Edwin Statland – my great uncle
Edwin Statland
Edwin Statland is my great uncle. He is my grandmother’s, Alice Jesmer’s, brother. He was born to Ole and Lena Statland. He is the person who converted to the Jehovah Witness faith and facilitated the conversion of my grandmother, Alice Jesmer. He married a woman from a Central American country named Olga Chavarria and lived as a Jehovah Witness missionary in Nicaragua. He married her when he was in his 50’s. There are no children from this marriage. In the 1960’s they returned to USA and lived in Brooklyn N.Y.. Edwin was a custodian in a large apartment building in Brooklyn N.Y..
Link to the Jesmer Family page
Link to Harvey and Alice Jesmer’s page (Edwin’s sister)
Link to Michail Statland’s page (Edwin’s grand father)
Link to Ole and Lena Statland (parents)
Link to children of Ole and Lena Statland
Conversation about Edwin and Olga Statland
Links to documents concerning Edwin
Homecoming ceremony of Olga Statland
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