Elbert Duncan Thomas

Brief Life History of Elbert Duncan

When Elbert Duncan Thomas was born on 17 June 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Richard Kendall Thomas, was 38 and his mother, Caroline Stockdale, was 35. He married Edna Harker on 19 June 1907, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 40 years and Utah, United States in 1942. In 1933, his occupation is listed as united states senator for utah in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. He died on 11 February 1953, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elbert Duncan Thomas
1883–1953
Edna Harker
1881–1942
Marriage: 19 June 1907
Chiyo Thomas
1910–1999
Esther Thomas
1913–2007
Edna Louise Thomas
1918–2009

Sources (39)

  • Elbert Duncan Thomas, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Elbert D. Thomas, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Elbert Duncan Thomas, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · Monotype Type-Casting Machine

June 7, 1887, Tolbert Lanston patented his Monotype machine. It typed individual characters instead of lines like the Linotype machine.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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Meet President Elbert Duncan Thomas written by A. Jensen, Church Historian

Meet President Elbert Duncan Thomas President Thomas Andrew Jenson, Vol. 4, p.225-227 Biographical Account Taken From the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia written by A. Jenson, Church Historian in th …

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