"THE EDISON HOMESTEAD" - Vienna, Ontario
N 42° 40.600 W 080° 47.544
17T E 517009 N 4724931
This plaque is located on Plank Rd at Walnut St. in Vienna, Ontario. The plaque describes the homestead of Thomas Alva Edison's grandfather.
Waymark Code: WMEXB1
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/17/2012
Views: 7
Plaque Text
On this site stood the home of Samuel Edison, a Loyalist from New Jersey who had moved to Nova Scotia in 1763 and settled here in 1811. During the War of 1812 he served as a captain in the 1st Middlesex Militia. Tradition maintains that this community was named Vienna at his suggestion. One of his sons, Samuel Jr., supported the reform movement in Upper Canada, and after taking part in the Rebellion of 1837, fled to the United States. He settled in Milan, Ohio, where on February 11, 1847, his son, the noted inventor, Thomas Alva Edison was born. As a boy Thomas Edison visited his grandfather here in Vienna.
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and Thomas Edison were close friends. After Edisons death in the year 1933, Henry Ford bought, disassembled and shipped the original Edison homestead from Vienna to Greenfield Village, the same house that Captain Samuel Edison had built himself and lived in all his life.
Address or location of plaque: Plank Rd. at Walnut St., Vienna, Ontario
Physical location of plaque: Town
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
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Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": Just the plaque. The original house was moved to Greenfield Village by Henry Ford.
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Location'
Condition of sign: Very good condition.
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
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