Notes from Debbie Harrison:
"In an article in a Boise Paper published 2 years after Tom Edwardsdied..there is a picture of Pearl holding a large cat with her house inthe background. The article, written by Porter Ward says.."The whitehouse stands on Hill road, just off Edwards street. Sometimes PearlEdwards strolls down to the woodpile at the corner of the old hous, justa few steps away. The old house is weathered dark as saddle leather.Stranger and Twister, the two cats, follow her down. Sometimes sheglances at the old house, memories stirring. Tom Edwards passed on twoyears ago. He put the old home up in 1908, hauling stone for thefoundation from Table Rock and digging the basement cool and deep. On theten acres Tom raised some of the finest sweet Spanish onions and sweetpotatoes the valley has ever known. Pearl Wilson and Tom were married in1905 and six children came to play around the old house and the new whiteone Tom erected next door in 1912. Then the old house became a potatocellar. Today its a storage house, with tools and other machinerylittering the inside. Nesting squirrels peak from the attic or scoldinvaders. Although nearly a half-century has etched its wrinkles in herstanchions, she sits proud and solid on her rock foundation. Tom Edwardsbuilt her good."
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In Pearl''s Obituary it states that she and her husband Tom operated agreenhouse known as the Thomas F. Edwards Gardens and Greenhouses 4301Hill Road, for many years.
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In January of 2000, I asked Jean Marshall Irvine, Marilyn Marshall Lemmanand Donald Marshall for their memories of some of the family members.Here is what they remember about "Aunt Pearl".
Marilyn- Pearl was about 5''4" and had blue, green or hazel eyes. Shedeveloped arthritis in her later years. She was a very kind and generousperson, always pleasant even though she led a tremendously active lifewith 5 children and helping to run a vegetable farm. She died at about 81of kidney failure. She had been very crippled and used a cane before herdeath.
Jean-Besides the information she gave Marilyn, she added that Pearl was avery kind and understanding person...and a hard working farm wife.
Don- Nice lady..on family picnics in Boise, she would bring a milk canfull of beets on ice water. She and Uncle Tom always drove DeSotos. Afarm wife with lots of cats and kittens around. Died elderly.
Debbie- Aunt Pearl''s home stands out most vividly in my childhoodmemories. She had a huge barn filled with kittens and we just Loved toplay there. I remember her washing us off in a tin tub under a pump inher front yard! I also remember sleeping in their covered outside porchin the summer. The walls were decorated with heads of Bighorn Sheep, Deerand Antelope. I can''t remember how old I was when these memoriesoccurred, but it was a very positive, enjoyable experience.
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"In an article in a Boise Paper published 2 years after Tom Edwardsdied..there is a picture of Pearl holding a large cat with her house inthe background. The article, written by Porter Ward says.."The whitehouse stands on Hill road, just off Edwards street. Sometimes PearlEdwards strolls down to the woodpile at the corner of the old hous, justa few steps away. The old house is weathered dark as saddle leather.Stranger and Twister, the two cats, follow her down. Sometimes sheglances at the old house, memories stirring. Tom Edwards passed on twoyears ago. He put the old home up in 1908, hauling stone for thefoundation from Table Rock and digging the basement cool and deep. On theten acres Tom raised some of the finest sweet Spanish onions and sweetpotatoes the valley has ever known. Pearl Wilson and Tom were married in1905 and six children came to play around the old house and the new whiteone Tom erected next door in 1912. Then the old house became a potatocellar. Today its a storage house, with tools and other machinerylittering the inside. Nesting squirrels peak from the attic or scoldinvaders. Although nearly a half-century has etched its wrinkles in herstanchions, she sits proud and solid on her rock foundation. Tom Edwardsbuilt her good."
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In Pearl''s Obituary it states that she and her husband Tom operated agreenhouse known as the Thomas F. Edwards Gardens and Greenhouses 4301Hill Road, for many years.
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In January of 2000, I asked Jean Marshall Irvine, Marilyn Marshall Lemmanand Donald Marshall for their memories of some of the family members.Here is what they remember about "Aunt Pearl".
Marilyn- Pearl was about 5''4" and had blue, green or hazel eyes. Shedeveloped arthritis in her later years. She was a very kind and generousperson, always pleasant even though she led a tremendously active lifewith 5 children and helping to run a vegetable farm. She died at about 81of kidney failure. She had been very crippled and used a cane before herdeath.
Jean-Besides the information she gave Marilyn, she added that Pearl was avery kind and understanding person...and a hard working farm wife.
Don- Nice lady..on family picnics in Boise, she would bring a milk canfull of beets on ice water. She and Uncle Tom always drove DeSotos. Afarm wife with lots of cats and kittens around. Died elderly.
Debbie- Aunt Pearl''s home stands out most vividly in my childhoodmemories. She had a huge barn filled with kittens and we just Loved toplay there. I remember her washing us off in a tin tub under a pump inher front yard! I also remember sleeping in their covered outside porchin the summer. The walls were decorated with heads of Bighorn Sheep, Deerand Antelope. I can''t remember how old I was when these memoriesoccurred, but it was a very positive, enjoyable experience.
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- 19 SEP 1884 - Birth - ; Boise, Ada, Idaho
- 14 JUN 1965 - Death - ; Boise, Ada, Idaho
- DEC 1943 - Residence - ; Boise, Ada, Idaho
- DEC 1943 - Residence - ; Boise, Ada, Idaho
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PARENT (M) John Vance Wilson | |||
Birth | 30 APR 1843 | Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana | |
Death | 6 APR 1919 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 16 NOV 1869 | to Amanda Melvina McClellan at Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
PARENT (F) Amanda Melvina McClellan | |||
Birth | 3 APR 1844 | Fairview, Fulton, Illinois | |
Death | 10 MAY 1910 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 16 NOV 1869 | to John Vance Wilson at Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 17 AUG 1862 | to Ephriam Palmer at Dayton, Yamhill, Oregon | |
Father | John McClellan | ||
Mother | Amanda Melvina Reed | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Mary Leona Wilson | ||
Birth | 13 JUN 1882 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Death | 8 JUN 1969 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 5 DEC 1930 | to Albert O. Rubin at Santa Ana, Orange, California | |
F | Elizabeth Belle Wilson | ||
Birth | 2 AUG 1879 | Buchanan, Taylor, Iowa | |
Death | 24 AUG 1923 | Portland, Multnomah, Oregon | |
Marriage | 15 NOV 1899 | to Henry Oliver Hill at Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
F | Pearl Anna Wilson | ||
Birth | 19 SEP 1884 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Death | 14 JUN 1965 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 28 DEC 1905 | to Thomas Franklin Edwards at Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
F | Ella Mae Wilson | ||
Birth | 5 JAN 1877 | Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho | |
Death | 16 JUN 1899 | Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho | |
Marriage | 1893 | to John Thomas Shortridge | |
F | Harriet Amanda Wilson | ||
Birth | 19 JUL 1870 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Death | 26 AUG 1959 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 18 NOV 1896 | to George S. Nibler at Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
M | John McClellan Wilson | ||
Birth | 11 AUG 1872 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Death | 11 APR 1908 | Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho | |
M | Thomas Reed Wilson | ||
Birth | 30 OCT 1874 | Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho | |
Death | 6 DEC 1943 | Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho | |
Marriage | to Jesse W. Hoffman |
PARENT (M) Thomas Franklin Edwards | |||
Birth | 9 JAN 1880 | Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois | |
Death | 31 MAY 1954 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 28 DEC 1905 | to Pearl Anna Wilson at Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
PARENT (F) Pearl Anna Wilson | |||
Birth | 19 SEP 1884 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Death | 14 JUN 1965 | Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Marriage | 28 DEC 1905 | to Thomas Franklin Edwards at Boise, Ada, Idaho | |
Father | John Vance Wilson | ||
Mother | Amanda Melvina McClellan | ||
CHILDREN |
1 Pearl Anna Wilson b: 19 SEP 1884 d: 14 JUN 1965
+ Thomas Franklin Edwards b: 9 JAN 1880 d: 31 MAY 1954