Edith was born in August 1878. Edith's father was Edwin Farnell and her mother was Harriet Ambler. Her paternal grandparents were Joseph Farnell and Mary Crosland. She had a brother and six sisters, named Alonzo, Mary, Ambler, Mary, Emma, Alice and Lucy. She was the second youngest of the eight children. She died at the age of 83 on September 4th, 1961.