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Eliza Edwards (Thaw)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 13, 1912 (68)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Thaw, Sr. and Eliza Burd Thaw
Wife of George Breed Edwards
Mother of Richard Edwards; William Thaw Edwards; Burd Blair Dickson; Katherine May Edwards; Eliza Thaw Edwards and 1 other
Sister of Louisa Thaw; Mary Thompson; William Thaw, Jr.; Benjamin Thaw, Sr. ; Dr Alexander Blair Thaw and 2 others
Half sister of Albert Copley Thaw; Harry Kendall Thaw; Edward Bernard Thaw; Josiah Copley Thaw; Countess Margaret Copley de Perigny and 2 others

Managed by: Thomas Föhl (c)
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About Eliza Edwards

The Pittsburgh Press – May 14, 1912 – Page 13, "Death Record"

Mrs. Eliza Thaw Edwards, the oldest child of the late William Thaw, and widow of George B. Edwards, one of Pittsburgh's best-known railroad men, died at her residence, 4803 Forbes st., shortly after last midnight, in her 69th year. Mrs. Edwards had been in ill health for several months and her demise was not unexpected by her friends. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Charles E. Dickson, Forbes st., and Misses Catherine May, Lidie Thaw, and Mary Louisa, at home.

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Eliza Edwards's Timeline

1843
December 10, 1843
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1865
November 7, 1865
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1867
August 15, 1867
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1869
June 22, 1869
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1873
May 23, 1873
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1878
March 12, 1878
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1881
April 13, 1881
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1912
May 13, 1912
Age 68
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States