Phillip William Edwards (1864 - 1949)

Born 7 Feb 1864 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Bertha (Webster) Edwards — married 19 Dec 1888 in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1949 at age 85 in Center Creek, Wasatch, Utah, United States

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Biography

"Phillip William Edwards [and Bertha Webster Edwards]"

"Phillip William Edwards was born February 7, 1864 at Salt Lake City, [Salt Lake, Utah] a son of Phillip and Mary Simmons Edwards. He married Bertha Webster [on] December 19, 1888 at Heber City [, Wasatch, Utah. He passed away on 9 June 1949 in Charleston, Wasatch, Utah].

"Phillip William Edwards moved to Charleston [, Wasatch, Utah] with his parents in April 1883. He worked in Daniels Canyon getting logs and sawing them into lumber to build his home.

[Bertha Webster was born 27 September 1869 in New Whittington, Derbyshire, England to William and Ann Daybell Webster. She passed away on 11 August 1947 in Charleston.]

"Phillip and Bertha received their [temple] endowments on October 29, 1890 in the Logan Temple.

"Phillip was president and Director of Charleston Irrigation Company for twenty years. He was a high priest at the time of his death.

"Phillip and Bertha were the parents of eight children: Albert William, Mrs. Clarence (Mary Draper) Widdison, Mrs. [Erwin] (Violet Ann) Rasband, Mrs. Wheatleigh (Vilda Anna) Gibson, Mrs. Sylvan (Agnes Chloe) Shanks, Glen Raymond, Reed Douglas and Mrs. Lewis L. (Florence) Galli."

copied by Eugene C. Rasband from How Beautiful Upon the Mountains. p. 1027 © 1963 by the Wasatch County Chapter of Utah Pioneers

Sources

• Marriage:

Utah Marriages, 1887-1935 "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8P5-966 : 5 December 2014), Philip W. Edwards and Bertha Webster, 19 Dec 1888; citing Heber, Wasatch, Utah; FHL microfilm 482,527.

"Name: Philip W. Edwards; Birth Date: 1864; Age: 24; Spouse's Name: Bertha Webster; Spouse's Birth Date: 1869; Spouse's Age: 19; Event Date: 19 Dec 1888; Event Place: Heber, Wasatch, Utah."

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PK-RYJ : 3 February 2021), P William Edward, 1920.
• Death:

Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964 "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZLJ-5FB : 11 September 2015), Phillip William Edwards, 1949.

"Name: Phillip William Edwards; Event Type: Death; Event Date: 09 Jun 1949; Event Place: Center, Wasatch, Utah, United States; Gender: Male; Age: 85; Marital Status: Married; Birth Year (Estimated): 1864; Father's Name: Phillip Edwards; Mother's Name: Mary Simmons; Spouse's Name: Bertha Webster."