Hannah Deady was born on 17 December 1888 in Silver Reef, Washington, Utah Territory. She was the oldest of four children of Jeremiah O’Deady and Hannah Maria Goddard. During this time the family had dropped the “O” in the surname. As the silver ore ran out, the family moved to Panguitch, Garfield, Utah Territory, in 1890. They then moved to Harrisburg, Washington, Utah Territory, about 1894.1 Her father died when Hannah was six years old. In 1900, Hannah was one of eight children living with her mother in Kanarra, Iron, Utah.
Hannah married Ludwig Albert Tomsik in 1908 in Salt Lake City. They had eight children together. Hannah was trained as a teacher and taught in Leeds while she lived in Harrisburg.3 Her little family moved to Salt Lake City by 1910, where her husband worked for the railroad.4 By 1920, the family had moved to Washington City, Washington, Utah, where Albert was a laborer for hire.5 On the 1930 census, Hannah was living with her husband and seven children in Star, Beaver, Utah. Ludwig was a car inspector for the railroad. 6
Ludwig died in 1939 in Las Vegas and was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery. Hannah and three children moved to Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, in 1940. She died 26 September 1952 in Henderson, Clark, Nevada, and was buried next to her husband.
Hannah Deady and Ludwig Albert Tomsik (image from Familysearch.org)
1 Familysearch.org
2 United States Census, 1900.
3 Saga of Three Towns, by Marietta M. Mariger, 1951, p. 10.
4 United States Census, 1910.
5 United States Census, 1920.
6 United States Census, 1930.
Research by Elaine Young, Silver Reef Foundation historian, 2017
Please email eyoung@young-zone.org for additions and corrections
