Brief Life History of Matthew Kenelm
When Matthew Kenelm Thomas was born on 26 August 1920, in Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States, his father, Joseph Francis Thomas Sr., was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Rebecca "Snowden" Thompson, was 40. He died on 28 January 1985, in Leonardtown, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bushwood, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States.
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- Matthew C Thomas in household of Joseph F Thomas, "United States Census, 1930"
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1920–1985 Male
1923–2004 Female
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1875–1960 Male
1880–1963 Female
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1906–1986 Male
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
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1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
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1941
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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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