Johnson F Thomas

Brief Life History of Johnson F

When Johnson F Thomas was born on 20 October 1847, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States, his father, Nimrod D. Thomas, was 41 and his mother, Ruth M Hamrick, was 35. He lived in Magisterial District 6, Lewis, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 30 March 1920, in Burtonville, Lewis, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nimrod D. Thomas
1806–1888
Ruth M Hamrick
1812–1891
Elizabeth Thomas
1835–1889
Matilda Frances Thomas
1837–1925
Nancy W Thomas
1838–1900
Mary Catherine Thomas
1840–1866
Miriam Thomas
1842–1929
William H Thomas
1845–1925
Johnson F Thomas
1847–1920

Sources (9)

  • Johnson L Thomas in household of Ninnie D Thomas, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Johnson F Thomas - Government record: birth-name: Johnson F Thomas
  • J. F. Thomas, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1854

Historical Boundaries 1854: Lewis, Kentucky, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English, French, Walloon, Breton, German, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Greek, West Indian (mainly Haiti and Jamaica), and African (mainly Tanzania and Nigeria): from the personal name Thomas, of Biblical (New Testament) origin, from Aramaic t’ōm’a, a byname meaning ‘twin’. It was borne by one of the disciples of Christ, known for his scepticism about Christ's resurrection (John 20:24–29). The Th- spelling is organic, the initial letter of the name in the Greek New Testament being a theta. The English pronunciation as t rather than th- is the result of French influence from an early date. In Britain, the surname is widely distributed throughout the country, but especially common in Wales and Cornwall. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages (e.g. Assyrian/Chaldean or Arabic Toma and Tuma , Albanian Toma and Thoma , and Slavic surnames listed in 3 below), and their patronymics and other derivatives (e.g. Polish Tomaszewski and Slovenian Tomažič; see Tomazic ). In France, this surname is most common in the Vosges and Brittany. The name Thomas is also found among Christians in southern India (compare Machan , Mammen , and Oommen ), but since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Thomas (see 1 above) as a surname.

Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Tomas , Tomasz, and Tomaś, Sorbian Tomaš (see also 4 below), Croatian Tomaš and Tomas , Slovenian Tomaš and Tomaž, Czech and Slovak Tomáš, all meaning ‘Thomas’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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