 Margaret A Thomas Romney LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.538-539
Romney, Margaret A. Thomas, wife of Bishop Geo. Romney, and president of the Ensign Relief Societies, was born Jan. 22, 1845, in London, England, the daughter of Joseph Knowles Thomas and Margaret Spotswood. She was baptized in January, 1853. Her father was born Nov. 1, 1800, in London, joined the Church in 1851 and died in London Sept. 15, 1856, as a faithful Latter-day Saint, holding the Priesthood of an Elder. Her mother was born Feb. 6, 1807, in Northumberland, and after her husbands death, she emigrated to Utah in 1861, with her two children who were then living; seven of her children had died in England. The family crossed the ocean in the ship "William Tapscott" and the plains in Joseph Horne's ox train, which arrived in G. S. L. City Sept 13, 1861. Soon after the arrival in the Valley the mother married again and Margaret lived with her brother, Prof. Charles J. Thomas, for a short time. When the Salt Lake Theatre was opened in 1862, she commenced playing on the stage, taking the part of the comediana. She followed that avocation for about two years, but had in the mean time made the acquaintance of Geo. Romney, to whom she was married Aug. 29, 1863. On several occasions after her marriage Sister Romney, feeling herself attracted by the stage, took part in the plays in the Salt Lake Theatre, and in 1869–70, while her husband was filling a mission to Great Britain, she played in the theatre considerably and at the present time (1914) is the only survivor of the first actors who played on the stage of the Salt Lake Theatre. Since she was twenty years of age Sister Romney has been a most diligent and successful Relief Society worker, first as a teacher and later as president of the Twentieth Ward Relief Society. When the Salt Lake Stake of Zion was divided in 1904, Sister Romney was chosen as president of the Ensign Stake Relief Societies, which position she still [p.539] holds. Sister Romney is the mother of eleven children. |
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