Brief Life History of Earl
When Earl Thomas was born on 14 December 1911, in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States, his father, Henry Word Thomas, was 28 and his mother, Mary L Stell, was 28. He lived in Beat 4, Tippah, Mississippi, United States in 1920 and Beat 3, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States in 1930. He died on 13 November 1999, in Alcorn, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Earl Thomas in household of Henry W Thomas, "United States Census, 1930"
- Headstone image of Earl Thomas from billiongraves.com
- Roby E Thomas in household of Ward Thomas, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1911–1999 Male
1908–1982 Female
Parents and Siblings
1883–1968 Male
1883–1930 Female
Siblings (6)
1903–1991 Female
1905–1984 Female
1910–1984 Female
1911–1999 Male
1913–2007 Female
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World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 1
1916 · Mississippi State Sanatorium for TB is Established
Age 5
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 24
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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