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Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER

[IMAGE: Park, Byrl and Edwin Jr. Sylvester]

Composite image of Park, Byrl and Edwin (Jr.) Sylvester at approximately the same age.
Source photos courtesy of Plainview [MN] Area History Center; montage and editing courtesy of David Sylvester

BIRTH: 10 AUG 1900, Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN

Father: Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER
Mother: Hettie L. DILLON

Family 1: Lucille A. CARTER

MARRIAGE: 1929, Chicago, Cook Co., IL

Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER

                                                            _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _
                             _George Washington SYLVESTER _|
                            |                              |_Joanna WHITNEY _________
 _Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER _|
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|                           |_Matilda A. COOK _____________|
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|--Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER 
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|_Hettie L. DILLON _________|
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INDEX

Notes

[NI1430] Updated April 2, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1910 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview: Supervisory District 1, Enumeration District 156; Sheet 5B; April 19, 1910.

Edwin L. Sylvester, Jr. is the son of Edwin L. and Hettie (listed as "Hetty") L. Sylvester. He is 9 years old and born in Minnesota.

(2) 1920 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 158; Sheet 12B; January 12, 1920.

Edwin L. Sylvester is the son of Edwin L. and Hettie L. Sylvester. He is 19 years old and born in Minnesota.

(3) 1930 United States Census for Illinois, Cook Co., Chicago City: Ward 3; Block 52; Enumeration District 16-180; Sheet 18A; April 18, 1930.

Edwin Sylvester is head of household, married to Lucille (Carter) Sylvester. Lucille's sister Pauline Carter, a 19 year old born in Illinois, working as a typist for an insurance company, is also part of the household.

- Address: 5435 Kenwood Ave.
- Home ownership: no; monthly rent $60.
- Radio ownership: yes.
- Age: 28 years old at time of census; 27 when first married.
- Birthplace: Minnesota, with father from Minnesota and mother from New York.
- Occupation: Salesman, Rubber Company (code 4590).

(4) Manzow, Ron, ed., "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota -- a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884" (Plainview, Minnesota: Plainview History Center, 2001).

- 1900 (August 10): Birth date. (Sylvester descendant chart).
- 1918 (May 31): Graduated from Plainview high school. (page 121)
- 1918 (Fall): Entered University of Minnesota. (page 128)
- 1930 (June 6): Lived in Chicago, IL. (page 222)
- 1934 (January 5): Lived in Minneapolis, MN. (page 223)
- 1935 (June 14): Lived in Madison, WI. (page 224)

(5) Byrl E. Sylvester Papers. Minnesota Historical Society. An Inventory of His Papers -- available online.

- Listed as surviving brother of Byrl E. Sylvester.

(6) The History of Wabasha County [MN], 1920. Biography of Edwin L. Sylvester.

- Still living at home in 1920.

(7) J. Sylvester family records. March 8, 2002.

- Notes that Edwin served as a Pharmacists' Mate with the fighting Sea Bees in the second world war.

(8) Jewell family records. March 20, 2002 and August 8, 2002.

- Lists middle name as "Lawrence" (other sources use the initial "L.")

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Joanna Whitney -8; George Sylvester -9; Edwin Sylvester -10; Edwin Sylvester -11.