Abraham L. Thomas

Brief Life History of Abraham L.

When Abraham L. Thomas was born about 1911, in Fort Gaines, Early, Georgia, United States, his father, Ben Thomas, was 37 and his mother, Mary Walker, was 29. He died on 20 November 1961, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Ben Thomas
1875–
Mary Walker
1884–1948
B* Thomas
1896–
Berry Thomas
1896–
Professor L. Thomas
1909–
Abraham L. Thomas
1911–1961
Dan Thomas
1897–
Enah Thomas
1900–
Cora Thomas
1901–1952
Annie B. Thomas
1901–1977
Rener Thomas
1902–
Jonas Thomas
1903–1955
Benjamin Jr. Thomas
1906–1985
Lucy Lee Thomas
1913–1981
Richard Thomas
1914–1997
George Thomas
1916–
Zachoriah Thomas
1918–1977
Mary Christine Thomas
1919–1990
Cristine Hendrick
1920–

Sources (1)

  • Abraham L Thomas in household of Benjamin Thomas, "United States Census, 1920"

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World Events (3)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote

The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.

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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