Edward Hallett NOWELL b. 15 Feb 1913 , , Massachusetts, United States d. 2 Nov 1962 Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1913 - 1962 (49 years)

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Name	Edward Hallett NOWELL [1, 2]
Birth	15 Feb 1913	, , Massachusetts, United States [2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
_UID	5D6836F1DE6445E38BB4FE993C462F593628
Census	1920	Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [5]
10 Beale Street 1) Grant W. Nowell, Head, m, w, age 59, married, born in Massachusetts, both parents born in Maine, Head Clerk/Government, wage worker 2) Laura H. Nowell, Wife, f, w, age 56, married, born in Massachusetts, father born in Rhode Island, mother born in Massachusetts, Social Worker/House for Aged, sage worker 3) Mrs.Hallet Nowell, Daughter-in-law, f, w, age 27, widow, born in Massachusetts, father born in Austria/German, mother born in England 4) Edward H. Nowell, Grand son, m, w, age 6, single, born in Massachusetts, both parents born in Massachusetts
Census	1930	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [6]
16 Bower Road 1) Werner Adolph Head Age 69 Wd Mar. age 37 b. Austria Hungary as were both parents Immigrated 1885, Naturalized citizen 2) Page M. Ada Step-dau. Age 49 Single b. England as both parents Immigrated 1880, Naturalized citizen, Social worker - Private Club 3) Nowell Olga J daughter Age 39 Wd. Mar. age 20 b. MA, mother b. England 4) Nowell Edward H grand-son Age 17 Single b. MA as were both parents
Education	1934	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [7]
MIT
[Caption] Edward Hallett Nowell Braintree, Mass. "Ed"; Prepared at Braintree High School; Chemistry; Chemical Society; R.O.T.C.; Entered Freshman Year.
Census	1940	Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [8]
10 Mason Street, rental $45 1) Nowell, Olga J. Head Age 48 Wd. b. MA 1935 Res. Braintree, MA 2) Nowell, Edward H. Son Age 27 Single b. MA 1935 Res. Cincinnati, OH, Chemist - Soap industry, $2600 income
Death	2 Nov 1962	Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [3, 9]
Burial	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [10]
Person ID	I502	Our Family Tree \| Descendants of Peter Nowell, son of Capt. Peter Nowell
Last Modified	19 Aug 2023

Father	Hallett NOWELL, b. 27 Oct 1892, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 17 Dec 1918, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 26 years)
Mother	Olga Katherine Jane WERNER, b. 8 Jul 1892, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Nov 1975, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 83 years)
Marriage	6 Nov 1912	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Family ID	F278	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Roberta Jordan RALEY, b. Abt 1917 d. 19 May 1978, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 61 years)

Marriage 27 Apr 1946 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States [9, 11]

Children

	1. Hallett Jordan NOWELL, b. 9 Jan 1948, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 8 Apr 1948, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 0 years)
	2. Living
	3. Grant Jordan NOWELL, b. 21 Mar 1951, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 1981 (Age 29 years)
	4. Samuel Hallett NOWELL, b. 7 Feb 1953, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 1997 (Age 43 years)

Family ID F247 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 19 Aug 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 15 Feb 1913 - , , Massachusetts, United States
	Census - 1920 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Census - 1930 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Education - MIT - 1934 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
	Census - 1940 - Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
	Marriage - 27 Apr 1946 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
	Death - 2 Nov 1962 - Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
	Burial - - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I502&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Edward Hallett NOWELL."

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[S2877] J. E. (John Eldridge) Frost, The Nowells of York, Maine, (New York : Frost, 1988; reprint, Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 29 Aug 1989), 162, 185.
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[S1802] Massachusetts, Norfolk County, 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll T627_1622, Winchester, enumeration district (ED) 9-632, sheet B, p. 9, household 181, Olga Nowell, accessed 10 Oct 2012
[S2877] J. E. (John Eldridge) Frost, The Nowells of York, Maine, (New York : Frost, 1988; reprint, Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 29 Aug 1989), 185.
[S1075] "Find a Grave Memorials." Database and images., (Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com : 2019.), (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 Feb 2019); Edward Hallett Nowell (1913-1962) Memorial #183185667; Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
[S1644] "New Hampshire Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947," database, Ancestry , ((https://www.ancestry.com : 2011)), accessed 10 Oct 2012), Edward Hallett Nowell and Roberta Jordan Raley, 27 Apr 1946, Portsmouth, NH; citing Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL Film Number: 2293668.