Brief Life History of William McDonald
When William McDonald Thomas was born on 30 October 1913, in Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States, his father, William Montgomery Thomas, was 26 and his mother, Marguerite Jane McDonald, was 25. He married Jennie Louise Ricottone on 12 June 1938, in Aguilar, Las Animas, Colorado, United States. He lived in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 1, Alamosa, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 8 August 1992, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- William Thomas in household of William Thomas, "United States Census, 1920"
- William M Thomas, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- William Mc Donald Thomas, "Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1913–1992 Male
1917–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
1887–1971 Male
1888–1936 Female
Siblings (2)
1913–1992 Male
1915–1989 Male
World Events (8)
1914 · The Ludlow Massacre
Age 1
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 3
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 22
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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