Robert Ewing Edwards1

#19381, (4 November 1868 - 1928)
Relationship3rd cousin of Estelle Rose Roche
Father*Ignatius Loyola Edwards1 (c 1842 - 1871)
Mother*Athalia Ewing1 (c 1846 - 1879)
Passport photo of Ralph Ewing Edwards, 1918. NARA, viewed st Ancestry.com

Family

Elaine V Cassidy b. 1890, d. 1958
Child 1.Ignatius Loyala Edwards9 (1917 - 1991)
Birth*4 November 1868He was born on 4 November 1868 at Torresdale, Philadelphia Co., PennsylvaniaG; [passport application has 1871 but census records indicate 1868].1 
7 June 1870He appeared on the census of 7 June 1870 in the household of Athalia Ewing and Ignatius Loyola Edwards at 8th Ward, 23rd District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, age 1, b. PA.2 
15 November 1870He appeared on the census of 15 November 1870 in the household of Ignatius Loyola Edwards and Athalia Ewing at 1404 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as R E, age 2, male; (same house as Elizabeth Whelan Edwards.)3 
1 June 1880He appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 in the household of Virginia Ewing and Alfred Craven Gibson at Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, nephew, age 11; (see "Note" below.)4 
3 June 1880He appeared on the census of 3 June 1880 in the household of Virginia Ewing and Alfred Craven Gibson at Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, nephew, age 11; (see "Note" above.)5 
Marriage*20 December 1910He married Elaine V Cassidy, daughter of Joseph J Cassidy and Susan E Bethel, on 20 December 1910 at Monroe Co., FloridaG.6,7 
Death*1928He died in 1928 at Dade Co., FloridaG.8 

Citations

  1. [S1658] U.S. Passport Applications, Jan. 2, 1906 - Mar. 31, 1925, Publication M1490, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, online Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, 1918, Roll 0575, appl. 32118, imgs. 321-325/878. Dated 17 Aug 1918, US District Court, Key West FL. Robert Ewing, b. Torresdale PA 4 Nov 1871, son of Ignatius L Edwards (b. Philadelphia), res. Key West FL, occ. Deputy Collector of Customs; intent to leave US 30 Aug 1918 on S/S Mascotte; new emloyment in Havana, Cuba, American Food & Fuel Administration and War Trade and Shipping Boards. Sworn identification by Elizabeth R Patterson, Philadelphia PA, and Thomas C Pent, Key West FL. [Note: year of birth is wrong as he was reported in the 1870 and 1880 censuses as b. ca. 1868-1869]
  2. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. I L (27), b. PA, wholesale tobacco merchant, personal estate $14000; Athalia (24), b. PA. Also domestic servants Eliza Clements (45, b. Ireland) and Ellen Doherty (17, b. Ireland).
  3. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. I L (28); I L [sic] (25). [No other data taken in second enumeration; same record at 1402 Walnut Street. p. 5]
  4. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Alfred c (58), b. and parents b. England, wholesale liquors; Virginia (37), b. and parents b. PA, keeping house. Also servants Ellen Lee (55, b. Ireland), Samuel Chapman (40, b. England), Honora O'Toole (40, b. Ireland), Kate Higgins (21, b. Canada), Sarah Cochlin (38, b. Ireland).
  5. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Alfred C (52), b. and parents b. England, merchant; Virginia F (36), b. and parents b. PA. Also servants Samuel Chapman (46, b. England), Honora O'Toole (36, b. PA), Kate Siggin (28, b. Canada), Sarah Cacklin (35, b. PA), Mary Castelle [sic] (50, b. Ireland). The summary page for family no. 12 (Gibson) includes these names: Robert E Edwards (11), b. PA, nephew; Elizabeth Edwards (13), b. PA, niece; Athakie Edwards (9), b. PA, niece. On the group gage they are listed after Emma Maria Gibson and before Ellen Lee. The image of the sheet has Emma on line 37 and Ellen on line 38. The Edwards children appear no where on the sheet. This is true for the image as viewed on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and on the.
  6. [S1767] Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965, online FamilySearch.com, Group 8 > 004914028 > image 32 of 203. Richard Harry Edwards, b. Miami FL 19 Oct 1923, son of Robert Ewing Edwards and Elaine V Cassidy; single, radio operator, res. in US 43 W. 46th Str., Nova York NY; card no. 216065, issued 24 Dec 1945, Brasil Consulate, Miami FL.
  7. [S1768] Florida Marriages, 1837-1974, online FamilySearch.org, Robert E Edwards and Elaine V Cassidy, marr. Monroe Co. 20 Dec 1910; citing Monroe, Florida; FHL microfilm 945,902, ref. p26C, B6, p542; cert. no. 10801.
  8. [S81] Florida Death Index 1877-1998, online Ancestry.com, Robert Ewing Edwards, d. Dade Co. 1928; vol. 387, no. 11866.
  9. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census.