Reta was the daughter of George Thomas Olds and his wife Traca (Miles) Olds who married on 10 Dec 1913. George Thomas Olds was the fourth child of Thomas and Eliza Jane (Hunt) Olds. He was born 12 August 1889 at Lyman, Wayne County, Utah.
Traca Miles was born 1 March 1892 in St. George, to Adolphus and Myrza Jane Alexander Whitehead.

Reta's grandfather, Thomas Olds, was born on 28 Dec 1854 at Newland, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.


See the OLDS Family History web pages.
Click onto 'Genealogy' and then 'Thomas Oulds and Eliza Jane Hunt'. Reta is descended from their son George Thomas. The Ould Family web site takes the family back to the mid-1550's in Cornwall, England.
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Reta had the following siblings:
Myrza Jane, 21 Oct. 1914
Wilma
Ester, 8 August 1919
George Richard
Maurine, 29 August 1926
Lucille
Joan (pronounced "Jo Anne"), 30 September 1934

Myzra was tragically killed by a truck on 17 July 1925
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The Ould Family Histories web site contains details of Reta's marriage to Norman LeDoux, and her marriage to Lloyd Knibbs within the biography of her father George Thomas Olds. It's full of very interesting facts about the entire family.
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See the Washington County, Utah Genealogy and History web site..
At the above site, go to the alphabetic section for "O" for Olds. This shows the same George Thomas Olds biography as mentioned above. It also includes biographies of several of Reta's uncles including Levi Emanual Olds, Arthur Herbert Olds, Carl Theodore Olds, Charles Andrew Olds, Dewey Glenn Olds, Melvin James Olds and William Albert Olds.

Whilst at the above site, also under the "O" section, take a look at 'Summer Frolics' and 'The Spelling Bee' both of which refer to Reta's uncle Charles Andrew Olds.