Edward Mitchell Townsend

ID #200, (1861-a 1930)
Edward Mitchell Townsend|b. 29 Sep 1861\nd. a 1930|p200.htm|Edward Mitchell Townsend|b. 7 Oct 1829\nd. 2 Feb 1904|p197.htm|Belinda Rockwell|b. 26 Feb 1832\nd. 13 Apr 1882|p194.htm|Daniel Y. Townsend|b. 29 Jun 1798\nd. 15 Dec 1860|p4128.htm|Sarah Titus|b. 12 Jan 1791\nd. 24 Feb 1867|p4567.htm|Eli Rockwell|b. 20 Apr 1805\nd. 25 Aug 1857|p2211.htm|Adelia A. Smith|b. 6 Apr 1807\nd. 10 Nov 1839|p195.htm|
FatherEdward Mitchell Townsend b. 7 Oct 1829, d. 2 Feb 1904
MotherBelinda Rockwell b. 26 Feb 1832, d. 13 Apr 1882
RelationshipGreat-granduncle of Linda Sargent.
     Edward Mitchell Townsend was born on 29 September 1861, in New York City, NY.1 He graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, MA, in 1884 with a degree in business.2 He married Alice Greenough on Wednesday, 20 April 1892 in Grace Church, New York City, NY.3,4,5,6,1 Edward Mitchell Townsend was a dry goods merchant.5 1910 Listed in the Harvard Alumni Directory address Box 1986, New York, NY. Years at Harvard 1880-1884, degree in mercantile business.2 23 August 1929 from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 23 August 1929:

Oyster Bay Social Notes,
Oyster Bay, L. I., Aug. 23—Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Townsend and Greenough Townsend will sail on the Minnewaska tomorrow for Scotland. They will go to Ardblair Castle, near Perth, to join Mrs. Greenough Townsend and her son and parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Maxtone Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Greenough Townsend will return in September and Mr and Mrs. E. M. Townsend will return later.7 He died after 1930.4

Census

1900Oyster Bay, Long Island, NYEdward Mitchell Townsend and Alice Greenough appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, enumerated 1900, Enumerated with 3 servants, one of which was a governess. Place identified as 'from Oyster Bay Cove to Oyster Bay.5
1920East Main St., Oyster Bay, Long island, NYEdward Mitchell Townsend appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Oyster Bay, Long island, NY, at East Main St., enumerated 1920, Greenough is listed as a secretary of a small merchant marine.8
1930East Main St, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NYHe and Alice Greenough appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, at East Main St, enumerated 1930, Value of home $100,000. Enumerated with 5 servants. Edward is listed as a commision merchant in the wholesale textile industry.4

Family

Alice Greenough b. 24 Mar 1872
Children

Sources of Information

  1. New York Family Bible Records 1581-1917, online database, digitized by ancestry.com, . Original publication: Genealogical Records; Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Taken from Family Bibles 1581-1917, Holy Bible of Daniel Townsend (1798-1960). Www.ancestry.com , updated Jan 2011, viewed Feb 2011.
  2. Harvard Alumni Association, Harvard University Directory: A catalogue of men now living who have been enrolled as students in the university., Harvard University, 1910, digitized by Google Books www.books.google.com (searched Edward Mitchell Townsend), Google Books p 679.
  3. Family data.
  4. Edward M Townsend household, 1930 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, enumeration district 201, page 1A, image 806.0, roll 1462, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  5. Auguste P Montant household, 1900 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY, enumeration district 723, page 6B, roll T623_1079, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  6. John William Leonard, Women's Who's Who of America, The American Commonwealth Company: New York, 1914-1915, digitized by Google Books www.books.google.com (searched Edward Mitchell Townsend), Google Books p 821.
  7. Robert Maxtone-Graham, e-mail message to Linda Sargent Reinfeld, received 31 Mar 2009.
  8. Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York; Roll: T625_1129; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 233. household, 1920 US Census, Oyster Bay, NY.

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