Charles S. Thomas

Brief Life History of Charles S.

When Charles S. Thomas was born in November 1873, in New York, United States, his father, Lorenzo C Thomas, was 26 and his mother, Maria E. Sherman, was 27. He married Anna May Nelson on 4 May 1898, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Alfred, Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States for about 5 years and Santa Ana Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States in 1900. He died on 25 July 1908, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.

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Charles S. Thomas
1873–1908
Anna May Nelson
1875–1945
Marriage: 4 May 1898
Doris Thomas
1900–1909

Sources (15)

  • Charles S Thomas in household of Maria E Thomas, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Charles S Thomas, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Chas S Thomas, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

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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