Brief Life History of Rowetta Adeline
When Rowetta Adeline Thomas was born before 30 June 1877, in West Derby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Andrew Thomas, was 49 and her mother, ANGELINA BAINES, was 39. She married Lyndsay Craig SPENCE before 30 June 1900, in Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. She died in 1961, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Rowetta A Jacob in household of Hilda B Barker, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
- Rowetta Adeline Thomas, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Rowetta Adeline Thomas, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1896 · Palm House Opens
In 1896, the Palm House opened. It was designed by Mackenzie and Moncur of Edinburgh. It was designed in the tradition of Joseph Paxton's glass houses and originally had a rich collection of exotic plants.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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