George Atzerodt's Little girl Edith

[Dave Taylor]

John,

I'm really busy with the beginning of the school year at the moment. When I get a chance, I will try to do some more digging on the Boswells/Adamses, but it may be quite awhile. In the mean time, yes I would love a copy of the marriage certificate. Hopefully that could help open a door for us somewhere.

Dave

[SSlater]

Good News and Bad News.
The good news is - that I have Edith Crangle's Death Certificate.
Now for the rest----- It does not appear to be Edith Atzerodt. At least you can't tell from the Certificate.
Here is what is on the certificate:
DIED: Oct.19, 1898, age 35 (Born 1863 , Missouri )
White - Married - Housekeeper - Res, NYC 6 Years -
Father John Robinson - Mother Mary Robinson Fa. & Mo Born USA
Cause of Death: Acute Lobar Pneumonia.
With That said - I am still looking.
I have not backed this up with a husband's name. She arrived in NYC in1892. No record of her in City Directories. No record , yet, anywhere of a marriage. Could she have been adopted?
One problem with the use of City Directories - they usually have only the head of the household. Occasionally they will include the Spouse. If the Husband has died, they will list the wife by name and add the Husband in parentheses. Nothing in the Census.
These missing parts bother me. Why?

[Jim Garrett]

The other good news, is that more information continues to become more easily available and we have much greater opportunities to work together and build on others. It's always important to remember that much of what we do is from the work laid before us by others, either directly or indirectly. Case in point, I have been so unbelievably fortunate to have Rich Smyth as my co-conspirator. We have been able to build off each other. We also owe no small debt of gratitude for the likes of Laurie Verge, Sandra Walia, James O. Hall, Mike Kauffman, Roger Norton, Herb Collins, Cleo Coleman, Ed Steers, John Howard, Dave Taylor (er, well maybe Dave Taylor ) and so many others. People we will never know, have made research so much easier, and each month, more materoial is available. When we think we reached a dead end, just wait, a new path emerges.

[RickBeaver]

The other good news, is that more information continues to become more easily available and we have much greater opportunities to work together and build on others. It's always important to remember that much of what we do is from the work laid before us by others, either directly or indirectly. Case in point, I have been so unbelievably fortunate to have Rich Smyth as my co-conspirator. We have been able to build off each other. We also owe no small debt of gratitude for the likes of Laurie Verge, Sandra Walia, James O. Hall, Mike Kauffman, Roger Norton, Herb Collins, Cleo Coleman, Ed Steers, John Howard, Dave Taylor (er, well maybe Dave Taylor ) and so many others. People we will never know, have made research so much easier, and each month, more materoial is available. When we think we reached a dead end, just wait, a new path emerges.

Very well said Jim! Kudos!

[SSlater]

I am really looking for Edith Atzerodt, but I have to work with any lead I can get, thus Crangle gets the call.
Here's what I have, in case someone else may be searching Edith, too.
1. He is shown in 1873, living in D.C. single, as a watchman.
2. 1878 he is still in D.C. Single, a Watchman.
3.1878. Between 1878 and 1879, he married Nancy Newman, sometimes shown as "Nannie" or "Minnie". But she appears as the Widow of Nicholas B. Crangle.
4. 1879, Minnie Crangle is the Widow of Nicholas B.
5. 1880 Census. Nancy Crangle is living with her mother, in D.C. Her name is E. B. Newman, 56, born 1824 MD. Keeping House. She is shown as a "wife" by no Mr. Newman, is listed. There is also an 8 year old sister, Hager (Spelling ?). and Nancy Crangle, a tailoress, and a Widow. (Born 1849)
6. 1881 Nannie Crangle, widow, Living at the same address as 1879.

I haven't found one mention of Edith Atzerodt, or Edith Wheeler, or the Edith shown in the marriage license. I did find an Edith Robinson, maiden name for the Edith in the License, working as a Nurse in one of the Hospital in D.C. at an earlier date.

I have some more sources to search, but it takes time, and I am trying to cut that shorter. HELP!

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OOPS! Corrections.
2 should be 1874
3 should be 1874 and 1878\
Sorry!