Edward John Smith
M, (1886 - 1959)
| Father* | David Smith |
| Mother* | Hannah Crowe Smith |
| Birth* | 8 Sep 1886 | England1 |
| Marriage* | c 1919 | Bride=Vilolet Stott Smith |
| Marriage* | 29 Jul 1929 | Hudson, Columbia, New York (NY), United States (US); Bride=Margaret Mary Sullivan Smith2 |
| Death* | 4 Apr 1959 | Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (CT), United States (US)1 |
| Note* | 5 Apr 1959 | obituary Bridgeport (Connecticut) Sunday Post, Sunday 5 April 1959.3 |
| Burial* | 7 Apr 1959 | Union Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (CT), United States (US)1 |
| Biography* | Edward John Smith, 1886-1959: According to his obit, Edward was a Lieutenant in the English Army during World War I. Don't think he was fighting for the English in WWI - Edward immigrated to the USA in 1910 and in 1920 was married to Violet Stott and living with his in-laws in the 6th ward of Lawrence in Essex County, Massachusetts. He was working as a shoe cutter in a a shoe shop. Later in that decade Edward moved to Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, with a son born of his first marriage, where he worked was an assembler at the General Electric Company (GE) eventually rising to foreman. Edward married for a second time in 1929 to Margaret Sullivan. He and Margaret also produced one son. Edward, 72, died on a Saturday. His funeral was held on Tuesday from the William R. McDonald Funeral Home in Stratford with the Rev. Melvin S. Bulmer of the Stratford Methodist church officiating. |
| Last Edited | 8 May 2015 |