Pennsylvania Families

1870 Census said she was born in October 1869.
1900 Census said November 1868.
Death certificate said November 28, 1868.

An obituary in the Altoona Times, April 5, 1954, said she was born in Connemaugh.

1870 Census, Ward 5, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
August 27, 1870

David Edwards, 27, conductor on railroad, $100 personal estate
Maria Edwards, 22,
Gertrude Edwards, 10 months, born in October

All born in Pennsylvania

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1880 Census Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
ED 154, Page 1
June 1, 1880

at 1430 Tenth Avenue
David Edwards, 37, Freight? Conductor
Maria Edwards, 32
Gertrude Edwards, 10, at home
Charles Edwards, 8, at school
James Edwards, 6, at school
William Edwards, 3
Florence Edwards, 1

all born in Pennsylvania, parents also

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1900 Census Ward 3, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
ED 45, Sheet 14
June 13, 1900
at 1422 Tenth Avenue

David H Edwards, 57, born May 1843, married 34 years, railroad conductor
Marie C Edwards, 51, born July 1848, married 34 years, 11 children, 9 alive, born in Pennsylvania, father in New Jersey, mother in Pennsylvania
Gertrude Edwards, 31, born November 1868, no occupation
James I Edwards, 26, born March 1874, Pennsylvania Railroad, something department
William M Edwards, 23, born August 1876, Pennsylvania Railroad, round house
Florence T Edwards, 21, born December 1878, no occupation
Henry G Edwards, 18, born August 1881, helper in furniture store
Mervine D Edwards, 16, born January 1884, at school
Gilbert N Edwards, 13, born August 1886, at school
Lewis N Edwards, 11, born November 1889, at school

all others born in Pennsylvania, parents also

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1910 Census Ward 5, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
ED 46, Sheet 4 A
April 18, 1910
at 1814 Twelfth Avenue

David H Edwards, 68, married once, for 44 years, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, no occupation
Marie C Edwards, 61, married once, for 44 years, 10 children, 8 alive, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, no occupation
Gertrude Edwards, 41, single, no occupation
James I Edwards, 36, single, gang foreman, steam railroad
William M Edwards, 33, single, laborer, steam railroad
Henry Y Edwards, 29, single, gang foreman, steam railroad
Gilbert V Edwards, 23 single, wagon driver, department store
Lewis N Edwards, 21, single, shipping clerk, department store

All children born in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Death Certificate #29606
Frances Gertrude Edwards
April 3, 1954,
at 3625 Sixth Avenue, a private home, Altoona, Blair County
white, female, never married, occupation: housekeeping
born November 28, 1868, Connemaugh, PA
parents: David Edwards and Maria Hamilton
no Social Security number
informant: David C Edwards, 2822 Fifth Avenue, Altoona
cause: hypertensive heart disease
buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona

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findagrave
Frances Gertrude Edwards
Birth 1868
Death 3 Apr 1954 (aged 85–86)
Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot E 54
Memorial ID 9504302

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