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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison As A Young Child
February 11th 1847, Milan, Ohio Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. and Nancy Matthews Edison brought a baby boy into the world, making him their seventh child of the family, that baby boy was the great Thomas Edison. Unfortunately for the Edison’s three of the seven children did not survive their early childhood. Thomas now had only three siblings, Marion, William, and Harriet Ann. Edison's father was a Canadian political firebrand who was exiled from his country and his mother was a school teacher. Later during Thomas' childhood when he was seven years old his family and him moved to Port Huron, Michigan and continued to be raised there.
Thomas’ mother, Nancy Thomas being a school teacher brought an advantage to Thomas. Because of his teacher referring to him as “addled,” he went to school briefly but was mostly taught at home by his mother in his father's library.
When Thomas was only twelve years of age he set up his own laboratory in the basement of the family's home this is where and when Edison’s experience of chemicals began.Edison’s first job was in 1859 when he began working at the Grand Trunk Railway, there he sold magazines, his own newspapers, and candy. While he was working there an abandoned railway car is where he continued to experiment with chemicals. In the year of 1869 Edison retires as a telegrapher which enabled him to devote much more time for inventing. After his retirement as a telegrapher he decides to move to New York to work for a company called Laws Gold Indicator. Edison opens up his very own telegraph manufacturing shop and there he continues to invent.
On Christmas of 1871 Thomas married his first wife, Mary Stilwell. Thomas and Mary had three children whose names were Marion Estelle Edison, Thomas Alva Edison Jr., and William Leslie Edison, thirteen years later, Thomas’ wife past away in 1884. The year of 1875 Thomas had announced that he discovered "enteric force," which we now call radio waves.
In 1879 Edison made the first successful light bulb (carbon-filament lamp), others had created the light bulb but all either had low light quality, unsuccessful prototypes, or the light bulb would burn out in a short amount of time. On New Year's a demonstration of Edison's lamp is shown in Menlo Park.
Two years after his first wife's death Thomas Mary’s his second wife, Mina Miller, Thomas and Mina then have three children together, Madeleine, Charles, and Theodore. On October 18th 1931, Llewellyn Park, NJ Thomas Alva Edison passed away. Thomas left his business to his son. Charles, who later became governor of New Jersey. Edison's wife lived six-teen years after Thomas' death when she passed away in 1947.
Thomas’ mother, Nancy Thomas being a school teacher brought an advantage to Thomas. Because of his teacher referring to him as “addled,” he went to school briefly but was mostly taught at home by his mother in his father's library.
When Thomas was only twelve years of age he set up his own laboratory in the basement of the family's home this is where and when Edison’s experience of chemicals began.Edison’s first job was in 1859 when he began working at the Grand Trunk Railway, there he sold magazines, his own newspapers, and candy. While he was working there an abandoned railway car is where he continued to experiment with chemicals. In the year of 1869 Edison retires as a telegrapher which enabled him to devote much more time for inventing. After his retirement as a telegrapher he decides to move to New York to work for a company called Laws Gold Indicator. Edison opens up his very own telegraph manufacturing shop and there he continues to invent.
On Christmas of 1871 Thomas married his first wife, Mary Stilwell. Thomas and Mary had three children whose names were Marion Estelle Edison, Thomas Alva Edison Jr., and William Leslie Edison, thirteen years later, Thomas’ wife past away in 1884. The year of 1875 Thomas had announced that he discovered "enteric force," which we now call radio waves.
In 1879 Edison made the first successful light bulb (carbon-filament lamp), others had created the light bulb but all either had low light quality, unsuccessful prototypes, or the light bulb would burn out in a short amount of time. On New Year's a demonstration of Edison's lamp is shown in Menlo Park.
Two years after his first wife's death Thomas Mary’s his second wife, Mina Miller, Thomas and Mina then have three children together, Madeleine, Charles, and Theodore. On October 18th 1931, Llewellyn Park, NJ Thomas Alva Edison passed away. Thomas left his business to his son. Charles, who later became governor of New Jersey. Edison's wife lived six-teen years after Thomas' death when she passed away in 1947.
