Mother Lydia Bowman Edwards1

#19362, (7 November 1868 - 26 October 1930)
Relationship3rd cousin of Estelle Rose Roche
Father*John Hughes Edwards2 (c 1840 - 1877)
Mother*Lydia B Baker2 (c 1849 - 1937)
Birth*7 November 1868She was born on 7 November 1868 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1 
19 November 1870She appeared on the census of 19 November 1870 in the household of John Hughes Edwards and Lydia B Baker at 1531 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3 
10 June 1880She appeared on the census of 10 June 1880 in the household of Edmund James Baker at Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.4 
7 April 1930She appeared on the census of 7 April 1930 at Sacred Heart Convent, City Line and Haverford Aves., Lower Merion Twp., Montgomery Co., PennsylvaniaG.5 
Death*26 October 1930She died on 26 October 1930 at Sacred Heart Convent, City Line and Haverford Aves., Haverford, Delaware Co., PennsylvaniaG, at age 61.6 

Citations

  1. [S1659] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906, online FamilySearch.com, Lydia Bowman Edwards, b. Philadelphia 7 Nov 1898, dau. of John H and Lydia B Edwards; citing bk. 1868 p. 293, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1,289,312.
  2. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census.
  3. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. John H (30); Lydia B (22) [no other data recorded]. Also Maria McCarty (23), Hanna Lane (29), Lizza Donaghy (28).
  4. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Edmund J (75), wid., b. and parents b. MA.
  5. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Sister Lydia Edwards (61), b. and father b. PA, mother b. MA, private school teacher.
  6. [S1570] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963/1964/1966/1968: 1930, File No. 9562, Reg. No. 114. Mother Lydia B Edwards, b. US 7 Nov 1868, dau. of John Hughes Edwards and Lydia Bowman Edwards; d. 26 Oct 1930, City Line and Haverford Aves., Haverford PA, age 61y 11m 19d, mediastinal tumor, prob. carcinom; inf. Rev. Mother Dickovich, same res.; bur. Convent Grounds, Torresdale PA, 28 Oct 1930. [Rev. Mother Teresa Dikovich was listed as the head of the Convent in the 1930 census, age 71, b. NY, parents b. Germany. See ], Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, online Ancestry.com.