Robert Thomas

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Thomas was born in 1825, in Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, his father, Evan Thomas, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Pope, was 16. He married Eleanor Mary Compton on 13 July 1848, in Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.

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Family Time Line

Robert Thomas
1825–
Eleanor Mary Compton
1827–1879
Marriage: 13 July 1848
Henry Alfred Thomas
1865–
Annie Pope Thomas
1866–1938
Harry Thomas
1868–
Nelson Thomas
1870–

Sources (2)

  • Robert Thomas, "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888"
  • Robert Thomas in entry for Henry Alfred Thomas, "Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885"

World Events (2)

1869

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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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