Scientist / Inventor
 

(1847-1931)

Fletcher-Online
   

Edison Birthplace Association, http://www.tomedison.org/

 

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

  Thomas Alva Edison

 

"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."

 Thomas Alva Edison

 

"I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill."

 Thomas Alva Edison

 

"There is no substitute for hard work."

 Thomas Alva Edison

 

"Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning."

 Thomas Alva Edison

 

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

 Thomas Alva Edison

 

"Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward."

Thomas Alva Edison

Our great-grandparents5 Major John Edison (1727-1814) and Sarah Ogden (1744-1811) are also the great-grandparents1 of Thomas Alva Edison.  Thomas' grandfather, Captain Samuel Ogden Edison1, is the brother of Margaret Edison who married Lieut. Col. William Saxton.  Clarine Saxton was Margaret's and William's first child.  Clarine married Stephen Fletcher1 in Ontario, Canada.  Thomas Alva Edison, known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park," is considered to be one of the greatest inventors in the history of the world.  He holds the world's record for patents with 1,093 the most ever granted to one person.

 

Thomas Alva Edison 1901

Ancestors - Relatives - Surnames

The Barker-Karpis Gang
Charlemagne

The Coffeys

Coffeyville, Kansas

Stephen Crane

Carl William Demarest

Frank Nelson Doubleday

Nelson Doubleday

Captain Thomas Graves
Meriwether Lewis

Robert Treat Paine

David Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Elizabeth Swaine

Robert Treat
George Washington
 

Internet Links - Thomas Alva Edison

America's Story

Biography

Birth Place Museum

Commemorative

Commemorative Coins

The Edison Papers

The Energy Planet

Inventions

The Library of Congress

The Light Bulb

Menlo Park

National Historic Site
 
 
 

Thomas Alva Edison Genealogy Chart
 

Parents

 Grand Parents Great-Grandparents1
       
 

Nancy O. Elliott

(1810-1871)

    

Thomas Alva Edison

(1847-1931)

  

Nancy Simpson

(1769-1824)

  
 

Samuel Ogden Edison2

(1804-1896)

  

Major John Edison

(1727-1814)
   

Samuel Ogden Edison1

(1767-1865)

  
     

Sarah Ogden

(1744-1811)
Relationship to Thomas Alva EDISON

Thomas Alva Edison is our 2nd cousin 4th removed.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Edison National Historic Site
 
 

Family Tree - Direct Descendants - Major John Edison

Ancestors & Relatives

Relationship To Thomas Alva Edison

1. Major John Edison (1727) Holland - Sarah Ogden (1744) New Jersey

      (Great-Grandfather5)

   } Great-Grandfather

2. Margaret Edison (1791) New Jersey - William Saxton (1789) Nova Scotia, Canada

      (Great-Grandmother4)

   } Grand-Aunt

3. Clarine Saxton (1815) Ontario, Canada - Stephen Richard Fletcher1 (1807) England

      (Great-Grandmother3)

   } 1st Cousin Once Removed

4. William Dixon Fletcher (1841) Ontario, Canada - Jane Carrol (1851) Ontario, Canada

      (Great-Grandfather2)

   } 2nd Cousin

5. Stephen Richard Fletcher2 (1875) Michigan - Valanta Mary Brydges (1882) Ontario, Canada

      (Great-Grandfather1)

Picture

 } 2nd Cousin once Removed

6. Donald Dixon Fletcher1 (1903) Washington - Loretta Barker (1910) Washington

       (Grandfather)

 Picture } 2nd Cousin Twice Removed

7. Stephen Richard Fletcher3 (1931) Washington -

       (Father)

Picture

 } 2nd Cousin 3rd  Removed
  1Eleanor Marie Rogers McKay (1931) Washington
Picture  
  2LaRae June Hoss (1926) Washington
Picture  
  3Kathryn Delores Runkle (1931) South Dakota
   

    William (Bill) Dixon Fletcher (1927) Washington

       (Uncle)

 Picture } 2nd Cousin 3rd  Removed

    Donald Dixon Fletcher2 (1929) Washington - Katholeen Hollenbeck - Washington

       (Uncle)

 Picture } 2nd Cousin 3rd  Removed
  Children - Donald Dixon Fletcher3 - California
  } 2nd Cousin 4th Removed
  Children - John Allen Fletcher - Washington
  } 2nd Cousin 4th Removed

8. Stephen Richard Fletcher4 - Washington - Karen Lorraine Davidson - Colorado

      (Son)

 Picture } 2nd Cousin 4th Removed
  Children - Stephen Jay Fletcher - Oregon
Picture } 2nd Cousin 5th Removed
  Children - Amanda Marie Fletcher - Oregon
Picture } 2nd Cousin 5th Removed

   Susan Marie Gasaway (1952) Washington - Duane Gasaway - Washington

     (Daughter)

 Picture } 2nd Cousin 4th Removed
  Children - Matthew Gasaway - California
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   Valanta Renee Fletcher (1955) Washington - Frank Henry Melenudo Garcia - California

     (Daughter)

 Picture } 2nd Cousin 4th Removed
  Children - Angel Dawn Hansen - California
Picture } 2nd Cousin 5th Removed
  1George Moreno - California
   
  Children - Karisa Michelle Moreno - California
  } 2nd Cousin 6th Removed
  2 Butch Robert Hanson - Kansas
  Children - Tiana LaRae Hanson - Kansas
  Children - Jesse Hanson - Kansas
 
 
} 2nd Cousin 6th Removed

  Lisa Ann Roberts - Nevada - Gregory Lynn Roberts - Michigan

     (Daughter)

   } 2nd Cousin 4th Removed
  Children - Gregory Michael Roberts - California
  Children - Trisha Rae Roberts - California
  Children - Bryson Anthony Roberts - California
  } 2nd Cousin 5th Removed

  Theresa Christine Roberts (1964-1998) California - Ronald Blake Roberts - Michigan

     (Daughter)

   } 2nd Cousin 4th Removed
  Children - Heather Lee Roberts - California
  Children - Blake Roberts - California
  Children - Charles Jay Roberts - Michigan
  } 2nd Cousin 5th Removed