 Edensew (the name also spelled Edensaw, or Edenso from the Haida chiefly name ) was born at the Haida village of Skidegate, on Haida Gwaii, located 27 miles off of the coast of British Columbia Canada.His father was of the lineage of the Raven moiety.His mother, whose lineage identity he followed in the Haida matrilineal system, was (later Mrs. John Robson) of the Eagle moiety's lineage, of which Charles eventually became chief.