Individual Details
Edward Ray Buchan
(4 Jan 1886 - 28 Jan 1952)
On the World War I draft registration Edward Ray Buchan states he was born Jan. 4, 1886. He works as a grain weigher for Crown Mills, in Portland, Oregon. His nearest relative is a son Robert Boone Buchan* who lives at 4715 Drexel St., Chicago, Illinois. This was reported on Sept. 12, 1918 at Portland, Oregon.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Portland, Oregon Ed Buchan is a widower working as a foreman in a flour mill.
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, Edward R. Buchan is living with his wife Myrtle C. and children James E. and Janet E. Buchan. Edward is a proprietor but unable to read name of the business. They are living at 1726 East 84th Street. Edward also states he is a veteran of World War I.
Edward Ray Buchan registered for the World War II draft in 1942. He was living at 1724 E. 84th St., Chicago, Illinois. He states he was born at Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Jan. 4, 1886. Mrs. Myrtle C. Buchan, same address is listed as the person who will always know his address. He is self employed at E. R. Buchan Drugs, 2101 E. 79th St., Chicago, Illinois.
* Robert is listed as a child of Myrtle on her obit, but he appears to be from a first marriage of Edward's. Robert is listed as the son of Edward on Edward's World War I draft registration (1917-1918). Edward didn't marry Myrtle until 1925.
Searched obituaries at Ancestry.com in the Chicago Daily Tribune; no obit found.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, July 7, 2018.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Portland, Oregon Ed Buchan is a widower working as a foreman in a flour mill.
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, Edward R. Buchan is living with his wife Myrtle C. and children James E. and Janet E. Buchan. Edward is a proprietor but unable to read name of the business. They are living at 1726 East 84th Street. Edward also states he is a veteran of World War I.
Edward Ray Buchan registered for the World War II draft in 1942. He was living at 1724 E. 84th St., Chicago, Illinois. He states he was born at Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Jan. 4, 1886. Mrs. Myrtle C. Buchan, same address is listed as the person who will always know his address. He is self employed at E. R. Buchan Drugs, 2101 E. 79th St., Chicago, Illinois.
* Robert is listed as a child of Myrtle on her obit, but he appears to be from a first marriage of Edward's. Robert is listed as the son of Edward on Edward's World War I draft registration (1917-1918). Edward didn't marry Myrtle until 1925.
Searched obituaries at Ancestry.com in the Chicago Daily Tribune; no obit found.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, July 7, 2018.
Events
| Birth | 4 Jan 1886 | Stevens Point, Portage Co., Wisconsin |  | ||
| Marriage | 15 Sep 1925 | Myrtle M. Clason | | ||
| Death | 28 Jan 1952 | Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Myrtle M. Clason (1887 - 1957) |
| Child | James E. Buchan (1928 - 2001) |
| Child | Janet E. Buchan (1929 - 2014) |
Endnotes
1. 1920 Census Multnomah Co., Oregon.
2. World War I Draft Registration.
3. Ancestry.com, U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
4. Ancestry.com.
5. Cook County Clerk (n.p: on-line, n.d).