Editing W. Edwards Deming (section)

== Early life ==
William Edwards Deming was born in [[Sioux City, Iowa]], but he was raised in [[Polk City, Iowa]], on his grandfather Henry Coffin Edwards' chicken farm, then later on a {{convert|40|acre|ha|adj=on}} farm purchased by his father in [[Powell, Wyoming]]. He was the son of William Albert Deming and Pluma Irene Edwards,<ref name="bio">[http://deming.org/?content=61 The Man: Biography] W. Edwards Deming Institute. Accessed: 2006-06-17.</ref>
His parents were well-educated and emphasized the importance of education to their children. Pluma had studied in San Francisco and was a musician. William Albert had studied mathematics and law.

He was a direct descendant of [[John Deming]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Deming |first=Judson Keith |title=John Deming and His Descendants |year=1904 |publisher=Press of Mathis-Mets Co. |location=Dubuque, Iowa |oclc=2285125 |page=4 }}</ref> (1615–1705) an early [[Puritan]] settler and original patentee of the [[Connecticut Colony]], and Honor Treat, the daughter of [[Richard Treat]] (1584–1669), an early [[New England]] settler, deputy to the Connecticut Legislature and also a patentee of the Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662.