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Name: Raymond George Edwards ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13}
Sex: M
Birth: 3 Dec 1912 in Cross Junction, Virginia, USA ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13}
Death: 16 Dec 2002 in Stephens City, Frederick, Virginia, United States ^{4 5 8 9 13}
Burial: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA. ^{4 5}
Residence:
1. 1920 in Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia, USA. ²
1. 1930 in Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia, USA. ³
1. 1935 in Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia. ⁷
1. 1940 in Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia, USA. ⁷
1. 1940 in Cross Junction, Frederick, Virginia, USA. ¹¹
1. 1 Apr 1940 in Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia, USA. ⁷
1. 1993 in Winchester, VA. ⁶
Person Id: P306
Tree Id: 246704

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Parents

Father:

George Henry Edwards: Birth: 12 Oct 1860 in Eastern, Hampshire, Virginia, USA. Death: 30 Dec 1931 in Cross Junction, Frederick, Virginia, United States

Mother:

Clara Virginia (Jennie Genie): Birth: 7 March 1871 in Cross Junction, Frederick, Virginia, United States. Death: 10 January 1960 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA

Family
Marriage:

Married: Amelia Elizabeth Barrett.
Amelia Elizabeth Barrett: Birth: 2 February 1912 in Pennsylvania. Death: 29 June 2000 in Winchester VA

Children:

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Sources

1.	Title: Ancestry Family Trees Page: Ancestry Family Tree Source: S-467597551 Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
2.	Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia; Roll: T625_1890; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 80 Source: S-467594311 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
3.	Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia; Roll: 2444; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 57.0; FHL microfilm: 2342178 Source: S-467594301 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
4.	Title: Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012 Source: S-467339388 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
5.	Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Source: S-467593970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
6.	Title: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Source: S-467592615 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7.	Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia; Roll: T627_4264; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 35-4 Source: S-467596227 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
8.	Title: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Page: Number: 226-09-8896; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: Before 1951 Source: S-467598039 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
9.	Title: Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 Source: S-434614941 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
10.	Title: Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014 Source: S-434615510 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
11.	Title: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Page: The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Virginia, 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 225 Source: S-466191596 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
12.	Title: Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 Page: Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101285809 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
13.	Title: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

Notes

Note: Braithwaite), wanted to have a daughter. Raymond could honestly say that hisfather did not want him and he was a disappointment to his mother. As a child he had 19 scabs from smallpox. When he was 10years old his tonsils became infected and the doctor said he would not live 6months unless he had them out, but he was too weak for surgery. His parentswere also concerned because he had a cousin who died on the operating table. Hewas given 3 kinds of medicine to take. He stopped school. The school house wasjust down hill from his home, which was subsequently converted to a house. On December 6, 1922, he was strong enough to havehis tonsils out. His parents said that he had a beautiful singing voice beforethe tonsils were taken out. He could not sing after that because they cut sodeep. On the 9th, they butchered and Raymond went behind the houseand cried because he could not eat. When he was little he would play under the porch. He wouldplay with thread spools and build roads. One year he got a wagon as a present.He was shown how to ride it by pushing with his foot. He pushed himself off theporch because no one showed him how to stop. As you went into their house, on the right, was theparlor. On the left was the dinning room. Behind the dinning room was thekitchen. On the right of the kitchen was his parent’s bedroom. Upstairs on theright was the Jim Braithwaite room. On the left was the guest bedroom. Behindthat was Harold and Erle’s bedroom. On the right in the back was a trash room.When George and Jenny moved into the house there was only the first floor.George added the second floor. Raymond slept in his parent’s bedroom when he was young andwhen Erle had TB. Otherwise he slept in the Harold/Erle bedroom, because Haroldhad already left home. He was 8 years old when Roscoe was born. He helped take careof him and Erle’s girls. The girls gave him the nickname of Buddy. Raymond had just turned 19 when his father died in 1931.This was during the drought and depression and farming did not provide muchincome. At this time in his life he was in debt. He had many jobs to earnmoney. He did painting for 10 cents an hour. He worked at the Virginia ColdStorage in the Fall, checking in apples for 75 cents a day. He was a registrarwith the Bureau of Vital Statistics and provided them with data on the birthsand deaths in the area. One year he was safety inspector for the Gainesboro School and was glad that they did nothave any injuries that year. He was a secretary for a local insurance company.He worked at National Fruit doing chemical tests on samples of the productsproduced. He worked for Valley Distributors, an automotive warehouse, most ofhis life. He was a salesman for many years. He did such a good job with theannual inventory that he was put in charge of that. He was promoted to doingsecretary and treasurer type duties. He was also one of the operation managers.He was secretary of the church council for several years. He helped people withtheir taxes. At one time he did accounting work for the airport. For many yearshe did accounting work for Irvin and May Hottle. He had Power of Attorney andwas executor for May Hottle. Raymond got an accounting degree from the American Schoolof Correspondence. When he was in his early 20s, Ray Barrett invited him to astrawberry ice cream social at their place, where he met Amelia. Later VirginiaHancher had a date and Amelia invited Raymond to go along.
Note: Raymond had 2 brothers, Harold (20 years older), and Erle(13 years older). His father, George, did not feel that they would be able tofeed and care for another child. His mother, Jenny (Clara Virginia

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