Family of Thomas Edison,US inventor. Edison is famous as the inventor of many devices,including the phonograph and an improved light bulb. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931,right) married twice. This is his second family,with Mina Miller (1865-1946,seated on steps,second from left). He married her in 1886. They had three children: Madeleine Edison (1888-1979,standing at left); Charles Edison (1890-1969,at left of his father); and Theodore Miller Edison (1898-1992,centre). Thomas Edison also had three children from his first marriage. Photographed at the family home in Llewellyn Park,New Jersey,USA. Photograph published in the London periodical Black and White |