Edward Henry Guillet

The fourth child and third son of Alexandre and Adelaide Guillet was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 25, 1874.  The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio about 1890 where he graduated from Central High School.  He was musically inclined playing drums in several bands and joining his brother Victor in string ensembles.  his son Ross recalls Edward played to entertain the family and he took much pleasure in listening to classical and opera music on his Victorola.  He enjoyed baseball.

He entered the laundry business in Columbus, Ohio and continued for many years.  He became a partner in Penn Sanitary Laundry in Cleveland.  The company endured through the stock market crash of 1929.

He married Mary Louise Green on October 10, 1895.  Their mutual interest in music brought them together.  They had four children: Adelaide, Stanley, Ross (1910) and Mary Lou.  His wife died in 1919 and Edward cared for the 2 younger children with the help of housekeepers until 1931 when the youngest finished high school.  He remarried Kathleen Fitzgerald in 1933.

he died of natural causes on October 1, 1946.