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'''Edwin S. Ralphs''' (1819-1883) was one of the [[Founders]] of the [[Theosophical Society]]. | '''Edwin S. Ralphs''' (1819-1883) was one of the [[Founders]] of the [[Theosophical Society]]. | ||
Ralphs was born in Wales in 1819. He married Jane | Ralphs was born in Wales in 1819. He married Jane Francis Williams and emigrated to the United States as a young man. They had Three children - Carine, Clarence, and Lucy - and lived in Brooklyn, where Ralphs died on [[August 3]], 1883. | ||
Ralphs worked initially as a clerk and bookkeeper, and as a district canvasser in the 1858 Brooklyn election.<ref>''The Brooklyn Daily Times'' | |||
(Mon, Mar 29, 1858): 2.</ref> Jane worked as a dressmaker.<ref>New York, U.S., State Census, 1855</ref><ref>United States Federal Census for 1870, 1880.</ref> By 1875 when the [[Theosophical Society]] was formed, he held positions in businesses as a vice president of a company at 142 Fulton St. and as a cashier at 126 Fulton, according to business directories of the time.<ref>U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for 1872, 1875, 1876.</ref><ref>''Goulding´s Manual of New York and General Statistical Guide, 1875''.</ref> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 22 April 2025
Edwin S. Ralphs (1819-1883) was one of the Founders of the Theosophical Society.
Ralphs was born in Wales in 1819. He married Jane Francis Williams and emigrated to the United States as a young man. They had Three children - Carine, Clarence, and Lucy - and lived in Brooklyn, where Ralphs died on August 3, 1883.
Ralphs worked initially as a clerk and bookkeeper, and as a district canvasser in the 1858 Brooklyn election.[1] Jane worked as a dressmaker.[2][3] By 1875 when the Theosophical Society was formed, he held positions in businesses as a vice president of a company at 142 Fulton St. and as a cashier at 126 Fulton, according to business directories of the time.[4][5]