Marriage & Children

Edison had met 2 ladies in his life. They were Mary Stilwell and Mina Miller.

When Mary was 16, and he was 24. They god married at Christmas, 25th December 1871. They had met 2 months earlier.

Edison and Mary Stilwell had 3 children, they are : Marion Estelle Edison (1873-1965), nicknamed "Dot", Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (1876-1937), nicknamed "Dash"; and William Leslie Edison (1878-1937). But they were really unfortunate, Mary Stilwell died when William was only 6, in 9th August 1884.

2 years later, Edison met Mina Miller, and they got married on 24th February 1886, when Edison was 39 and Mina was 20. 4 years later, they gave birth for their first child---Madeleine Edison (1888-1979), she married John Eyre Sloane, Charles Edison (1890-1969), who took over the company upon his father's death and later was elected Governor of New Jersey. He is buried in Rosedale Cemetery in Orange, New Jersey. Theodore Miller Edison (1898-1992). Mina outlived Edison, she died on 24th August 1947.

*EXTRA INFORMATION!*: Edison was died on 1931, and his son, Thomas Alva Edison Jr. was died after 4 years, he was 59.

The total amout of sons and daughters that Edison had were 6. The one lived for longest time was Theodore Miller Edison, he died when he was 94!