Benjamin Franklin Thomas

Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin

When Benjamin Franklin Thomas was born on 4 October 1863, in Anderson, Texas, United States, his father, George Washington Thomas, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Young, was 28. He married Della Pearl Lawhorn on 5 July 1888, in Anderson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Henderson, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, Henderson, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 30 June 1940, in Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bradford, Anderson, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Thomas
1863–1940
Della Pearl Lawhorn
1872–1934
Marriage: 5 July 1888
Mary Lee Thomas
1890–1982
James Denward Thomas
1892–1962
Margaret Helen Thomas
1894–1984
Miles D Thomas
1896–1965
Lawrence Linder Thomas
1898–1960
John Terrell Thomas
1903–1987
Lillian E Thomas
1910–1975
John Gifford Thomas
1911–1884
Thomas
1912–

Sources (26)

  • Ben F Thomas in household of J Gifford Thomas, "United States Census, 1940"
  • B. F. Thomas, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"
  • Benjamin Franklin Thomas, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1879

Historical Boundaries: 1879: Anderson, Texas, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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