Edna Lambson
Born 3 Mar. 1851 in Salt Lake City.[1] Daughter of Alfred Boaz Lambson and Melissa Jane Bigler.[2] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5 May 1859, in Salt Lake City.[3] Married Joseph Fielding Smith, 1 Jan. 1871, in Salt Lake City; ten children.[4] Served as a worker in the Endowment House, 1874–1884.[5] Member of the committee on resolutions tasked to write a memorial to Congress as part of the Ladies’ Mass Meeting, 6 Mar. 1886.[6] Participated in political activities with EBW.[7] Socialized with EBW.[8] Graduated from Dr. Margaret Shipp’s school of obstetrics and assisted in delivering babies in the Salt Lake Valley.[9] Worked in the Salt Lake Temple, 1893–1922.[10] Served on the Primary general board, 1901–1911.[11] Supervised changes to the interior of the Salt Lake and Logan Temples, 1905, 1916.[12] Died 28 Feb. 1926 in Salt Lake City.[13]
[1] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Seventeenth Ward, Part 1, 1907–1922, 1856–1872, Record of Baptisms and Confirmations, bk. 3600, p. 13, line 482, Edna Lambson, CR 375 8, image 95/558 (restricted access), CHL. “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. E, 1864–1866, p. 217, line 10, Edna Lambson, 5 May 1866, microfilm 183405, DGS 5270328 (restricted access), FHL. “Alfred Boaz Lambson,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 6 (1915): 145. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 11 Sept. 2019), Edna Lambson (KWC5-1K6).
[2] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Seventeenth Ward, Part 1, 1907–1922, 1856–1872, Record of Baptisms and Confirmations, bk. 3600, p. 13, line 482, Edna Lambson, CR 375 8, image 95/558 (restricted access), CHL. “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. E, 1864–1866, p. 217, line 10, Edna Lambson, 5 May 1866, microfilm 183405, DGS 5270328 (restricted access), FHL. “Alfred Boaz Lambson,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 6 (1915): 145.
[3] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Seventeenth Ward, Part 1, 1907–1922, 1856–1872, Record of Baptisms and Confirmations, bk. 3600, p. 13, line 482, Edna Lambson, CR 375 8, image 95/558 (restricted access), CHL.
[4] “Sealings of Couples, Living, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. G, 1870–1871, p. 183, line 20113, Joseph Fielding Smith and Edna Lambson, 1 Jan. 1871, microfilm 1149516, DGS 7226457 (restricted access), FHL. 1910 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, p. 12B, Edna L. Smith. Elaine Cannon Nichols et al., comps., The Descendants of Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918) (Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1976), 91.
[5] Elaine Cannon Nichols et al., comps., The Descendants of Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918) (Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1976), 91.
[6] Jill Mulvay Derr, Carol Cornwall Madsen, Kate Holbrook, and Matthew J. Grow, eds., The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women’s History (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2016), 522.
[7] EBW, Diary, 31 July 1895; 22 and 29 Aug. 1895; 23 Sept. 1898; 14 Oct. 1898.
[8] EBW, Diary, 27–28 Aug. 1902; 11 Sept. 1902; 14 Apr. 1904; 10 Dec. 1904.
[9] Elaine Cannon Nichols et al., comps., The Descendants of Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918) (Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1976), 91.
[10] Elaine Cannon Nichols et al., comps., The Descendants of Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918) (Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1976), 91. “Death Claims Edna L. Smith,” Salt Lake Telegram, 1 Mar. 1926, 2.
[11] Primary Association, General Board and Presidency Files, 1878–2010, p. 27, CR 16 24, box 1, folder 23, CHL. “Members of General Board,” Children’s Friend 5 (1906): 18. “Members of General Board,” Children’s Friend 10, no. 1 (Jan. 1911): front matter.
[12] Elaine Cannon Nichols et al., comps., The Descendants of Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918) (Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1976), 91–92.
[13] “Utah, Salt Lake County, Death Records, 1849–1949,” W-432 (1926), Edna Smith; Salt Lake Co. Management and Archives, Salt Lake City. “Death Claims Edna L. Smith,” Salt Lake Telegram, 1 Mar. 1926, 2.