1834–1923

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 5, 1834, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: March 11, 1923, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: Green­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

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Biography

Faulkner was the wife of John Thom­son, first lib­ra­ri­an of the Phi­la­del­phia Free Lib­ra­ry (mar­ried 1861). They emi­grat­ed from Eng­land in 1881, ar­riv­ing in Phi­la­del­phia on the ship Wars­land.

Faulkner be­longed to the Church of the An­nun­ci­ation in Phi­la­del­phia.

She had 12 child­ren, five of whom died in in­fan­cy.

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