 7 days and had been born February 2, 1864 in Houghton County, the son of Earl Edgerton (b. New York) and Mary Crebassa (b. L’Anse). His occupation was listed as “farmer” and the cause of death as appendicitis. The following obituary
notice for John Oliver Edgerton was printed in The Mining Gazette ( “John Edgerton, aged 39 years, of Portage Entry died
Thursday night at Mrs. Matilda (O’Donnell) Edgerton was remarried on September 25, 1907 at Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan to William W. Mundell, son of William and Jane (Livingston) Mundell (Chippewa Co. VR 1:375:157). William and Matilda resided in Bruce Township (Chippewa County), where the family was recorded in the 1910 Federal Census (see below). Matilda had one child with her second husband: a son, John William, who later took the surname Edgerton. The household of William Mundell was recorded in
the 1910
Federal Census of Bruce Township, Chippewa County, Michigan (pg. 11; dwelling #32;
family #32; enum. April 18, 1910), as follows:
According to the above census record, Matilda was
the mother of five children, all of whom were still living. Mrs. Matilda (O’Donnell) Edgerton Mundell later
removed to Seattle, King County, Washington, where she was recorded as a head
of household in the 1920
Federal Census under her first married name.
Her household at that time (pg. 121; dwelling #113; family #126; enum.
January 7, 1920) consisted of herself (“Methlia Edgerton”) and three of her
children: Eileen, Jack and Ruth. The family was residing at 1811 38th Avenue
North. Mrs. “Matilda Edgerton Mundell” died at Seattle,
Washington on May 19, 1941. According
to the Washington State Death Certificate (#1317), Matilda was aged 71 years
and was the daughter of John O’Donnell and Katherine O’Neill. Matilda was buried May 23, 1941 at Calvary
Cemetery in Seattle (8-139-11). Two
of Matilda’s sons, Capt. Raymond H.
Edgerton and John W. Edgerton were later interred at Calvary Cemetery Original Source Documents: Marriage
record – John Oliver Edgerton and Matilda Mary O’Donnell; Wayne County
Marriage Records, vol. 4, pg. 359, no. 10260. 1900 Federal
Census – household of John Oliver Edgerton; Chassell Twp., Houghton Co.,
MI. Death
Certificate – John Oliver Edgerton; Michigan State Death Certificates,
#357. 1910
Federal Census – household of William
Mundell; Bruce Twp., Chippewa Co., MI. 1920
Federal Census – household of Mrs. Matilda
Mary (O’Donnell) Edgerton; Seattle (Ward 107), King Co., WA. |
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