Lillie May Thomas

Female28 November 1888–12 July 1891

Brief Life History of Lillie May

When Lillie May Thomas was born on 28 November 1888, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States, her father, Seldon Trimble Thomas, was 31 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth Bridges Thomas, was 20. She died on 12 July 1891, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Seldon Trimble Thomas
1857–1942
Martha Elizabeth Bridges Thomas
1868–1937
Lillie May Thomas
1888–1891
Lola Maud Thomas
1890–1970
Erwin Dorris Thomas
1892–1976
Carlisle Clyde Thomas
1894–1966
James Garnett Thomas
1895–1919
Bluford Earl Thomas
1899–1991
Cecil Seldon Thomas
1902–1992
Lou Belle Thomas Davis
1905–1972

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  • Lillie May Thomas, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (8)

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World Events (2)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 2

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

Age 2

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

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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