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Family History & Genealogy

The Thomas Family

2,936 documented Thomas ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

2,936Documented ancestors
1821Earliest record
8Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Thomas

A documented family surname appearing throughout the public record, traced here through census, vital, and cemetery records.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Thomas families we’ve reconstructed

Real Thomas family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

Henry Thomasdate unknown
Richmond County, North Carolina
Henry Thomas Esther Thomas
childrenDaniel Thomas · William Thomas · Henry Thomas · Elijah Thomas · Joseph Thomas · Robert Thomas · John Thomas · Jane Thomas · Rachel Thomas
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Hancock County, Ohio
Mollie Thomas Mr. Newcomer
childrenMaggie Newcomer · Henry Newcomer · Clint Newcomer · Francis Diana Newcomer · Jess Newcomer · Louis Newcomer · Sadie Newcomer
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Richmond County, North Carolina
parentsHenry Thomas & Esther Thomas
John Thomas Eliza Jane Dunn
childrenSophia E. Thomas · Cynthia P. Thomas · John H. Thomas · Lizzie C. Thomas · James R. Thomas
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Mary Jane Thomasdate unknown
Hancock County, Ohio
parentsJacob Thomas
Mary Jane Thomas Peter Deter
childrenAlice Deter · Ida Deter · Laura Deter · Clifford Deter · Charles Deter
Jeremiah Thomasdate unknown
Jeremiah Thomas Frances J. Burge, Margaret J. (West) Harmon
childrenMary E. Thomas · Joseph A. Thomas · Nora E. Thomas · James T. Thomas · Francis J. Thomas
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Cynthia Thomasdate unknown
Delaware County, Ohio
parentsJames Thomas
Cynthia Thomas Crosby Lowry
childrenJohn C. Lowry · William P. Lowry · Hosea L. Lowry · James C. Lowry
Archibald J. Thomas1847 – 1905
Rayne township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania → Stratton, Nebraska
Archibald J. Thomas Emma J. Underhill
childrenGrace Thomas (d. infancy) · Don U. Thomas · Archie R. Thomas
The McCook Tribune, 1905-01-27
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James D. Thomasdate unknown
parentsRev. John Thomas
James D. Thomas
childrenJohn J. Thomas
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Champaign County, Ohio
Ivan B. Thomas Lucretia Burnett
childrenEdward B. Thomas
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Elizabeth Thomasd. 1870
Tennessee → Logan County, Illinois
Elizabeth Thomas James Sides
childrenJohn Sides
Peter Thomasdate unknown
Peter Thomas Eva Bukquah
childrenWilliam Thomas
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Laura E. Thomasdate unknown
Laura E. Thomas Nelson A. Riggin (m. 1871)
childrenTheia Riggin

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The documented line

Thomas ancestors in the record

Deceased Thomas ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Ivan B. Thomas was born in 1832 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
John Thomas
b. 1821
Richmond County, North Carolina
m. Eliza Jane Dunn
Nevis J Thomas
1829 – 1919
Fayette County, Iowa
Ivan B. Thomas
b. 1832
Champaign County, Ohio
m. Lucretia Burnett
Seran J Thomas
1832 – 1870
Fayette County, Iowa
William Thomas
1833 – 1918
Montgomery County, Iowa
Arline Thomas
1839 – 1890
Montgomery County, Iowa
Cynthia Thomas
1839 – 1895
Montgomery County, Iowa
Sophia E. Thomas
b. 1845
Noxubee County, Mississippi
m. J. B. P. Day
Cynthia P. Thomas
1847 – 1853
Winter Quarters (Florence, Nebraska)
Archibald J. Thomas
1847 – 1905
Rayne township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania
m. Emma J. Underhill
John H. Thomas
1848 – 1849
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Coe Xy Thomas
1849 – 1929
Iowa
Lizzie C. Thomas
b. 1850
St. Joseph, Missouri
m. A. R. Herrington
William Thomas
b. 1852
Germany
m. Elizabeth Roth
Lobe Thomas
1856 – 1902
Sac County, Iowa
Frank Thomas
1857 – 1918
Montgomery County, Iowa
Alex Thomas
1857 – 1911
Montgomery County, Iowa
Frank Thomas
1860 – 1917
Montgomery County, Iowa
James S Thomas
1862 – 1934
Sac County, Iowa
Andrew J Thomas
1866 – 1937
Montgomery County, Iowa
Henry Thomas
1866 – 1970
Iowa
Milinda Thomas
1867 – 1966
Iowa
Emma Thomas
1868 – 1968
Iowa
Elizabeth Thomas
d. 1870
Tennessee
m. James Sides
Anna Thomas
1871 – 1963
Iowa
Minnie Thomas
1872 – 1969
Iowa
Madge Thomas
1872 – 1972
Iowa
Emma Thomas
1873 – 1966
Iowa
David Thomas
1873 – 1966
Iowa
Seth Thomas
1873 – 1962
Sioux City
Edward Thomas
1874 – 1972
Iowa
Willard Thomas
1874 – 1963
Iowa
Lettie M Thomas
1874 – 1971
Iowa
Edward B. Thomas
b. 1875
Champaign County, Ohio
Elizabeth Thomas
1875 – 1976
Iowa
William Thomas
1875 – 1963
Iowa
Henry Thomas
1875 – 1963
Iowa
May Thomas
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Emma O Thomas
1876 – 1971
Iowa
Off Thomas
1876 – 1964
Iowa
David Thomas
1876 – 1970
Iowa
Grace Thomas
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Mary Thomas
1876 – 1970
Iowa
Abram Owen Thomas
1876 – 1931
Iowa City
Clarence Thomas
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Evan Thomas
1878 – 1973
Iowa
R Thomas
1878 – 1976
Iowa
Stella P Thomas
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Warren Thomas
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Eva Thomas
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Amanda Thomas
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Lehi Thomas
1879 – 1966
Iowa
William Thomas
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Amy Thomas
1879 – 1973
Iowa
Ira Thomas
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Grant Thomas
1879 – 1971
Iowa
Alberta R Thomas
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Eva Thomas
1879 – 1972
Iowa
Elizabeth Thomas
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Ge Be Thomas
1880 – 1920
Guthrie County, Iowa
Albert Thomas
1880 – 1963
Iowa
Obed Thomas
1880 – 1963
Iowa
Miriam Thomas
1880 – 1985
Iowa
Bertha Thomas
1880 – 1968
Iowa
Lena Thomas
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Bertha Thomas
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Walter Thomas
1880 – 1972
Iowa
Grace Thomas
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Bertie Thomas
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Genevieve Thomas
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Mertie Thomas
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Seth Thomas
1881 – 1964
Iowa
C Thomas
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Mabelle Thomas
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Enoch Thomas
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Alex Thomas
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Luella R Thomas
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Kathleen Thomas
1882 – 1978
Iowa
Alfred Thomas
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Manly Thomas
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Clyde Thomas
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Helen Thomas
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Johny Thomas
1882 – 1976
Iowa
Charles Thomas
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Theodore Thomas
1882 – 1979
Iowa
Gaius Thomas
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Gay Thomas
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Ellice Thomas
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Jessie Thomas
1882 – 1977
Iowa
Dora Thomas
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Juanita Thomas
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Frank W Thomas
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Nellie Thomas
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Henry Thomas
1883 – 1972
Iowa
Ida Thomas
1883 – 1981
Iowa
Laura Thomas
1883 – 1984
Iowa
Lawrence Thomas
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Clayton Thomas
1883 – 1963
Iowa
William Thomas
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Charles Thomas
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Guy Thomas
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Katie Thomas
1884 – 1976
Iowa
Sarah Thomas
1884 – 1963
Iowa
Olin Thomas
1884 – 1972
Iowa
Mary Thomas
1884 – 1975
Iowa
Amelia Thomas
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Manna Thomas
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Beryl Thomas
1885 – 1973
Iowa
George Thomas
1885 – 1968
Iowa
Mary Thomas
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Frank Thomas
1885 – 1965
Iowa
John Thomas
1885 – 1981
Iowa
Otho Thomas
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Hattie Thomas
1885 – 1979
Iowa
Harry Thomas
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Mary Thomas
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Pearl Thomas
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Isabel Thomas
1885 – 1976
Iowa
Grace Thomas
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Beatrice Thomas
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Katie Thomas
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Jessie Thomas
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Carrie Thomas
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Eva Thomas
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Fern Thomas
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Newton Thomas
1885 – 1976
Iowa
Edward Thomas
1885 – 1973
Iowa
George Thomas
1886 – 1966
Iowa
John Thomas
1886 – 1973
Iowa
Joseph Thomas
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Bertha Thomas
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Edward Thomas
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Maude Thomas
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Ira Thomas
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Ida Thomas
1886 – 1962
Iowa
Elva Thomas
1886 – 1976
Iowa
Charles Thomas
1886 – 1962
Iowa
Elbert Thomas
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Willis Thomas
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Grace Thomas
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Mary Thomas
1886 – 1975
Iowa
Elizabeth Thomas
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Charlotte Thomas
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Blanche Thomas
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Harry Thomas
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Minnie Thomas
1886 – 1979
Iowa
Bertha Thomas
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Ledelia Thomas
1886 – 1975
Iowa
Ida Mae Thomas
1887 – 1952
Linn County, Iowa
Dama Thomas
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Gertrude Thomas
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Edythe Thomas
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Sylvia Thomas
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Cora Thomas
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Edith Thomas
1887 – 1972
Iowa
Emma Thomas
1887 – 1978
Iowa
Mamie Thomas
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Christina Thomas
1887 – 1967
Iowa
Andrew Thomas
1887 – 1972
Iowa
Charles Thomas
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Robert Thomas
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Anna Thomas
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Colin Thomas
1887 – 1973
Iowa
George Thomas
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Carrie Thomas
1887 – 1975
Iowa
Hazel Thomas
1887 – 1963
Iowa
Clyde Thomas
1887 – 1984
Iowa
William Thomas
1887 – 1965
Iowa
Gwen Thomas
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Florence Thomas
1887 – 1979
Iowa
William W. Thomas
1888 – 1918
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Affred Thomas
1888 – 1952
Linn County, Iowa
Frederick Thomas
1888 – 1966
Iowa
Arthur Thomas
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Benjamin Thomas
1888 – 1964
Iowa
Ethel Thomas
1888 – 1975
Iowa
Grace Thomas
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Bertha Thomas
1888 – 1974
Iowa
Merril Thomas
1888 – 1978
Iowa
Lillie A Thomas
1888 – 1990
Iowa
Albert Thomas
1888 – 1974
Iowa
Clarence Thomas
1888 – 1963
Iowa
Edna Thomas
1888 – 1975
Iowa
Martha Thomas
1888 – 1974
Iowa
Bessie Thomas
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Leah Thomas
1888 – 1981
Iowa
Mary Thomas
1888 – 1962
Iowa
Harris Thomas
1888 – 1968
Iowa
Hanna Thomas
1888 – 1966
Iowa
Grace Thomas
1888 – 1971
Iowa
Paul Thomas
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Carl Thomas
1888 – 1963
Iowa
Ray Thomas
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Emma Thomas
1888 – 1980
Iowa
Agnes Thomas
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Jay Thomas
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Otto Thomas
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Mary Thomas
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Alfred R Thomas
1889 – 1966
Iowa
Jessie Thomas
1889 – 1981
Iowa
Alpharetta Thomas
1889 – 1967
Iowa
Martha Thomas
1889 – 1964
Iowa
Sarah Thomas
1889 – 1980
Iowa
Nancy Thomas
1889 – 1980
Iowa
Nelle Thomas
1889 – 1964
Iowa
Otto Thomas
1889 – 1964
Iowa
Stella Thomas
1889 – 1970
Iowa
May Thomas
1889 – 1983
Iowa
Maude Thomas
1889 – 1969
Iowa
Carl Thomas
1889 – 1980
Iowa
Edgar Thomas
1889 – 1965
Iowa
Florence Thomas
1889 – 1984
Iowa
Charles Thomas
1889 – 1973
Iowa
Grace Thomas
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Manning Thomas
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Minnie M Thomas
1889 – 1967
Iowa
Eliza A Thomas
1889 – 1970
Iowa
Richard Thomas
1889 – 1965
Iowa
Roy Thomas
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Edith Thomas
1889 – 1976
Iowa
Charles Thomas
1889 – 1976
Iowa
Lawrence Thomas
1889 – 1974
Iowa
Don Thomas
1889 – 1981
Iowa
Walter Thomas
1889 – 1980
Iowa
Lorina Thomas
1889 – 1973
Iowa
Floyd Thomas
1889 – 1970
Iowa
L Thomas
1889 – 1971
Iowa
Millie Thomas
1889 – 1979
Iowa
Edith Thomas
1889 – 1978
Iowa
Harry Thomas
1889 – 1974
Iowa
Herbert G Thomas
1890 – 1918
Montgomery County, Iowa
Theodore Thomas
1890 – 1979
Iowa
Millard Thomas
1890 – 1962
Iowa
Merton Thomas
1890 – 1977
Iowa
Pearl Thomas
1890 – 1977
Iowa
Ivon Thomas
1890 – 1962
Iowa
Roy Thomas
1890 – 1970
Iowa
Ray Thomas
1890 – 1969
Iowa
Perle Thomas
1890 – 1975
Iowa
May Thomas
1890 – 1976
Iowa
Charles Thomas
1890 – 1969
Iowa
Erma Thomas
1890 – 1969
Iowa
Anna Thomas
1890 – 1980
Iowa
Ben Thomas
1890 – 1970
Iowa
William Thomas
1890 – 1972
Iowa
Louise Thomas
1890 – 1983
Iowa
Mae Thomas
1890 – 1980
Iowa
Ralph Thomas
1890 – 1976
Iowa
Lillian Thomas
1890 – 1983
Iowa
Helen Thomas
1890 – 1971
Iowa
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Common questions

Thomas genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Thomas surname come from?

A documented family surname appearing throughout the public record, traced here through census, vital, and cemetery records.

How far back does the Thomas family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1821. Most Thomas lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Thomas family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Thomas family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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