Son of Joseph Very Quarles, Jr. and Caroline (Saunders) Quarles.
His first wife was Anita Carroll MacTavish, a blue-blooded Baltimore actress and society beauty who had been married twice before. She was the daughter of Francis Osborne MacTavish and a descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Anita left her second husband, Danish symphony musician Anton Dahl Kofoed, after only a few weeks of marriage to live with Edward in Germany, causing scandal on both sides of the Atlantic. They were married March 30, 1906 in London. She had a son, Carroll MacTavish Elder, by her first marriage to George Elder. Anita died in Hamburg on February 2, 1914.
His second wife was Katharine Frieda "Kitty" Onken, a daughter of German immigrants. They were married on November 20, 1915. Edward and Kitty had one son, Maj. Edward Henry Quarles (1917-2000). Kitty died in Hamburg on October 3, 1964.
Kitty had a daughter, Dorothy, by her first marriage to Johannes Carl Otto Gätjens, whom Edward adopted. Dorothy first married a Swede, Stig Harald Kjellstrand, and they had two daughters. She was later remarried to Christian Frederik Wiborg, and they lived in Berkeley, CA.
From the Milwaukee Journal, June 27, 1941:
EDWARD QUARLES DEAD IN GERMANY
Word of the death of Edward L. Quarles, a son of the late Judge Joseph V. Quarles, Milwaukee, was received here Friday by relatives from the state department at Washington, D.C. Quarles died June 11 in Hamburg, Germany, where he had lived for the last 40 years. He was a manufacturer and had been employed by the Standard Oil Co. until the World war. Surviving are his wife, Katherine; a son, Edward, Denver, Col., and a brother, J.V. Quarles, Milwaukee.
His first wife was Anita Carroll MacTavish, a blue-blooded Baltimore actress and society beauty who had been married twice before. She was the daughter of Francis Osborne MacTavish and a descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Anita left her second husband, Danish symphony musician Anton Dahl Kofoed, after only a few weeks of marriage to live with Edward in Germany, causing scandal on both sides of the Atlantic. They were married March 30, 1906 in London. She had a son, Carroll MacTavish Elder, by her first marriage to George Elder. Anita died in Hamburg on February 2, 1914.
His second wife was Katharine Frieda "Kitty" Onken, a daughter of German immigrants. They were married on November 20, 1915. Edward and Kitty had one son, Maj. Edward Henry Quarles (1917-2000). Kitty died in Hamburg on October 3, 1964.
Kitty had a daughter, Dorothy, by her first marriage to Johannes Carl Otto Gätjens, whom Edward adopted. Dorothy first married a Swede, Stig Harald Kjellstrand, and they had two daughters. She was later remarried to Christian Frederik Wiborg, and they lived in Berkeley, CA.
From the Milwaukee Journal, June 27, 1941:
EDWARD QUARLES DEAD IN GERMANY
Word of the death of Edward L. Quarles, a son of the late Judge Joseph V. Quarles, Milwaukee, was received here Friday by relatives from the state department at Washington, D.C. Quarles died June 11 in Hamburg, Germany, where he had lived for the last 40 years. He was a manufacturer and had been employed by the Standard Oil Co. until the World war. Surviving are his wife, Katherine; a son, Edward, Denver, Col., and a brother, J.V. Quarles, Milwaukee.
Son of Joseph Very Quarles, Jr. and Caroline (Saunders) Quarles.
His first wife was Anita Carroll MacTavish, a blue-blooded Baltimore actress and society beauty who had been married twice before. She was the daughter of Francis Osborne MacTavish and a descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Anita left her second husband, Danish symphony musician Anton Dahl Kofoed, after only a few weeks of marriage to live with Edward in Germany, causing scandal on both sides of the Atlantic. They were married March 30, 1906 in London. She had a son, Carroll MacTavish Elder, by her first marriage to George Elder. Anita died in Hamburg on February 2, 1914.
His second wife was Katharine Frieda "Kitty" Onken, a daughter of German immigrants. They were married on November 20, 1915. Edward and Kitty had one son, Maj. Edward Henry Quarles (1917-2000). Kitty died in Hamburg on October 3, 1964.
Kitty had a daughter, Dorothy, by her first marriage to Johannes Carl Otto Gätjens, whom Edward adopted. Dorothy first married a Swede, Stig Harald Kjellstrand, and they had two daughters. She was later remarried to Christian Frederik Wiborg, and they lived in Berkeley, CA.
From the Milwaukee Journal, June 27, 1941:
EDWARD QUARLES DEAD IN GERMANY
Word of the death of Edward L. Quarles, a son of the late Judge Joseph V. Quarles, Milwaukee, was received here Friday by relatives from the state department at Washington, D.C. Quarles died June 11 in Hamburg, Germany, where he had lived for the last 40 years. He was a manufacturer and had been employed by the Standard Oil Co. until the World war. Surviving are his wife, Katherine; a son, Edward, Denver, Col., and a brother, J.V. Quarles, Milwaukee.
His first wife was Anita Carroll MacTavish, a blue-blooded Baltimore actress and society beauty who had been married twice before. She was the daughter of Francis Osborne MacTavish and a descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Anita left her second husband, Danish symphony musician Anton Dahl Kofoed, after only a few weeks of marriage to live with Edward in Germany, causing scandal on both sides of the Atlantic. They were married March 30, 1906 in London. She had a son, Carroll MacTavish Elder, by her first marriage to George Elder. Anita died in Hamburg on February 2, 1914.
His second wife was Katharine Frieda "Kitty" Onken, a daughter of German immigrants. They were married on November 20, 1915. Edward and Kitty had one son, Maj. Edward Henry Quarles (1917-2000). Kitty died in Hamburg on October 3, 1964.
Kitty had a daughter, Dorothy, by her first marriage to Johannes Carl Otto Gätjens, whom Edward adopted. Dorothy first married a Swede, Stig Harald Kjellstrand, and they had two daughters. She was later remarried to Christian Frederik Wiborg, and they lived in Berkeley, CA.
From the Milwaukee Journal, June 27, 1941:
EDWARD QUARLES DEAD IN GERMANY
Word of the death of Edward L. Quarles, a son of the late Judge Joseph V. Quarles, Milwaukee, was received here Friday by relatives from the state department at Washington, D.C. Quarles died June 11 in Hamburg, Germany, where he had lived for the last 40 years. He was a manufacturer and had been employed by the Standard Oil Co. until the World war. Surviving are his wife, Katherine; a son, Edward, Denver, Col., and a brother, J.V. Quarles, Milwaukee.
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