Thomas Albert L. Estes

Brief Life History of Thomas Albert L.

When Thomas Albert L. Estes was born on 30 January 1855, in Brazos, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States, his father, James M. Estes, was 28 and his mother, Minerva Jane Clark, was 27. He married Eliza Jane Lyda Carpenter in 1888, in Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Burnet, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 2, Milam, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 26 August 1922, in Mason, Mason, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Gooch Cemetery, Mason, Mason, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Albert L. Estes
1855–1922
Eliza Jane Lyda Carpenter
1860–1940
Marriage: 1888
Thomas Roy Estes
1889–1946
Bertha Minerva Estes
1891–1978
William Floyd Estes
1892–1971
James Matison Estes
1894–1900
Alexander Clark Estes
1895–1930
George Dewey Estes
1898–1985
Della May Estes
1900–1986

Sources (15)

  • Thomas Ester in household of James Ester, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Daughter Bertha E Brawley (86 yrs old), "Texas, Deaths, 1977-1986"
  • Daughter Bertha Brawley, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1857

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1863

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’, denoting someone ‘from the east’ or someone living in the eastern part of a village or settlement. Today the name is still pronounced as two syllables, as it was in medieval times.

History: This name was brought to New England by Matthew (1645–1723) and Richard (born 1647) Estes, sons of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dover, England. Probably unconnected is the founder of the VA and TN family of this name, Benjamin Estes (born 1736 in VA; died 1811 in TN).

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

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