Thomas edisons great grandchildren
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Mary Stilwell Edison - First Wife:
Mary was born in Newark, New Jersey on September 9, 1855 as the daughter of Nicholas Stilwell and Margaret Crane.
Mary caught Edison's eye while she worked at Edison's subsidiary the News Reporting Telegraph Company at the young age of 16.
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Edison and Mary married on December 25, 1871. Mary died August 9, 1884 at the age of 29.
Marion Estelle Edison - First Child:
Marion was born on February 18, 1872. Edison nicknamed her “Dot” in reference to the Morse code used to send messages by telegraph.
She boarded at Somerville Seminary in New Jersey and the Bradford Academy in Massachusetts.
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She married Lieutenant Karl Oscar Oeser, German Army, in 1892. Marion and her husband lived in Germany including during the events of World War I. She divorced in 1921. Marion died April 16, 1965.
Thomas Alva Edison Jr.
- Second Child:
Thomas Jr. was born January 10, 1876. Edison continued to show his interest in Morse code - he nicknamed Thomas