Brief Life History of William Thomas
When William Thomas Preston was born on 27 March 1932, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, his father, Thomas Morris Preston, was 21 and his mother, Dorothy Marie Tubbs, was 20. He married Bonnie Rae Williams on 23 September 1957, in Bonneville, Idaho, United States. He died on 22 June 1990, in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States, at the age of 58.
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Sources (10)
- William Thomas Preston, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- William T Preston in household of Thomas Preston, "United States Census, 1940"
- William T. Preston, "Idaho Marriage Index, 1947-1961"
Spouse and Children
1932–1990 Male
1931–1974 Female
Parents and Siblings
1910–1991 Male
1912–1976 Female
Siblings (2)
1930–2000 Female
1932–1990 Male
World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 3
1935 · The Social Security Act
Age 3
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 16
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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