Edgar Melvin Cleaveland

Edgar Melvin Cleaveland

NebraskaProbable

Son of Melton Cleaveland · 1898–1980

Parents

Melton Cleaveland & Maude Melville Warner

Sources

2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE (strong) Probable confirm or correct →: as the son of Melton Cleaveland and Maude Melville Warner. Evidence: his father link is read from the 1910 census image, which lists him as Milton’s son Confirmed S224; his mother is named on his 1929 marriage record S2453. What is weak: the marriage, 1900 census, draft card, death index and burial are index rows, with no image read; the marriage index gives his father as “Melvin”; his death place is not stated.

Evidence: The 1910 Brazoria County census sheet, read from the image, lists Edgar, 11, born in Nebraska, as Milton Cleveland's son with his sister Nettie (S224); his 1929 Belgrade marriage record names his mother as Maude Warner (S2453). Weak or missing: The marriage, 1900 census, draft card, death index and burial are index rows with no image read, and the marriage index gives his father as "Melvin". Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Edgar Melvin Cleaveland was born on 6 August 1898 in Nebraska, by his First World War draft card and the Social Security death index; in 1900 he was Edgar M., born August 1898, in Cedar Township, Nance County S2453. In 1910 he was Edgar, 11, born in Nebraska, the son of Milton Cleveland, in Precinct 5, Brazoria County, Texas, with his sister Nettie, 13, and their stepmother Desa S224. On 12 February 1929 he married at Belgrade, Nance County, Nebraska; the marriage record names his mother as Maude Warner and his father, as indexed, as Melvin S2453. He died on 22 October 1980 and is buried at Fullerton Cemetery, Nebraska S2453.

Census2026

History of this card. 26 Oct 2026

card added: he entered the family tree on 26 Oct as a Probable (strong) son of Melton Cleaveland and Maude Melville Warner (PA-1026D), from the 1910 census (S224) and the index rows in S2453 (new). His children are not named here.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents—

Son of Melton Cleaveland and Maude Melville Warner.

Siblings—

Brother of Nettie Ellen Cleveland.

In the record Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents and their siblings

1. S2241910 U.S. Federal Census — Milton Cleveland household, Precinct 5, Brazoria County, Texas. Ancestry record 143961038; ED 11, sheet 2A, lines 14–17. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Milton Cleveland, 37, born California, carpenter, married twice, one year; Desa, 22, born Nebraska, first marriage, one year, no children born; son Edgar, 11, and daughter Nettie, 13, both born Nebraska to a Nebraska-born mother. Desa is Nettie's stepmother, not her mother. Nettie's birth mother, a Nebraska-born first wife, is not named on this sheet; her death certificate names her Maude Melville Warner [S145]. A Chas Cleveland, 64, born Michigan, nearby may be Milton's father; not assumed.
2. S2453Edgar Melvin Cleaveland — marriage, census, draft, death index and burial, index entries. FamilySearch and Ancestry indexes, searched 26 October 2026 (PA-1026D). Index entries only — no image was read. Probable Marriage at Belgrade, Nance County, Nebraska, 12 February 1929, naming his mother Maude Warner and his father, as indexed, Melvin Cleaveland; 1900 census, Cedar Township, Nance County: Edgar M., born August 1898, Nebraska; First World War draft registration and Social Security death index: born 6 August 1898; Find a Grave: died 22 October 1980, buried Fullerton Cemetery, Fullerton, Nebraska. The 1910 Brazoria sheet (S224), read from the image, is what ties him to Milton as a son.