Family
Edward was born on 25 December 1839 at New Works, Shropshire. I have not been able to identify his parents.
Edward emigrated to USA, arriving in January 1884.
He married Ellen Underhlll (abt1836-1880) in early 1868 in the Stoke Damerel Registration District, Devon. Census returns identify two children,
- Nellie Saveria (b abt1869)
- Louisa Adeline (1870-1960) – married Ralph Sylvester Dietterich, a pattern maker at iron foundry (1900), in 1895
He married Sarah Ann Evans (1852-1922) in early 1881 at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan Records identify six children.
- Bertha (b1881)
- Eva (1882-1955) – a teacher (1930); married John Henry Hileman, a grinder at steel mill (1930), in 1925
- William Gladstone (1886-1854) – a tin smith (1910)
- Gerald Millard (1888-1953) – a labourer (1940)
- Madeline Ellen (1889-1946) – a saleslady (1900), married Francis W Coll, an auto-painter (1920), in 1910
- Ernest Dudley (1892-1970) – a car builder (1910)
Edward died on 19 October 1913 at Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
Circuits
- 1863 Abergavenny
- 1864 Weymouth
- 1865 Plymouth
- 1867 Torquay &c
- 1868 Rochford
- 1869 Grays
- 1870 Gravesend
- 1871 Gloucester
- 1872 Belfast
- 1874 Stratford
- 1876 Redditch
- 1877 Church Stretton
- 1878 Welshpool
- 1880 Merthyr Tydfil
- 1881 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
Note: In Leary he is listed as Thomas Owen.
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