Edward Elsworth Dize

1887 - 1951  (64 years)

• Name	Edward Elsworth Dize  [1, 2]
  Birth	1887	Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census with parents	1900	Lee District, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	HH#274 was headed by Frank Dise, a 23 year old sailor. Listed with him were the following Dises: Georgiana, a 30 year old wife; Elsworth, a 10 year old son; Hary, a 7 year old son; and Cassie, a 4 year old daughter.
  Record ID	117844
  Death	1951	Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  Burial	West Ridge, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Dize,   b. Abt 1755, Annamessex, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Ann Evans,   b. Abt 1730   d. Yes, date unknown  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. Edward Elsworth Dize,   b. 1887, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1951, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 64 years) ╚═ Henrietta Laird,  m. 6 Jun 1909   2. Harry Dize,   b. Abt 1893, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown > 3. Castella 'Cassie' Dize,   b. 12 Aug 1897, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 22 Sep 1973, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 76 years) ╚═ Weldon M. Wheatley,  m. 14 Apr 1916 + 4. Andrew Colson Dize,   b. 1901, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1968  (Age 67 years) ╚═ Monnie Pruitt,  m. Abt 1925 + 5. Elvira 'Vira' Gertrue Dize,   b. 22 May 1904, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 11 Dec 1963, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age 59 years) ╚═ Clifton Davis,  m. 6 May 1922 ;   John Clarence Thomas,  m. Abt 1942
  Person ID	I117844	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Andrew Franklin Dize,   b. 18 Feb 1866, Tangier Island, St. George Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 26 Aug 1949, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Georgianna (of Jno & Jane) Gibbons,   b. 14 Feb 1871, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 18 Jul 1954, Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1886	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	He was shown as Andrew F. Dies, a 20 year old Waterman, son of Gilbert M. & Flora Dies and she was shown as Georgianna Gibbons, age 16, daughter of John & Jane Gibbons.
  Family ID	F39670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henrietta Laird,   b. Abt 1891, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	6 Jun 1909	Tangier Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	He was shown as Edward E. Dise, age 21, the son of Andrew F. Dise and Georgianna Dise and she was shown as Henrietta Laird, age 18, the daughter of George W. Laird & Leah V. Laird.
  Family ID	F39675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S802] Ancestry.com, 1900 Federal Census, Accomack Co, VA, 802. [S802] Ancestry.com, Edward E. Dise & Henrietta Laird in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, 802. [S503] Mary Frances Carey, M.K. Miles & Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 503. [S551] Miles & Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), 551.