Mary Petitjean

                        Married 7 Sept 1892

Richard Harry Kelson

BIRTH: 23 Mar 1875

BIOGRAPHY: Harry appears in the Waterbury, Connecticut Directory in 1889 as being employed by the West Button Co., and boarding on Watertown Road, Waterbury CT.  In the same directory, in 1891, he was employed by the same company, but boarding at 12 Ann Road, Waterbury CT.

DEATH: 1896, Connecticut

         Child

       Edna L. Kelson  

          BIRTH: 1895, Waterbury, Connecticut

BIOGRAPHY:  

        At the time of the 1900 Census, Edna was 5 years old, and living with her widowed Mother, Mary Kelson (29), who was listed as head of household, at 145 South Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT (4-WD - Series: T623; Roll: 148; Page: 181; District: 433).  Also living there were her aunt, Mary's sister, Rose Bogaert (39), laborer at the brass factory; her cousin, Charles Bogaert (23), toolmaker; and her uncle, Mary's brother, Emile Petitjean (24), toolmaker. There were also two lodgers - Charles Buetin, b Feb 1870 in Germany (arrived 1896), a toolmaker; and John Shugrue, b May 1870 in CT, a laborer at the brass factory.  

        At the time of the 1910 Census, Edna Kelson was 15 years old, and living at 145 South Elm Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT (4-WD - Series: T624; Roll: 141; Page: 122; District: 486), with her aunt, Rose (47?); and her uncle, Charles (39), a foreman at the Brass Factory.  Her Mother, Mary Kelson, was apparently deceased.

        At the time of the 1920 Census, Edna was listed as Edna L. Kelson (25), who worked as a milliner, in a store.  She lived with her aunt,  Rose (52?); and her uncle, Charles (49), a molder, at 14 Coe (?) Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT (1-WD - Series: T625; Roll: 194; Page: 259; District: 430). 

DEATH: 1921, Waterbury, Connecticut

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