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Edwin Link

Born at Missouri in 1907.

born about 1907 at Missouri, United States

Life story

Edwin Link was born in Missouri about 1907, a son of Joseph M. Link and Katherine Susanna "Katie" Hegnauer.1 His mother was a daughter of the Swiss-born farmer Leonhard Hegnauer and his wife Susanna Hirschi, of Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County.2

Edwin grew up on the family farm in Pleasant Gap Township, one of five children at home in 1910 with Alina, Roland, Ruth and Clara.1 His father had died by January 1920, when Edwin was at home with his widowed mother and his brothers and sisters.3 In 1930 he was still at home, single and working as a laborer, but he had left by 1940.4 His later life has not been traced.

What we know

Probable

  • Birth at Missouri, 1907

What's still open

Nothing the notes flag. Which is not the same as nothing left to find.

Sources

Source 1

1 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 18, page 3A, household of Joseph M. Link (head, farmer), with his wife Katherine and children Alina, Roland J., Ruth, Edwin and Clara; roll T624_768, FHL microfilm 1374781; database with images, Ancestry.com (index entries attached in the Ancestry tree; image not re-read).

Source 2

2 Missouri Division of Health, Standard Certificate of Death, 1961

Missouri Division of Health, Standard Certificate of Death, state file no. 61-010303, Katherine Susanna Link [indexed "Fink"], died 5 April 1961, Appleton City, St. Clair County; usual residence Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County; born 17 August 1877, Bates County; father Lenard Hegnauer; mother Susanna Hirschi; informant William Link, Butler, Mo.; in "Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910–1971," database with images, Ancestry.com, image 1961_00010303-02170.

Source 3

3 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 19, page 9B, household of Katherine Link (head, widowed, farmer), with her children Alina, Roland, Ruth, Edwin, Clara, William and Joseph; roll T625_905; database with images, Ancestry.com (index entries attached in the Ancestry tree; image not re-read).

Source 4

4 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township

1930 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 24, page 6A, household of Katherine Link (head, widowed), with her children Alina, Ruth, Edwin, Clara, William and Joseph; FHL microfilm 2340911; database with images, Ancestry.com (index entries attached in the Ancestry tree; image not re-read).

Life in time

about 1907

Birth , Missouri, United States

probable Sources 1, 3, 4

How we know

Probably in Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, where his parents farmed.

He is a son in his parents' household in 1910 and in his mother's in 1920 and 1930 (index entries attached to him in the family tree). The tree's "Abt. 1907" carries no source in the tree and was presumably worked out from a census age; the ages have not been re-read.

  1. 1907 Birth about 1907 · Missouri, United States · probable

    Probably in Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, where his parents farmed.

    He is a son in his parents' household in 1910 and in his mother's in 1920 and 1930 (index entries attached to him in the family tree). The tree's "Abt. 1907" carries no source in the tree and was presumably worked out from a census age; the ages have not been re-read.

    Sources 1, 3, 4

  2. 1910 Residence Pleasant Gap Township, Bates · proven

    Son, with his parents and his brothers and sisters Alina, Roland J., Ruth and Clara.

    Index entry attached to him in the family tree; his parents and brothers and sisters identify the household. Image not re-read.

    Source 1

  3. 1920 Residence Pleasant Gap Township, Bates · proven

    Son, single, no occupation, in the household of his widowed mother Katherine.

    Index entry attached to him in the family tree; his mother and brothers and sisters identify the household. Image not re-read.

    Source 3

  4. 1930 Residence Pleasant Gap Township, Bates · proven

    Son, single; occupation indexed as laborer.

    Index entry attached to him in the family tree; his mother and brothers and sisters identify the household. Image not re-read.

    Source 4

  • proven
  • probable

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Places in this life

2 places, in order
1 2
  1. 1 Missouri, United States Birth about 1907
  2. 2 Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County Residence 1910 · Residence 1920 · Residence 1930

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The evidence 4 facts with their grades, 4 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth about 1907 Missouri, United States probable 1 , 3 , 4
Residence 1910 Pleasant Gap Township, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 1
Residence 1920 Pleasant Gap Township, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 3
Residence 1930 Pleasant Gap Township, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 4

Research notes

  • Sources: Every census fact here comes from the index entries attached to him in the Ancestry tree; the images have not been re-read, and his age in each census has not been extracted.
  • Leads: the 1940 census; the WWII draft registration (1940–1942); the Social Security Death Index; his mother's obituary of April 1961.
  • Not him: WikiTree's Edwin Emil Link (1908–1992, Cincinnati), Edwin Francis Link (1908–1978, Pennsylvania) and Edwin Albert Link (1904–1981, Huntington, Indiana) were born elsewhere.

Sources

  1. 1

    1910 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 18, page 3A, household of Joseph M. Link (head, farmer), with his wife Katherine and children Alina, Roland J., Ruth, Edwin and Clara; roll T624_768, FHL microfilm 1374781; database with images, Ancestry.com (index entries attached in the Ancestry tree; image not re-read).

  2. 2

    Missouri Division of Health, Standard Certificate of Death, state file no. 61-010303, Katherine Susanna Link [indexed "Fink"], died 5 April 1961, Appleton City, St. Clair County; usual residence Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County; born 17 August 1877, Bates County; father Lenard Hegnauer; mother Susanna Hirschi; informant William Link, Butler, Mo.; in "Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910–1971," database with images, Ancestry.com, image 1961_00010303-02170.

  3. 3

    1920 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 19, page 9B, household of Katherine Link (head, widowed, farmer), with her children Alina, Roland, Ruth, Edwin, Clara, William and Joseph; roll T625_905; database with images, Ancestry.com (index entries attached in the Ancestry tree; image not re-read).

  4. 4

    1930 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 24, page 6A, household of Katherine Link (head, widowed), with her children Alina, Ruth, Edwin, Clara, William and Joseph; FHL microfilm 2340911; database with images, Ancestry.com (index entries attached in the Ancestry tree; image not re-read).