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Nancy Matthews Elliott
1810 - 1871 (61 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Nancy Matthews Elliott was born on 4 Jan 1810; died on 9 Apr 1871. Notes:
In Ontario, Edison's father, another Samuel, met and married Nancy Elliott, schoolteacher and daughter of a minister whose family had originally come from Connecticut where her grandfather Ebenezer Elliott had served as a captain in Washington's army.
Nancy married Samuel Ogden Edison on 12 Sep 1828 in Vienna, Elgin County, Ontario. Samuel (son of Captain Samuel Ogden Edison and Nancy Simpson) was born on 16 Aug 1804 in Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia; died on 26 Feb 1896 in Marshalltown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Thomas Alva Edison
was born on 11 Feb 1847 in Milan, Erie County, Ohio; died on 18 Oct 1931 in West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey.
- 2. Thomas Alva Edison
Generation: 2
2. Thomas Alva Edison (1.Nancy1) was born on 11 Feb 1847 in Milan, Erie County, Ohio; died on 18 Oct 1931 in West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. Notes:
ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST INVENTORS
Thomas Edison's inventions included the electric light and the
phonograph, as well as making improvements to the telegraph,
telephone, and motion pictures.