Brief Life History of Ronald Charles
When Ronald Charles Thomas was born on 9 June 1931, his father, Edgar Freeth Thomas, was 35 and his mother, Unetta May Fairweather, was 37. He died on 8 January 2012, in Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
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- Ronald Charles Thomas, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ronald Charles Thomas, "BillionGraves Index"
Spouse and Children
1931–2012 Male
1941–2008 Female
Parents and Siblings
1895–1987 Male
1893–1974 Female
Siblings (3)
1928–1928 Female
1931–2012 Male
–1990 Male
World Events (8)
1939
Age 8
1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War
Age 12
1953
Age 22
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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