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William Clancy Edgar[1]

Male 1886 - 1953


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  • Born  5 Sep 1886  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender  Male 
    Died  22 Mar 1953  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I8453  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  7 Jul 2019 

    Father  Robert F. Edgar,   b. Apr 1862, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Estella May Davis,   b. 12 May 1863, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1946, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1887 
    Family ID  F3324  Group Sheet

    Family  Charlotte Critchlow,   d. 27 Jan 1973, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F5690  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • According to the 1920 census, William was living at with his parents at Woods Run Ave. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1920. He is shown to be a civil engineer.

      According to the 1930 census, William was living with his parents on Campus Street, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1930. He is shown to be a civil engineer with his own office.

      According to the 1940 census, William was living with his mother on Campus Street, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1920. He is shown to be single.

      According to his WW II draft registration card, dated 1942, William was living with his mother at 3546 Campus Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1942. He was employed by Foundry Equipment Company, located in the Oliver Building in Pittsburgh.

      The following obituary was published in the March 25, 1953 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

      WILLIAM C. EDGAR

      Services for William C. Edgar, who died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Edward T. Daugherty Funeral Home, 366 Lincoln Avenue, Bellevue. Mr. Edgar, who was visiting in Florida, lived at 743 Harden Drive, North Hills Estates. A civil engineer, he was a graduate of Allegheny High School and the University of Pittsburgh. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, past master of Bellevue Lodge, No. 530, F. & A. M., a member of the Pennsylvania Consistory, and the America Society of Civil Engineers. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Critchlow Edgar; two sisters, Mrs. Percy W. Carrington of McKeesport, and Mrs. David H. Evans, of New Kensington, and a brother, Robert F. Edgar. Friends are being received at the funeral home. Burial will be in Union Dale Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S744] World War II Draft Registration Card.

    2. [S663] WW I Draft Registration Card.