Mrs. Betsy Oades Player, aged 83 years, an early resident of this city died at her home 726 West Second North street, at 11:30 o'clock Sunday night.
Funeral services here held this afternoon in the Twenty-eighth ward chapel and internment was in the city cemetery.
Mrs. Player came to Salt Lake City from England arriving here on Oct. 7, 1852, having crossed the plains with a company headed by the late Orson Hyde. Her husband, Charles Player, was a stone cutter and worked on the Salt Lake Temple for 27 years.
Mrs. Player was the mother of 13 children, 10 of whom survive her. She also leaves 44 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Published in the Deseret Evening News Tuesday 29 October 1912.
Mrs. Betsy Oades Player, aged 83 years, an early resident of this city died at her home 726 West Second North street, at 11:30 o'clock Sunday night.
Funeral services here held this afternoon in the Twenty-eighth ward chapel and internment was in the city cemetery.
Mrs. Player came to Salt Lake City from England arriving here on Oct. 7, 1852, having crossed the plains with a company headed by the late Orson Hyde. Her husband, Charles Player, was a stone cutter and worked on the Salt Lake Temple for 27 years.
Mrs. Player was the mother of 13 children, 10 of whom survive her. She also leaves 44 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Published in the Deseret Evening News Tuesday 29 October 1912.
Family Members
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Sarah Ann Player Harvey
1850–1934
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Charles Warner Player Jr
1852–1913
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Joseph Hyrum Player
1854–1938
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Betsy Player Griffiths
1855–1935
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William Warner Player
1857–1938
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Henry Player
1859–1891
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Vilate Player
1861–1881
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Alma Oades "Al" Player
1862–1929
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Laura Player
1864–1918
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Mary Annie Player Jeffs
1866–1907
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Hannah Rebecca Player Skillicorn
1868–1939
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Fred Player
1870–1926
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Hattie Player Cowley
1873–1955
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