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Born in Lotenhulle, East Flanders, on September 2, 1857, Edward Coryn spent his
childhood on the family farm there. With his parents he came to the U.S. in 1881 and
settled in Moline, Illinois. He worked in sawmills, ironworks, and the Deere & C o.
plough factory, until he opened a grocery store in 1892. In 1906 he became manager
of the Incandescent Light Co. At the end of that year he joined the Moline Trust and
Savings Bank, became a director of the bank in 1907,