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Thomas / Toma Family Name

Last updated Feb-2009
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Probable Origins & Usage

  • Perhaps Kennebec
  • a French name
  • found as a family name and a personal name

Spellings & Alternate Names

  • Toma - the Abenaki form of the name
  • Thoma
  • Tomer
  • Tomah
  • Tomaquois (Beaver) at Bécancour
  • St. Aubin

Places Family is Found

  • Odanak
  • Viger
  • Bécancour
  • Penobscot

Earliest Occurrences of the Name

  • 1724 Soctomah (Jacques Thomas) was at Norridgewock.
  • 1770 Joseph Thomas signed a document.
  • 1776 Guilliume Tamasse married at Bécancour.
  • 1805 Marguerite Thomas was a godmother at Odanak.
  • 1822 Noel Thomas married at Trois Pistoles, Quebec.
  • 1829 Joseph Tamakoua baptized at Bécancour.
  • 1839 Louis Thomas was a member of a Maliseet delegation.
  • 1844 Jean Baptiste Thomas married at Van Buren, ME.

Notes

A common family name appearing in many places and associated with many Wabanaki bands. A very difficult surname to follow in records since it's usage flips between given name and family name frequently.

Biographies, Photos, Artifacts, Genealogies, etc.

  • unknown or not yet researched
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