John Macgregor Edson

1937 - 2012  (75 years)

• Name	John Macgregor Edson
  Born	4 Jun 1937	Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Education	Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA (Boston Latin School For Boys)
  	Grade 7 (twice)
  Education	West Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA (Randell G. Morris Grammar School)
  	Grades 1-6
  Education	Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA (Huntington School For Boys)
  	Grades 8-12
  	In the WMCA building, next to Northeastern University on Huntington Ave.
  Education	Buzzards Bay, , Massachusetts, USA
  	Massachusetts Maritime Academy
  	Graduated in 1959. Bach. of Science - Marine and Electrical Engineer Degree. Graduated as a 3rd Assistant Engineer US Coast Guard, 3rd Assistant Engineer Steam and Motor Vessels (any horse power), and Ensign US Navy Reserve.
  Anniversary	8 Jul 1990	Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut, USA
  	Alcoholics Anonymous
  	Know as: Connecticut John Vermont John Family John
  Hobbies	As a Child: Bike riding. As a teen: Scuba diving. As a young man: Traveling As an adult: Reading
  Interests	AA Helping people Loving his family and his extended family Telling stories of his life. Making good memories for his grandchildren Pets, presently, Harley (Golden Retriever)
  Work History	1959-1960 American Export Lines on "The Independence" (Ship) Bethlehem Ship Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts AMF Atomics, Greenwich, Connecticut Remington Rand, Norwalk, Connecticut Peabody Engineering, Stamford, Connecticut Sealtest Foods, Springdale, Connecticut Ferro Corp., Norwalk, Connecticut Isis Realty (Facilaties Manager), Stamford, Connecticut Retired from: Brattleboro Retreat (Plant Engineer), Brattleboro, Vermont
  Died	26 Jul 2012	Windham, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA
  Buried	(Cremated)
  Person ID	I12942	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Col. Albert Lovell Edson,   b. 21 Oct 1892, Malden, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 1965, Princeton, , New Jersey, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Alice Macgregor,   b. 28 Jul 1897, Big Bug, Yavapai Co, Arizona, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1970, Princeton, , New Jersey, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	23 Sep 1925	Berkeley, Alameda Co, California, USA
  Family ID	F6363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth Anne Tucy,   b. 30 Aug 1938, Buzzards Bay, , Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 18 Jul 2007, Brattleboro, Windham Co, Vermont, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1960	Buzzards Bay, , Massachusetts, USA
  	Married at St. Margaret's Church by Father Mahoney. Best man was Michael Dervine.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F5837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Last Modified	29 May 2014
  Family ID	F5649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=edson&GSfn=john&GSmn=macgregor&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2012&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=100365262&df=all& [[ SS # 011-28-3376 John's Ships: (He was never in any branch of military service) 1. "The Charleston". Training ship. A Navy gun boat used for training Massachusetts Maritime Academy Cadets (aka Mid-Shipman) 2. "USS Doyen" (Later renamed "The Bay State") Originally a Navy troop transport ship. It was taken out of the reserve fleet to serve as a training ship for training Massachusetts Maritime Academy Cadets (aka Mid-Shipman) The book "The Attack Transport", written by Larry Marsden, is about the USS Doyen 3. "USS Independance" (USS=United States Steamship) A passenger Ship. John worked as a Merchant Marine (Merchant Marine is not a branch of any US Service) in the engine room. His first job after graduating from MMC. 4."The Longbeach" A guided missile cruiser, as it was being built; Navy ship. John, as a civilian, worked as a nuclear test engineer, at Bethleham Steel, Quincy Massachusetts. 5. "The Bambridge" Destroyer escort, as it was being built; Navy ship. John, as a civilian, worked as a nuclear test engineer, at Bethleham Steel, Quincy Massachusetts. He had "Top Secret Clearance"