Charles Edmund Hepburn

     Charles Edmund Hepburn was born on 8 November 1870 at Musquash, Saint John Co, New Brunswick. He was the son of Charles Hepburn and Lydia Trafton. Charles Edmund Hepburn married Minnie J. Shea, daughter of James Shea and Susan Fahey, on 15 March 1906 at Medford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; Charles Edward Hepburn, 34 and Minnie Josephone Shea, 23, were both of Medford. Charles was a saw filer, and Minnie, a table girl.¹ Charles Edmund Hepburn died on 28 January 1935 at Brockton, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, at age 64; According to Stella Hilsinger, Charles was killed in a car accident in Boston. His death record indicates he died of a fractured skull.^2,3
     He appeared on the census of 7 June 1900 at Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts; Charles Hepburn, 30, was living with his brother George,36, brother William A., 27, sister Mabel B. Warner, 38, her husband, James W. Warner, 39, sister Lydia L. Hepburn, 30 and mother Lydia Hepburn, 68.⁴ He appeared on the census of 15 April 1930 at Holbrook, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts; Charles E. Hepburn, 50, Minnie G., 38, both b. Canada-English. He had come to the US in 1900, she in 1908. They were both aliens.⁵