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James Owen Thomas 1887 – 1943 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1887

Birth Location: Illinois

Death Date: 19 Apr 1943

Death Location: Chicago, Illinois

Father: James Thomas

Mother: Cornelia Breeding

Spouse(s): Cecil Wetzel

Children(s): Eleanor Thomas, Richard Thomas

James Owen Thomas was born in 1887 in Illinois, the child of James Hyatt Thomas and Cornelia Merritt Breeding. James Owen Thomas later married Cecil Ione Wetzel, and together they raised children including Eleanor Elizabeth Thomas and Richard Glenn Thomas. In 1943, James Owen Thomas passed away in Chicago, Illinois.

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Parents

James Thomas
1857 – 1926
Birth Location: Bellmore, Ind
JT
Cornelia Breeding
1855 – 1933
Birth Location: Paris, IL
CB

Spouses(s)

Cecil Wetzel
1890 – 1987
Birth Location: Illinois
CW

Children(s)

Eleanor Thomas
1914 – 2005
Birth Location: Moweaqua, Illinois
ET
Richard Thomas
1915 – 1962
Birth Location: Illinois
RT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 29 Oct 1887
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Roll: ; Local board: Bourbonnais , Illinois., Year: 1920; Census Place: Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois; Roll: T625_299; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 13; Image: ., Year: 1930; Census Place: Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: ., Registration Location: Christian County, Illinois; Roll: 1504088; Draft Board: 0., Year: 1900; Census Place: Richland, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: T623_345; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 120., Year: 1910; Census Place: Shelbyville Ward 2, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Strasburg village, Shelby, Illinois
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Richland, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: T623_345; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 120.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Shelbyville Ward 2, Shelby, Illinois
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Shelbyville Ward 2, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois; Roll: T625_299; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 13; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bourbonnais, Illinois
    Record Source: U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Roll: ; Local board: Bourbonnais , Illinois.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Christian, Illinois
    Record Source: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Christian County, Illinois; Roll: 1504088; Draft Board: 0.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Apr 1943
    Event Place: Chicago, Illinois
    Record Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
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