FAMILY
RECORD
(found in Bible belonging to Thomas C. Thomas)
Thomas C. Thomas
born in the morn n of February 21 (1840) at the Parrish of Llandeusent,
Carmarthenshire, South Wales - Brittain being a son
of John Thomas, the Sone of Thomas Thomas- llifiwr sawyer of Llandyfri and Hannah Rolant, his
wife.
T. C. Thomas' mother
was Mary, daughter of Samuel Coslet and Ann, his of Ponterynfau, Llandeusent.
Elizabeth Phillips
was the maiden name of T. C. Thomas' wife and mother of his children. She was
the daughter of John Phillips and Sophia Thomas Phillips his wife of Furnacegate Llanelly, Carmathenshire, South Wales. This
Elizabeth was born in Llanelly on January 4, 1844 and
imigrated from Tymawrfarm Pembrey to Utah in June 1872
Sophia Thomas
Phillips, the mother of this Elizabeth came to Utah in 1869 and was a widow and
married Benjamin Williams who died about 1882. This Sophia was born in Llampeterwelfre, Pembrokeshire, South Wales in 1805 at 3 o'clock a.m. December 18 and was
the daughter of Joseph Thomas saer, and Mary Davies,
his wife.
Alice Rolant was the first wife of T. C. Thomas. She was born in
Tredegar, Monmouthshire England on July 12, 1853
being the daughter of Jonnathan J. T. Rolant called Nathan Dan and Mary Powell his wife. This
Alice died in Salt Lake City in 1871 without children Death occurred at the first
childbirth and both died.
Births of T. C. Thomas’ children
Daniel Phillips
Thomas born on Sunday at Feb. 8, 1874
John Phillips
Thomas on May 15 Sunday at 2 o'clock in 1876
Sophia
Phillips Thomas born Nov. 15, 1878 near at 12 o'clock p.m.
Coslet
Phillips Thomas born Nov. 7 at 10 o'clock a.m.
All
born in Salt Lake City.
Children of Sophia Thomas and John Phillips
Owen 5 days old
Mary died single
at 20 years old
James died
single near 20 years old (note in margins: died at sea)
Elizabeth died
in her 49th rear, married with 4 children
Margaret died 18
years old
John met his
death at 18years
Mina died in her
6th year
Robert died 1
year old
Martha died at
12 years
One
son stillborn.
Sophia williams, T. C. Thomas' mother-in-law
died June 26, 1895
RECORDS
of THE THOMAS COSLET and ELIZABETH PHILLIPS THOMAS FAMILIES
Recorded
by their Daughter – Sophia (Effie) Phillips Thomas Davies
I
"19 May
1942:
My Grandfather
my Father's Father, was John Thomas. He was born and died in So. Wales, Great
Britain. My Grandmother, my Father's Mother, was Mary Coslet
Thomas, wife of John Thomas. My Father Thomas Coslot
Thomas, being one of twenty-one children, born of this union. She was born and
also died in So. Wales, G.B. at the ripe old age of 105 years. She was only a
small woman of' five feet. My Father Thomas C. Thomas was the only one to come
to America.
My Grandfather,
my Mother's Father was John Phillips, he was an iron moulder,
also a Sea Captain. He was born and also died in So. Wales, G.B.
My Grandmother,
my Mother's Mother, was Sophia Thomas Phillips, wife of John Phillips. Ten children
were born unto this union; one of whom was my Mother; she was born in Llannelly, So. Wales, G.B. Dec. 18, 1805. She emmigrated with the Mormons to Salt Lake City, Utah bout
1867, lived there until she died on 26 June 1895, at the ripe old age of almost
90 years.
My Father,
Thomas Coslet Thomas the eon or John and Mary Coslet Thomas; was a poet; he could write both English and
Welsh poetry and prose. His Bardic title was Glaswlyn. (Meaning Blue bush). He was a weaver of cloth,
by trade. He was born in Llandeusant, So. Wales, G.B. 21 Feb. 1840, and emmigrated
to the United States when about 21 years of age. He settled in new York on The Hudson River, where he met and because a
fast and fellow worker, outting ice along The Hudson,
with Thos. A. Edison, the Inventor. Later he came West
and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was employeed
at his trade of weaving in the woolen mills of Utah with Pres. Brigham Young.
There he met and
married . Alice Powell Rowlands in 1870. But his wife died later of
childbirth, the baby died also.
He later met and
married Miss Elizabeth Phillips, my Mother, at Salt Lake City, Utah, In 1872, by whom he had seven children, three sons and four
daughters. Three daughters died at birth. The surviving children are:- Daniel Phillips Thomas; John Phillips Thomas; Sophia
Phillips Thomas; and Coslet Phillips Thomas. My
Father Thomas C. Thomas lost my Mother in death in 1893. He later married Mrs.
Mary Skinner in 1896, in Provo Utah and was later divorced from her at Provo,
Utah. No children of this marriage. My Father then lived alone on his little
farm in Provo. Three years later he died of pneumonia, on 16 Jan. 1908, at age
68 yrs. excepting one month.
My Mother,
Elizabeth Phillips Thomas, the daughter of John and Sophia Thomas Phillips and
the wife of Thomas Coslet Thomas, the mother also of
Daniel p.; John P.; and Coslet P. and three daughters
who died at birth. She was born 4 Jan. 1844 atLlannelly[sic], So. Wales, G.B. and emmigrated to Utah in
1872. Where she met and married my Father. Thomas C. Thomas. She died at
763 W. 1st North St. Salt Lake City, on 15 Sept. 1893 at almost 50 years of
age, or Typhoid fever.
My Mother's
Uncle, My Grandmother's brother (an engineer) whose name was Daniel Thomas, was
born in Llannelly, So. Wales, G.B. He came out to
Salt Lake City, Utah; never married and there died about 1890. My Mother's
Cousin, my Grandmother's nephew, a miner, and who was about the same ago as my
Mother, Phillip Davies, was born in So. Wales, G.B. came to America and settled
in Salt Lake City, Utah. There he met and married Catherine, (Daniels, not sure
of her last name). Don't remember her maiden name. They had lived several years
together but no children. In I89I he died from a mine accident, by being almost
blown to pieces by a mine accident, with giant powder with which he was
working. Both eyes were blown out, both hands and both feet were blown off, yet
he lived to die in a Salt Lake hospital, his remaining body being horribly
mutilated. He actually lived for two weeks in this terrible condition. Some time after his death Catherine married again, a man
named Marridith, but was widowed again in two years
by his death. Catherine died about 1902 at a ripe old age.
My Mother's
Brother, or my Uncle, James Phillips was a sailor and he was drowned during
a shipwreck off the coast of Great Britain, when only a young man. All of my
Mother's Brothers and Sisters died when they reached young womanhood or young
manhood, with the exception of My Mother. She being the only one to live long
enough to marry and hove children, out of all ten of her parents
children. The only one to come to America.
My Mother's
Brother John was killed by an accident with a team of horses, in Wales, G.B.
I know nothing
of my Father 's surviving Brother s and Sisters as my
Father lost all trace of them when he came to America ; although I remember him
saying that he lost some of them by death before he left Wales; these two
Sisters, Ann and .Mary and a Brother Arthur.
I (Effie) had
two elder Sisters, born in Salt Lake City, who died at birth, one in 1873, one
in 1875, one in i879[sic]. All died at birth.
My eldest
Brother, Daniel Phillips Thomas was born 8 Feb. 1874, at Salt Lake City, Utah;
on 7th West between North and South Temple Sts. He
was married to Mary Ellen Reese of Idaho, at Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct
I899.They had several children and lived at Provo Bench, Utah.
My second
Brother John Phillips Thomas was born 15 May, I876, at 7th West between North
and South Temple Sts. He married Mamie Coon on 10 May,
1899 at Pleasant Green, Utah. They had several children.
I, Sophia (Effie)
Phillips Thomas, fourth Daughter of my Parents, was born 15 Nov. 1878 at ll:50P.M. at 7th West, Salt Lake
City, Utah. I lived most of my life there where I met Rees Davies of Wales 11
Nov. 1899 and was married to him. Six of our children died at birth, four
survive. They are as follows:--Thomas Rees; Trevor Coslet;
Clara Margaret and Erwin David.
We left Salt
Lake City for Los Angeles, Calif. on 23 Aug. 1918 and arrived on 24 Aug. 1918.
I and Rees
Davies separated at 1356 So. Grand Ave. Los Angeles,
Calif. 31 Dec. 1919. I, Trevor, Clara and Erwin went to live at 126 North
Eucalyptus Ave. lnglewood, Calif. Thomas was married
about this time. I obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Rees
Davies, awarded to me on 20 Jan. 1922 at the Courthouse in Loa Angeles, by
Judge Victor McLucas; My attorney was Fay Robertson.
The Decree became final in 1923.
My Brother Coslet Phillips Thomas was born 7 Nov. 1881, at Salt lake
City, Utah, at the corner of (The N.E. corner of 1st North and 7th West. He
lived in Salt Lake City most of his life. He met and later married Mathilda Jenson at Salt Lake City, on 8th Sept. 1904. One
child, a son, was born of this union. He died about an hour after birth, at St
Marks Hospital, Salt Lake City, on 11 Feb. 1908. My Brother Coslet
lost his wife by death on Tuesday 22 Aug. 1922, at their home 967 (1027) So.
1st West, Salt La City, Utah.
My oldest Son,
Thomas Rees Davies, was born at the second house South of the southeast corner
of 4th West and South Temple Streets, at 10:20 P. M. Wednesday, 19 Sept. 1900,
at Salt Lake City, Utah. House now razed and is occupied by the railroad yards.
Ho was educated at the Salt Lake City Schools - Grant, Lincoln and night
schools. He lived in Salt Lake City until Aug. 19I7, at which time he left for
Los Angeles, Calif. where he was employeed with
Western Electric Co. He met Ruth Lieck in April, 1919
and they were married there on 5 Feb. 1920. Their children are as follows :- Ruth, born 15 May, 1921 at California Hospital at
Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas Rees Davies Davies, Jr.
born 8 July, 1922 at Tujunga Hospital, Sat.
My Son Trevor Coslet Davies was born in the 2nd house South
of the So. West Corner of 8th West and North Temple Sts.
on Thursday at 12:30 A.M. 13 Mar. l9o2, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was
educated in the Salt Lake City Schools -Lincoln, Grant and Jefferson High. He
lived in Salt Lake City until he moved with his folks to Los Angeles, Calif.
Sat 23 Aug. 1918, Arriving 24 Aug. 1918.
My Daughter,
Clara Margaret Davies was born on the Southeast Corner of 2nd East and 5th South
Sts. at 5:45 A.M. on Tues. 12 May, 1903, at Salt Lake
City, Utah. She was educated in the Salt Lake City Schools, Lincoln, Grant and
West Jr. High She lived with her folks and moved with them to Los Angeles,
Calif. leaving Salt Lake City on 23 Aug. 1918, Arrived there 24 Aug. 1918. She
went into the employee of The Broadway Dept. Company there on 10 Sept. 1918.
My Son, Erwin David
Davies was born in house number nine McDonald Court, which which
was situated about 100 feet back from the entrance on the South side of 6th
South St. and almost midway between 3rd and 4th West Sts.,
Salt Lake City, Utah; but later on the house was sold and moved down the street
on South West Temple St., he was born at 8:30 P.M. Tuesday 5 Oct. 1909. (A slight
earthquake shook us at the time.) He attended the Grant School, Salt Lake City,
up to the time he left Salt Lake for Los Angeles, 23 Aug. 1918, arrived there
24 Aug. 1918, since which time he has attended 16th St. School near Grand Ave.
for One year, ending 19 19 Dec. after which he attended the Inglewood
elementary school, after leaving for lnglewood to
live with his Mother, Brother Trevor and Sister Clara on 31 Dec. I919 a Wed.
Erwin graduated with the June 1922 class and has been attending Inglewood Union
High School since Sept. 1922
My Brother Dan's
children are:--
Daniel and Mary Ellen Rees Thomas ( Parents).
Dannie, born
Jan. 1901-- died April 1902
Elizabeth, " 28 April, 1903
Lawrence, " 2 May, 1905
Lloyd, " 26 Nov. 1906
Emily, " 27 March, 1912
George, " 3 April, 1914
Albert, " 11 Aug. 1916
Nina Mary, " 7 Feb. 1921
My Brother
John's Children:--
John and Mamie Coon Thomas ( Parents).
LeNora,
born 9 April, 1901 at Pleasant Green, Utah ( Married
Arthur H. Foster,he was born at Bentonville, Arkansas
on 28 March 1893) their children were:--
Foster, Coslett Thomas, born 25 Feb. I921, (Stillborn child)
Foster, Arthur
Glenn, " 8 Jan.
1922
Foster, Wanda
Mary-Alice born 27 April, 1924
Foster, Gloria LeNora, " 14 July, 1928
John and Mamie's
second child:-- * *********
Edrie,
born 20 Sept. 1904, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Arvilla,
" 10 Aug. 1910. at Salt Lake City, Utah; ( Married Calvin Y. Wells) their
Children are:--
James T. Wells,
born
quentin
T. Wells, "
Mary Jacquelin Wells, born,
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Thomas, John Coslet, born 23 Aug. 1913, at Salt Lake City, Utah, married
to Wanda Scott, at Salt Lake City, Utah. (Their only child, a son Raoul Ramon
Thomas, born
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Thomas, Owen
Daniel, born 30 May, 1916, at Saltair, Salt Lake Co.
Utah. Married to Winifred Margaret Hall on 15 Dec. 1945 at
Omaha, Nebraska. Their cildren are:--
Jeanne born 2 Nov.
1947 at Salt Lake City, Utah
Kathleen " 7 May 1949 Midland TexasDavid
David "
26 Sept. 1951 Omaha Nebr.
John
" 27 " 1954 Baxtlesville, Okla.
Paul “
4 Aug. 1958 “ “
James “
30 July 1963 “ “
Robert “
12 May 1965 “ “ died 11 July 1965
Mary Ellen b. 20
May, 196 Baxterville,
Okl.
