Mary Thomas

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Thomas was born on 7 June 1858, in Freeburg, Stark, Ohio, United States. She married Eli Hayden on 7 December 1884, in Hancock, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Magee, Adams, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 5 Magee, Yuma, Colorado, United States in 1920. She died on 8 November 1934, in Inavale, Webster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eli Hayden
1852–1931
Mary Thomas
1858–1934
Marriage: 7 December 1884
Annie Hayden
1882–

Sources (6)

  • Mary E Hayden, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Thomas, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Mary Hayden in household of Ely Hayden, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"

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World Events (8)

1863

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

1866

Historical Boundaries: 1866: Platte, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Platte, Nebraska, United States 1869: Colfax, Nebraska, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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