THOMAS, David Reece

1892 - 1963  (71 years)

• Name	THOMAS, David Reece
  Birth	19 Feb 1892	Grangetown, Yorkshire (North Riding), England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Dec 1963	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  Person ID	I9252	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	THOMAS, David,   b. 1856, Whitwood, Yorkshire, England d. 1938 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	WHITE, Mary Jane,   b. 8 Sep 1860, Whitwood, Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WELSH, Mary Ellen,   b. 9 Aug 1899, Grangetown, Yorkshire (North Riding), England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Aug 1920	Grangetown, Yorkshire (North Riding), England
  Children	1. THOMAS, Mary   d. Bef 1963   2. THOMAS, Joseph Patrick.,   b. 21 Dec 1923, Grangetown, Yorkshire (North Riding), England d. Oct 1984 (Age 60 years)   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F3194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The following is from Jim White, a descendent of David Reece Thomas' sister Gwenllian. "In 1926 he emigrated to the US, where he was followed the next year by his wife and two surviving children. They set up home in Chicago, with another child, Ellen, being born in 1933. One son, James, died of bone cancer in his teens. The two remaining children grow up to hold successful positions - Joe in the commercial gas industry and recognised as an authority, testifying on a number of occasions before Congress. Married, he had six children, all of whom are either lawyers, or engineers, or teachers and, apart from two, live in the Chicago suburbs. Joe died suddenly while on business in New York. I am in contact with Ellen, she having been over here several times and I have visited Chicago. I also keep in touch with Joe´s granddaughter, Rebecca, who is just going up to college. All are interested in FH. "