Edith was born on the 7th Sep 1888 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. She was the daughter of Samuel Amos Woolley and Elizabeth Ann Stephenson . She was married twice 1st to Andrew A Andersen on the 31st Aug 1910 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. 2nd to Norman Hathaway Thomas on the 12th Sep 1921 at Weber, Utah, United States. She attended public schools in Salt Lake City, and also the University of Utah. She studied piano under Professor George Careless, and she became an accomplished musician and accompanist. She was the mother of twins boys who died shortly after birth in 1913. She had another child named Andreas W. Anderson who was born in Laramie Wyoming in 1915
Sources
Census
1900
Name Edith R. Woolley
Event Type Census
Event Date 1900
Event Place Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Event Place (Original) Precinct 8 Salt Lake City Ward 1, ED 8, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
District ED 8
Sex Female
Age 12
Marital Status Single
Race White
Birth Date Sep 1888
Birthplace Utah
Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace England
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 6
Sheet Number and Letter 6A
Household ID 124
Line Number 48
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
"Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6K-CRL1 : 1 March 2021), Norman Hathaway Thomas and Edith Woolley Anderson, 12 Sep 1921; citing Weber County Courthouse, Ogden; FamilySearch digital folder 100664213.
Death
Name Edith Roxana Woolley Thomas
Maiden Name Woolley
Event Type Burial
Event Place Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America
Age (Estimated) 85
Photograph Included Y
Birth Date 07 Sep 1888
Death Date 09 Jun 1973
Cemetery Salt Lake City Cemetery
Note Contains Biography
Affiliate Record Identifier 111221600
Affiliate Image Identifier 111221600
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG4-G3NH : 15 December 2021), Edith Roxana Woolley Thomas, ; Burial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America, Salt Lake City Cemetery; citing record ID 111221600,
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