Orson Obray Thomas

Male 1876 - 1936  (59 years)


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  • Name Orson Obray Thomas 
    Born 4 Dec 1876  Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Sep 1936  Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried 8 Sep 1936  Paradise Cem, Paradise,Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I964  Wagner-Thomas
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2013 

    Father William Nash Thomas,   b. 24 Feb 1835, Haroldston West, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1923, Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Obray,   b. 1 Jul 1840, Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1900, Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1872  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F47  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Dec 1876 - Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Sep 1936 - Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIR: Family records of Thomas O Call and Robert P Wagner.

      1880 CENSUS: UT,Cache-Paradise: FHL film 1255335 pg 172c,4 June,ED 10, Dw# 82/87: Orson Thomas age 1, born Utah, son of William N and J Mary Thomas

      1920 CENSUS: UT,Cache C-Paradise: Anc.com Im 9/12 pg 5A, ED 17, Jan 22-23, Dw 89/100:
      THOMAS, Orsen-head 41/UT (Wales,Wales); Eliza-wife 42/UT (Wales,Eng); Mary-dau
      18/UT-single; David-son 17/UT; Orsen-son 14/UT; Gladys-dau 11/UT; Marville-
      dau 9/UT; Ellen-dau 6/UT; Ethel-dau 1-3/12 UT

      1923 HISTORY: UT,Cache Co-Paradise: Obit of father Feb 1923: "...

  • Sources 
    1. [S47] Family Rcds: CALL, Thomas O.
      "Orsen Thomas born 4 Dec 1876, Paradise, Cache, Utah"

    2. [S20] Family Rcds: HOLLING, Patricia BRUCE.
      "Orson Obray Thomas born 4 Dec 1878, Paradise,Cache,Utah"
      PAF CD from Pat, July 2003, possession of Robert P. Wagner

    3. [S32] Utah,Cache Co: Paradise Cemetery Headstone Inscription.
      "Orson O Thomas died 5 Sep 1936, Heber City,,Utah"
      PAF CD from Pat Holling,July 2003, possession of Robert P. Wagner

    4. [S32] Utah,Cache Co: Paradise Cemetery Headstone Inscription.
      "Orson O Thomas buried 8 Sep 1936, Paradise Cem., Cache, Utah"
      PAF CD from Pat Holling,July 2003, possession of Robert P. Wagner

    5. [S45] History of William Nash Thomas, Page 14.
      "on Jan 1, 1872 I married Mary Jane Obray, daughter of George and Marva Obray, born at Pembrokedock, Wales. Was sealed by I H Wells at the Endowment House, Salt Lake City."
      Copy of handwritten history and typed copy by Edra Norman Gunnell, possession of Robert P. Wagner

      Date: about 1903

    6. [S43] Ancestral File, AFN:1R4N-QK.
      "William Nash Thomas md Mary Jane Obray, 1 Jan 1872, in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City Utah"
      Family group sheet from LaDean Wright Bird, taken from Ancestral File & Patron Section for family group sheet of William Nash Thomas, possession of Robert P Wagner, July 1992