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WILLIAM HOLLAND THOMAS ONLY WHITE CHIEF OF THE CHEROKEE TRIBE. OFFICER IN THE CONFEDERATE WAR.

Early Thomases

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Annie Irene Thomas was born in 1012 at Bendigo to Letitia Waugh Thomas and William Henry Thomas, and had siblings Ethel Isabel Thomas, Annie Irene Thomas, William Lindsay Walter Thomas, Robert Ernest Thomas, Ethel Isobel Hawes, Ethel Isobel Thomas, and Florence Thomas. Annie Thomas died at age 983 years old in 1995. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Annie Irene Thomas.
Mary (Thomas) Hall was born on November 2, 1619 in London, England United Kingdom. She was in a relationship with William Hall, and had a child Rebecca (Hall) Wood. Mary Hall died at age 60 years old on January 6, 1680 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Thomas) Hall.
Margaret (Thomas) Edwards was born on November 4, 1679 in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom. She was in a relationship with Thomas Edwards, and had children John Edwards and Joanna (Edwards) Smith. Margaret Edwards died at age 34 years old on December 1, 1713 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret (Thomas) Edwards.
Amanda (Thomas) McIlory was born on July 27, 1697 in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom. She was married to Benjamin McIlroy on August 7, 1726 in Gurnee, Lake County, Illinois United States, and they were together until Benjamin's death on June 12, 1759 in Chicago, Cook County United States. She had a child Lindsay (McIlroy) Johnson. Amanda McIlory died at age 64 years old on January 17, 1762 in Chicago, and was buried on January 19, 1762 in Chicago, Cook County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Amanda (Thomas) McIlory.
Mercy Thomas was born in 1736. She was married to Niles Rouse Helme, and had a child Niles Helme. Mercy Thomas died at age 82 years old on October 21, 1819. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mercy Thomas.
Mary Barbara (Thomas) Blankenbeker was born in 1737, and died at age 43 years old in 1780. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Barbara (Thomas) Blankenbeker.
Jane Thomas was born in 1755 at gladestry radnorshire wales. She was in a relationship with George Cowdell, and had children Mary Biddle, Ann Cowdel, Lucretia Cowdel, Penelope Cowdel, George Cowdell, William Thomas Cowdell, John Cowdell, and Harriet Cowdell. Jane Thomas died at age 63 years old in 1818 at gladestry radnorshire wales. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Thomas.
Charlotte (Thomas) Zimmerman was born in 1790, and died at age 86 years old in 1876. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charlotte Thomas Zimmerman.
Elizabeth  (Thomas) McClay
Elizabeth Ann (Thomas) McClay was born in 1792. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Thomas) McClay.
Lydia Thomas was born circa 1796 at Northumberland PA, and died at age 80 years old on April 29, 1877 at Jefferson County PA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lydia Thomas.
Elizabeth (Thomas) McGinnis was born in 1797 in Norfolk Island. Elizabeth McGinnis was in a relationship with Hugh McGinnis Jnr, and has a child Sarah McGinnis. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Thomas) McGinnis.
Michael Thomas was born circa 1797 at PA. He was in a relationship with Lydia Thomas, and had a child Peter Thomas. Michael Thomas died at age 62 years old on March 16, 1860 at Beaver City PA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Thomas.

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Misty Dawn (Thomas) Thomas was born on January 30, 1976 to Stormy Gail Estes. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Misty Dawn (Thomas).
Betty A Thomas of Kermit, Mingo County, WV was born on March 7, 1903, and died at age 87 years old in October 1990.
Bob Thomas of Mount Pleasant, Titus County, TX was born on July 8, 1917, and died at age 76 years old on February 5, 1994.
Mercy Thomas was born in 1736. She was married to Niles Rouse Helme, and had a child Niles Helme. Mercy Thomas died at age 82 years old on October 21, 1819. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mercy Thomas.
SHE WAS KNOWN FOR BEIMH OUTSPOKEN AN HAPPY. MY MOM WAS AWSOME
Erla (McKee) Thomas was born in 1901 in Texas United States to Peter McKee and Betty (Moore), and has siblings Rena McKee, David McKee, Anna (McKee), Julia (McKee), and Lester McKee. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Erla (McKee).
John F Thomas Jr was born to John F Thomas and Kathryn m thomas, and has a sister Dorothy Muno. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John f thomas.
John F Thomas of Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ was born on November 13, 1912. He was married to Kathryn m thomas, and had children Dorothy Muno and John f thomas. John Thomas died at age 89 years old on January 31, 2002.
Dorothy (Thomas) Muno was born to John F Thomas and Kathryn m thomas, and has a brother John f thomas. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dorothy Muno.
Kathryn Mahala (Payne) Thomas was born on February 29, 1916. Kathryn thomas was married to John F Thomas, and has children Dorothy Muno and John f thomas. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kathryn m thomas.
Anna Mae Thomas of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio was born on January 12, 1911 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama United States, and died at age 100 years old on April 5, 2011 at Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky, Erie County, OH. Anna Thomas was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky.
Odis Thomas was born on December 18, 1919 in Iola, Texas United States. He was in a relationship with Annie Lucille McWhorter, and had children ronald thomas, Donald lee thomas, Kenneth wayne thomas, and Jerrald odis thomas. Odis thomas died at age 23 years old on May 20, 1943 in Houston. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Odis carson thomas.
Odis Thomas was born on December 18, 1919, and died at age 53 years old in May 1973. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Odis Thomas.
Ode J Thomas of Harris County, TX was born circa June 23, 1983 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish County, Louisiana United States. Ode Thomas was married to Shelina (Jiles) Thomas on November 11, 2011 in Harris County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ode J. Thomas.
Odessa Thomas of Salina, Saline County, Kansas was born on January 19, 1898, and died at age 87 years old in June 1985.
William Thomas
William "Billie" Thomas Jr., known for playing Buckwheat in the "Our Gang" (Little Rascals) movie series, died of a heart attack on October 10, 1980, at the age of 49, and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery.
Mamie Primrose Stafford (Thomas) Hattori was born on November 21, 1941 at St. Helens private hospital, in Dandenong, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC Australia to Mamie Primrose (Stafford) Thomas Payne and Roy Thomas, and has a brother John Vincent Joseph Thomas. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mamie Primrose Stafford (Thomas) Hattori.
Roy Thomas was married to Mamie Primrose (Stafford) Thomas Payne, and they were together until Mamie's death on November 12, 1980. Roy Thomas has children Mamie Primrose Stafford (Thomas) Hattori and John Vincent Joseph Thomas. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roy Thomas.
John Vincent Joseph Thomas was born to Mamie Primrose (Stafford) Thomas Payne and Roy Thomas, and had a sister Mamie Primrose Stafford (Thomas) Hattori. John Thomas died on July 19, 1981, and was buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, 600 Princes Hwy, in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Vincent Joseph Thomas.
Mary Thomas of Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida was born on June 29, 1908, and was the mother of Sylvester Jackson and Susan hatcher. Mary Thomas died at age 77 years old in July 1985.

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William C Thomas
William C Thomas was born on April 9, 1883. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William C Thomas.
Naomi H. Kulbokas
Attended New York University on scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Attended the Manhattan School of Music. A piano student of Robert Goldsand and Vladimir Padwa and Raymond Lewenthal and Joseph Cordan. Naomi was also a professional singer and pianist. For seven years she was known as Naomi Hansen. She married and divorced Robert Howard Thomas and until the end of her life was known as Naomi Thomas. She first married her high school teacher, Patrick Howarth.
Fred Weis Thomas is the child of Sarah Ann Weis (1863-1947) and Joseph Craft Thomas (1863-1936). He was born on June 24, 1892 in Jefferson, Pennsylvania. Fred had 4 siblings, two survived. Baby Thomas was born and died in 1888, another baby was born and died in 1892, and Roy A Thomas was born 1892 and lived until 1962, and lastly Gertrude E Thomas was born 1895 and died in 1987. In 1935 he married Sarah Myrtle McKee (1894-1946) and they had 12 children together: Marjorie (1918-1980), Paul Allen (1920-1963), a miscarriage in 1921, Mildred Jane (1922-2011), Anna (1924-1991), Sarah Margaret Sally (1926-2006), Joe (born 1929), Earl (1931-1931), James (1933-1933), Earl Weiss (1934-1934) and two others. Fred lived his whole life in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania and on February 12, 1957 Fred Weis Thomas passed away in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Joanna (Thomas) Haslam
Joanna (Thomas) Haslam was born in 1968 in Ohio United States to Joyce (Murray) Murray and Larry Thomas. Joanna Thomas married William Chris Haslam on October 12, 2012. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joanna (Thomas) Haslam.
Jane P. Thomas
I loved Jane who had an adorable apartment in Brooklyn. She had superb taste. This is her son's obituary Jane Thomas’s son William L. Thomas NEW HARTFORD William (Poppie) L. Thomas, 92, of New Hartford, died on Friday, September 13, 2013, at the Presbyterian Home. He was born on June 24, 1921, in Utica, a son of the late Louis and Jane Thomas. He attended UFA and served in the United States Navy during WWII. Bill married Ione Miller on January 17, 1942, in Grace Church, Utica. He worked for Drop Forge as a supervisor and later worked as a design engineer for Chicago Pneumatic. Bill was a member of Grace Church and the New Hartford American Legion Post 1376, where he donated many hours in helping build the Legions current location. Bill was also a member of the Utica Masonic Lodge. Bill looked forward to bowling with his friends from Chicago Pneumatic and playing golf with his friends from both the Legion and Chicago Pneumatic. Bill was very handy and enjoyed working with his hands and was always willing to help anyone with a project. He took great pride in building a catamaran sailboat that his family enjoyed for many years. He is survived by his loving wife, Ione Thomas, of New Hartford; daughter, Gayl Mineo and her husband, Ron, of New Hartford; grandchildren, Deborah Fournier and her fiance, Mike, of Whitesboro, William Mineo and his wife, Laurie, of Cassville, and Tina Barnhill and her husband, Brett, of Atlanta, GA; great-grandson, Chayce Fournier; and many nieces and nephews. The funeral will be on Wednesday at 6:00 at the Dimbleby, Friedel, Williams & Edmunds Funeral Home, 13 Oxford Rd., New Hartford. Interment will be on Thursday at 10:00 in Crown Hill Memorial Park, with Military Honors. Calling hours will be on Wednesday from 4:00 to 6:00 prior to the funeral. In lieu of flowers, please consider the in memory of Bill. For online expression of sympathy go to www.dfwefh.com Published in The Observer-Dispatch from Sept. 15 to Sept. 16, 2013
Ruby Lee (Dial) Thomas
Ruby was a kind and gentle soul who cared about and for everyone. She taught me everything about life I know today.
Marvena L. (Thomas) Kemp
Marvena was born to the late Marvin L. Thomas and his wife, Christine Thomas. She had one brother, Jason. Marvena Kemp was the first wife of Shawn Travis Kemp - a basketball player who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers and Orlando Magic in the NBA. She was 33 when she married then 32 year old Shawn in Harris Texas on July 4th 2001. They had three children, including Shawn Jr., and Jamon Kemp, both of whom played college basketball. Shawn is the father of 7 children from 5 marriages, four of those marriages after Marvena, but he still speaks highly of her. Marvena is the Founder & Director of the Marvin Thomas Foundation, which is committed to positively impacting the lives of youth in the Seattle area. This foundation is named after her father Marvin Thomas. Marvin is described as follows: "From humble beginnings as a child in rural Mississippi, Marvin Thomas set an example of living generously and setting a foundation of hard work, athletics, and joyful giving that stays with us today even over 20 years after his passing." The website for the foundation goes on to say: '"The Marvin Thomas Foundation is committed to impacting the lives of youth in the Seattle area and in so honoring the life and legacy of Marvin Thomas." See Marvin's obituary at Marvin L. Thomas, laborer, Obituary. She is also involved in basketball and used to be a co-director of the Northwest College Summer League, as well as having organized many pro-am basketball tournaments in the Seattle area.
Madison Ameera Thomas
Madison Ameera Thomas was born on December 16, 2007 to Simone Swinton and Robert Antione Thomas. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Madison Ameera Thomas.
Mary Alice  Thomas
Mary Alice Thomas of Cumming, Forsyth County, GA was born on February 18, 1925, and died at age 85 years old on July 21, 2010.
Henry Leonard Thomas
Henry Leonard Thomas Jr. was born on September 9, 1971. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry Leonard Thomas.
Frenly Edward Thomas
Frenly Edward Thomas was born in 1876, and died at age 82 years old on July 2, 1959. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frenly Edward Thomas.
Arthur James Thomas
Arthur James Thomas was born on June 9, 1899. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arthur James Thomas.
A beautiful strong woman whose taught so many things in this life. She's taught her daughters and granddaughter s how to be ladies and to always have respect for self and others. There are so many things to say but, it would take forever, like whenever we had a problem o thought something couldn't be fixed she would always say "Let me Show you" but more importantly I remember the days when she would ask me to put on the radio and it would play gospel music or Mahalia Jackson and our conversations Mama said to me never go to bed listening to that kind of music especially after you've said your Prayers. W o w and Amazing Woman, beautiful Class I Thank God for blessing us with her life.
Jeffrey Aaron Thomas of Texas was born on December 9, 1970 to Judy Ann (Harris) Thomas. Jeffrey Thomas married Sherideen (Bolton) Thomas, and died at age 39 years old on December 27, 2009 in Wellington, Collingsworth County.
Ernest Thomas Jr of Jeanerette, Iberia County, LA was born on June 17, 1929 to Ernest Thomas Sr. & Theresa Coleman Thomas Johnson. He married Evada Johnson Thomas, and they had a child Joyce Thomas. He also married Evada Johnson Thomas. Ernest Thomas Jr died at age 62 years old on March 19, 1992, and was buried on March 23, 1992 at Our Lady of the Rosary Church 11200 Old Jeanerette Rd, in Jeanerette.
David V Thomas
David Victor Thomas was born to Gail Mustin (1950 - 2020) and John Floyd Thomas. He had two half-brothers and one half-sister. Only 23 when he passed, David Thomas was born in Southern California and after spending several years in grade school in Texas, he returned to attend high school in Southern California. Although there is no record of his having lived in Bakersfield, California, he is buried there in an unmarked grave. According to IMDb, actor David V. Thomas was born on March 13, 1987 in Los Angeles. The actor is known for the 2006 film "Gridiron Gang", "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", a 2006 film, and "StreetRider2: The Documentary", 2013. He was also a rap artist, performing under the name "King David" on the hit single "Club Banger" (2008) on the album "DPE is in the House" on Digital Phunc Records. David Thomas' father, John Floyd Thomas, was a suspected notorious criminal in the Los Angeles area, which was discovered when David Victor Thomas was arrested for jolting a woman with a stun gun. See Suspect in Stun-Gun Attack is Son of Alleged Serial Killer.
Tara M. (Greathouse) Thomas
Tara's father was Marshall Wayne Greathouse and her mother was Margaret Kay Menzel Tara has lived in Houston Texas and attended Westlake High School in Austin Texas.
Brenda Thomas
Brenda Thomas was born in 1951. She was in a relationship with Robert B Gory Jr, and had a child Monica S. Gory. Brenda Thomas died at age 40 years old in 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Brenda Thomas.
Stephen Thomas was born in 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Steven Thomas.
Maud Elizabeth Thomas was born in 1903 in England United Kingdom, and died at age 79 years old in 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maud Elizabeth Thomas.

Thomas Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Thomas family member is 71.0 years old according to our database of 237,609 people with the last name Thomas that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

71.0 years

Oldest Thomases

These are the longest-lived members of the Thomas family on AncientFaces.

Willie Thomas of Wadley, Jefferson County, Georgia was born on April 7, 1863, and died at age 124 years old in July 1987.
124 years
Dennis Thomas was born on November 9, 1852, and died at age 120 years old in July 1973. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dennis Thomas.
120 years
Carol Thomas was born on March 27, 1858, and died at age 115 years old in April 1973. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Carol Thomas.
115 years
Elizabeth Thomas of Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia was born on December 31, 1850, and died at age 114 years old in September 1965.
114 years
Roosevelt Thomas was born on January 10, 1835, and died at age 115 years old in December 1950. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roosevelt Thomas.
115 years
Sharon Thomas of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee was born on April 13, 1868, and died at age 115 years old in August 1983.
115 years
Fannie Thomas of Duarte, Los Angeles County, California was born on April 14, 1867, and died at age 113 years old in January 1981.
113 years
Emma Thomas of Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, MD was born on November 11, 1874, and died at age 114 years old in November 1988.
113 years
Patricia T Thomas of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on June 29, 1895, and died at age 114 years old on November 16, 2009.
114 years
Cherice Thomas of New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana was born on August 7, 1866, and died at age 113 years old in April 1980.
113 years
Mattie C Thomas of Warner Robins, Houston County, GA was born on January 10, 1877, and died at age 114 years old in July 1991.
114 years
Hattie Thomas of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York was born on February 15, 1870, and died at age 112 years old in February 1982.
111 years
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My 7th generation great-grandfather was Henry of Glin Thomas (1710-1743). He was born in Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and died in Kent County, Maryland.
My Thomas ancestors were from Wales and came over very early to Virginia. William ap Thomas Birth ABT 1587 in Glamorgnshire, Gwent, Wales
I am the daughter of Vincent George Thomas Jr, the son of Vincent George Thomas and Henrietta Mordue married on June 20, 1937. Is this the family of Vincent Thomas of Bellevue WA my grandfather?
My Vincent Thomas lived in VA & was born abt 1780. Diane.
I am searching for descendants of a William Law McRobbie. He was born in Scotland
around 1901. He moved to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia approx 1924 he was a policeman
then a warder. If anyone is a relative of his could they please email me.

Regards Kaye [contact link]
My great-grandmother was Etta May Gorrell was the daughter of Archimedes W. Gorrell and Annie Lock Gorrell. She married William Daniel Thomas with whom she had seven children, two of whom did not live past a year of age. The living children were: Mary Myrtle (my grandmother), Frederick H., Saul, Walter H., and Archie Wm. By 1899, the children were all orphaned when both parents died, not together but about 18 months apart. The eldest was 11 and the youngest was one year old. They were "parcelled" out to family and neighbors, with my grandmother, the oldest two boys and one cousin going to live with their grandparents, A. W. and Annie. One boy lived with a neighbor and is listed as a "servant" in the 1900 census. The last boy was taken in by another family and grew up there, not really knowing his parents.

It's a sad story, really, because most of the boys had hard, or at least, unhappy lives.
Uncles Fred and Walt were in WW1 and both returned in tact. They each married but Uncle Fred was divorced and then remarried to two other women. Uncle Walt remained married and became the father of two sons.

Uncle Saul went out West to Montana where he was a hired hand on several ranches where he died without wife or children. I don't hav a lot of information on Uncle Archie. He did marry and had at least one son.
my name is becky thomas.im trying to find some family that is related to lenard and nina thomas.they lived in rushville indiana for a long time.i ws told that my family is from kentucky, ariund hazzard county.my dads name is joe micheal thomsa,my two uncles names are davide and greg thomas.my great uncles name is coy thomas.some family members are brenda gorman.susan lynn thomas.so if anybody can helo me please let me know. you can reach me at 1906nflat rock river ct.327.rushville indiana46173. becky jo stanley
Thomas NICHOLS was born about 1676 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He died on September 27, 1741 in Chester, Pennsylvania. !The family was Quaker. In 1711 requested certificate of transfer from Rugely MM in Staffordshire. Accepted in Aug 1712 in the Philadelphia MM, 2 years later jointed the Neward\Kennett MM. 1715 warrent for 500 acres in Chester Cty, Pa. He was married to Mary LUDFORD on July 13, 1704 in Staffordshire, England.

Mary LUDFORD was born on November 7, 1687 in Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire, England. She died on March 14, 1770 in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Thomas NICHOLS and Mary LUDFORD had the following children:
i. John NICHOLS was born about 1705 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle Co., Delaware. !Kennett Monthly Meeting of Friends Records
ii. Mary NICHOLS was born about 1713 in England.
iii. Daniel NICHOLS was born about 1715 in England.
iv. Thomas NICHOLS died about 1788 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was born Est 1717 in Staffordshire, England.
v. Joseph NICHOLS was born about 1718 in Staffordshire, England.
vi. Isaac NICHOLS.
vii. Ann NICHOLS was born about 1723 in Staffordshire, England.
viii. Samuel NICHOLS was born about 1725 in Staffordshire, England. He died about 1777 in Newcastle Co., Delaware.

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