His father died when he was about a year old, and he and his mother lived in Colebrook, Connecticut with his maternal grandparents. His mother died in 1906 and he was orphaned by the time he was nine years old. He lived with relatives, the Smiths and the Frenchs and also with his uncle, Walter Bristow, who lived in New York.
In 1900, Edward B. Bristow, aged 2, was living in Colebrook, Connecticut, with his widowed mother, Frances B. Bristow, aged 27, in the home of his widowed grandmother, Besty S. Smith, aged 64. Also living in the household were Samuel R. Smith, aged 20, and Herbert A. Callan, aged 12.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; 1900 US Federal Census; Long Island Surnames; The Autobiography of Edward Bronson Bristow, Jr., "MEMORIES" Presented by his son Glenn Bristow)
His father died when he was about a year old, and he and his mother lived in Colebrook, Connecticut with his maternal grandparents. His mother died in 1906 and he was orphaned by the time he was nine years old. He lived with relatives, the Smiths and the Frenchs and also with his uncle, Walter Bristow, who lived in New York.
In 1900, Edward B. Bristow, aged 2, was living in Colebrook, Connecticut, with his widowed mother, Frances B. Bristow, aged 27, in the home of his widowed grandmother, Besty S. Smith, aged 64. Also living in the household were Samuel R. Smith, aged 20, and Herbert A. Callan, aged 12.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; 1900 US Federal Census; Long Island Surnames; The Autobiography of Edward Bronson Bristow, Jr., "MEMORIES" Presented by his son Glenn Bristow)
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Plot owner Iva Bristow.
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