John EDSILL (1949- )
1 John H. EDSILL1 (1949- ) [9675]. Born 21 Nov 1949.2
2 Merlin Floyd EDSILL3,4,5 (1926- ) [9665]. Born 12 Aug 1926.2 Marr Patricia Ann EVANS 29 Sep 1944, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.1
From the Waterloo Daily Courier.
February 16, 1945 - (Photo caption) "It was Waterloo Day at the Ft. Lauderdale naval air station this week when two former West high school students accidentally encountered their former wrestling coach. Lt. Finn B. Eriksen (above, center), who coached three Iowa teams to championships. It all began when Robert Lorenzen (left), son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lorenzen of 209 Commercial street, was called to the front of a class to act as a "guinea pig" for a Judo instructor who wished to demonstrate some new angles in the old art. As he was being tossed about, Lorenzen said to himself, "There's something very familiar about all this." Then he took another look at the instructor who, sure enough, was Lieutenant Eriksen. The other man in the Waterloo trio was Merlin Edsill (right), son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Edsill of 125 Linwood avenue. The two boys were on Waterloo West's wrestling squad in 1940 and '41 when Lieutenant Eriksen coached the team to state championships. Followed quite a gabfest about Waterloo and Iowa. Edsill is an aviation radioman, third class, and works on the air station flight line. Lorenzen, a seaman, first class, is training to be an air crewman in of the navy's torpedo bombing planes."
March 2, 1949 - "Three men enlisted in the regular navy Wednesday, L.N. Bredahl, QMC, recruiter in charge, announced. The men were Merlin F. Edsill, 125 Linwood avenue, Quinton R. Lane, 1833 Forest avenue, and Wayne A. Heckenlively, Robin road."
June 14, 1945 - "Merlin F. Edsill, aviation radioman third class, left Tuesday evening for the naval air station at Kingsville, Tex., after spending an 18-day leave with his wife, Patricia, who resides with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Evans, 416 Nevada street, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Edsill, 125 Linwood avenue."
June 15, 1945 - "Petty Officer Merlin F. Edsill, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Edsill, 125 Linwood avenue has completed flight combat and aerial gunnery training in Avenger torpedo bombing planes and has received his navy air-crewmans wings, according to word received here Thursday from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he has been training.
Petty Officer Edsill, an aviation radioman third class, attended West high school before enlisting for navy service. His wife, the former Patricia A. Evans, resides now with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Evans, 416 Nevada street.".
4 Floyd McKinley EDSILL6,7,8 (1896-1967) [9655]. Born 28 Jan 1896, IA.6,8 Marr Blanch B. ELWOOD 10 Jun 1918.3 Died 1 Mar 1967.3 Buried Westview Cemetery, La Porte City, IA.3
From the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA).
December 18, 1958 - "Floyd M. (Pappy) Edsill, former La Porte City resident, has retired from serving as mail carrier in Waterloo for thirty years.
Mr. Edsill and his wife Blanch, lived near La Porte City for about five years from 192-31.".
8 Vinson EDSILL6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 (1835- ) [9627]. Born May 1835, OH.10,14 Marr Malissa ? bef 1857.16 Marr Elmina Jenette WORTHEN c. 1880.16 Buried Westview Cemetery, Big Creek IA.17
From American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Vinson H. Edsil
Residence: La Porte City, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 23 July 1862
Distinguished
Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Sode Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 206 206
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 23 July 1862 at the age of 26
Enlisted in on 26 September 1862
Promoted to Full Corporal on 14 February 1863
Mustered out on 27 June 1865 in Louisville, KY.
9 Elmina Jenette WORTHEN6,18,19,20 (c. 1856- ) [9650]. Born c. 1856, IL.6,19
5 Blanch B. ELWOOD7,21 (1895-1984) [9663]. Born 15 Nov 1895.22 Died Dec 1984.22
3 Patricia Ann EVANS4,5 (1926-2006) [9674]. Born 20 Sep 1926.1 Died 5 May 2006.1 Buried Waterloo Cemetery, Waterloo, IA.1
6 Maynard W. EVANS23 ( - ) [9685].
Sources
| 1 | "Obituary of Patricia Ann Edsill in the Cedar Falls Courier, May 7, 2006". |
| 2 | "U.S. Public Records Index". |
| 3 | "Obituary of Floyd Edsill in the Progress Review, March 8, 1967". |
| 4 | "Florida Marriage collection". |
| 5 | "Article about Merlin Edsill receiving his navy air crewman's wings in the Waterloo Daily Courier, June 15, 1945". |
| 6 | "1900 IA, Black Hawk, La Porte City census". |
| 7 | "1920 IA, Worth, Lincoln census". |
| 8 | "WWI Selective Service registration card". |
| 9 | "Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1549-1908 by Lucy Abigail Brainard, 1908". |
| 10 | "1850 OH, Summitt, Stow census". |
| 11 | "1880 IA, Black Hawk, La Porte City census". |
| 12 | "1895 Iowa State Census, 1895". |
| 13 | "1860 IA, Benton, Bruce census". |
| 14 | "1870 IA, Black Hawk, Big Creek census". |
| 15 | "American Civil War Soldiers". |
| 16 | "Estimated based on related dates and information". |
| 17 | "Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records". |
| 18 | "Article on the death of Ezra Worthing in the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA), July 6, 1895". |
| 19 | "Article on the 86th birthday of Mrs. Edsill in the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA), September 10, 1942". |
| 20 | "Rootsweb groupsheet submitted by Tammy Edsill Norton". |
| 21 | "An article regarding Mrs. Floyd Edsill and sons in the Waterloo Dailey Courier, February 21, 1947". |
| 22 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 23 | "From an article about Merlin F. Edsill, husband of Patricia Ann Evans, in the Waterloo Daily Courier, June 14, 1945". |
