William Henry Thomas

Brief Life History of William Henry

When William Henry Thomas was born on 9 August 1882, in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, Benjamin Daniel Thomas, was 26 and his mother, Matilda Ann Waylett, was 22. He married Annie Laurie Ellis on 5 September 1907, in Small, Clark, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Clark, Idaho, United States in 1935 and Medicine Lodge Election Precinct, Clark, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 7 December 1961, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Dubois, Clark, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Thomas
1882–1961
Annie Laurie Ellis
1889–1949
Marriage: 5 September 1907
Phyllis Letitia Thomas
1908–1998

Sources (30)

  • William H Thomas in household of D W Thomas, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962
  • Henry Thomas, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1892

Historical Boundaries - 1892: Bingham, Idaho, United States; 1893: Fremont, Idaho, United States; 1919: Clark, Idaho, United States

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

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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