Eula Mae Thomas

Brief Life History of Eula Mae

When Eula Mae Thomas was born on 10 September 1914, in Greene, North Carolina, United States, her father, Robert L. Thomas, was 38 and her mother, Nora Grant, was 27. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with George Troy Bradshaw. She lived in Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1935 and Nahunta Township, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 25 October 2005, in Faro, Wayne, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont, Wayne, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Troy Bradshaw
1909–1987
Eula Mae Thomas
1914–2005
Betty Louise Bradshaw
1929–
Grace Virginia Bradshaw
1931–1998
George Troy Bradshaw Jr.
1944–1945

Sources (22)

  • Eulah Mae Bradshaw in household of Troy Bradshaw, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Eula May Thomas, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
  • Eula Mae Thomas Bradshaw, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1918 · Fort Bragg Established

Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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