Brief Life History of Bernice Lee
When Bernice Lee Thomas was born on 7 August 1912, in Stroud, Chambers, Alabama, United States, her father, Milton Calhoun Lee, was 29 and her mother, Annie Samatha Coleman, was 26. She lived in Standing Rock, Chambers, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 November 2004, in Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Bernice Lee in household of M C Lee, "United States Census, 1920"
- Bernice Lee, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Bernice T Bearden, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
1911–1967 Male
1912–2004 Female
Children (1)
1937–1969 Male
Parents and Siblings
1883–1960 Male
1885–1973 Female
Siblings (6)
1908–1957 Female
1910–1970 Male
1911– Male
1912–2004 Female
1916–1965 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
Age 10
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 25
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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