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From: "D Michael Johnson" <>
Subject: Thomas Family, Luzerne Co. Penn. & Wales
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 09:58:23 -0400

Am currently researching the ancestry of my son-in-law.

His grandmother was Dorothy Thomas, born on 1 December 1925 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzernce County, Pennsylvania.

She was married to William Wallace Purdum and they lived in Maryland.

The following information needs to be confirmed:

From what I can find, Dorothy appears to be the daughter of Richard and Myrtle Thomas.

1930 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
270/285A
44 Warling Street
Richard Thomas, head, rents, $18, m, w, 22, married @ age 19, b Penn, father b Penn, mother b Penn, laborer, coal mines
Myrtle, wife, w, f, 26, married @ age 23, b Penn, father b Penn, mother b Penn
Dorothy, daughter, w, f, 2 4/12, single, b Penn, father b Penn, mother b Penn

Richard Thomas appears to be the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas.

1900 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
327/339
Thomas Thomas, head, w, m, Nov 1876, 26, married 2 yrs, b Wales, father b Wales, mother b Wales, Imm 1880, day labor
Elizabeth, wife, w, f, Nov 1876, 26, married 2 yrs, b Penn, father b Ger., mother b Ger.
age and date as listed in census record

1920 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
392/417
518 Hazle Street
Elizabeth Thomas, head, rents, f, w, 46, widow, b Penn, father b Mertelbush, Ger., mother b Hamburg, Ger.
washerwoman
Frank, son, w, m, 18, single, b Penn, father b Wales, mother b Penn
Richard, son, w, m, 13, single, b Penn, father b Wales, mother b Penn
Dorothy, daughter, w, f, 8, single, b Penn, father b Wales, mother b Penn

Thomas Thomas appears to be the son of Hiram and Emma Thomas.

1880 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
55/57
Hiram Thomas, self, w, m, 30, married, laborer, b Wales, father b Wales, mother b Wales
Emma, wife, w, f, 29, married, keeping house, b Wales, father b Wales, mother b Wales
Thomas, son, w, m, 7, single, b Wales, father b Wales, mother b Wales
Edath, daughter, w, f, 5, single, b Wales, father b Wales, mother b Wales

Don't know if this is the same family or not, but Hiram appears to the be son of Richard and Mary Thomas.

1851 Merthyr Tydfil, County Glamorgan, Wales
37 Pullyhwyad
Richard Thomas, head, married, age 23, coal miner, born Dowlais, Glamorganshire
Mary, wife, age 31, born Carmarthenshire
John, son, age 9, born Dowlais, Glamorganshire
Alice, daughter, age 4, born Pen G. Danea
Thomas, son, age 7, born Pen G. Danea
Hiram, son, age 2, born Pullyhwyad, Glamorganshire
David, son, age 3 months, born Pullyhywad, Glamorganshire

1861Lower Merthyr Tydfil, County Glamorgan, Wales
9
6 Bradley Row
Mary Thomas, head, widow, age 40, following mine, born Llungadug, Carmarthen
Thomas, son, age 17, coal miner, born Merthyr, Glamorgan
Alice, daughter, age 15, filling mine, born Merthyr, Glamorgan
Hiram, son, age 13, coal miner, born Merthyr, Glamorgan
David, son, age 11, doorboy, b Merthyr, Glamorgan
Morgan, son, age 8, born Merthyr, Glamorgan
Cecelia, daughte, age 5, born Merthyr, Glamorgan

1871 Lower Merthyr Tydfil, County Glamorgan, Wales
77
86 Plymouth Street
Hiram Thomas, lodger, unmarried, age 27, iron stone miner, born Neath, Glamorgan
my note: living near an Emma Bonner, daughter of William Bonner.

1871 Lower Merthyr Tydfil, County Glamorgan, Wales
70
91 Plymouth Street
William Bonner, head, married, age 59, laborer, born Carmarthenshire
Mary, wife, married, age 57, born Carmarthenshire
Emma, daughter, unmarried, age 20, born Merthyr, Glamorgan
Benjamin, son, unmarried, age 13, coal miner, born Merthyr, Glamorgan

Any help confirming or refuting this information much appreciated.

Cheers, Michael
Kent Island, Maryland

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