Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Speed was born on 8 October 1870, in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, his father, John Speed, was 37 and his mother, Julia Kennedy, was 35. He married Maude Ethel Heyward on 31 May 1905, in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 25 June 1944, at the age of 73, and was buried in Happy Valley Cemetery, Happy Valley, South Australia, Australia.
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Family Time Line
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- Thomas Speed, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1870–1944 Male
1883–1936 Female
Children (10)
1906–1991 Male
1907–1957 Male
1908–1995 Male
1910–1988 Male
1912– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1833–1914 Male
1834–1917 Female
Siblings (9)
1859–1898 Female
1860–1938 Male
1862–1891 Male
1864–1938 Male
1866–1938 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (7)
1877
Age 7
1892
Age 22
1901
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English sped ‘success, prosperity, wealth, smooth progress’ (hence the modern meaning ‘swiftness’); also ‘speed, quickness’ (Old English sped), used either for a fortunate, wealthy, or successful person, or for a swift runner.
Irish (Mayo): when not the English name, adopted for Gaelic Ó Fuada, from fuad ‘haste’ (see Foody ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schnell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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