Thomas family on St Helena S. Atlantic

[Digas1]

Hello,

What a lovely surprise!  I have followed Owen J Thomas (brother of my G Grandmother) from St Helena to Boston, Mass. USA and through 2 more generations.  Owen's son Robert E. Thomas b1880 Mass. m Florence R. and Robert's son Gordon E. Thomas b c1902.  I haven't got any further on this line.  Any information would be gratefully received and I will of course share any of my information that I can.

Digas1

[earthlysparky]

Hello there!

I don't suppose you have a copy of Neil Walklate's article on William Thomas? I've got as far back as William's parents and 4 (?) siblings 

In terms of the line your following, I may be able to help a tiny bit:

Owen's son Robert Evan Thomas b1880 Mass. (tracked up until 1930)
 Florence R. Hurlburt b around Dec 1880 in Nova Scotia to George (b 1852)& Anna Hurlburt (b 1854)

 Gordon Evan Thomas b 13/3/1906 Los Angeles, California
d 15/9/1984 Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

m Marjorie Elizabeth Gower (date currently unconfirmed)
b 1907 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d 1990 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

They have a surviving son, grand-daughter, and great-grandson.

[Digas1]

Hi EarthlySparky,

Sorry for the delay in replying.  I had to contact Neil for his permission to send you his article as obviously the copyright is his.  He has no objection on the condition that the article is not published.  As I don't know how to send via this site will you give me your email address (via a PM?) and I'll get the file to you. 

I would also much appreciate your sources for the information you've sent.  I record everything within Family Tree Maker with source information so that in the future any alterations can be made easily and correctly.

My info on Owen was from the US Census forms.

Regards,

Digas1

[earthlysparky]

Hiya Di

That's wonderful news. And thanks so much for taking the trouble to contact Neil. I really do appreciate it.

My sources were mainly US census, just tracking the names and dates, and cross referencing. I also use Family Tree Maker, so could prob send you GEDCOMs...once I've figured out how to do it!

[earthlysparky]

Well!
First of all, a huge thanks to Digas for all her help and additional info. It has been invaluable.

So, now we are left with a few gaps.

William Thomas of Coity had two sons; Evan and Owen.
Owen married Sarah Gentry (Ghentry) and had 5 children:
Martha Ann Rebecca (1/1/1847 - 13/8/1861)
Richard William (12/8/1851 - 13/8/1861)
Elizabeth Mary (21/1/1856 - ? )
Louisa Ann Maria (19/1/1860 - ? )
and my great-grandfather Albert James (6/11/1865 - 20/3/1931, m 4/8/1917)

I notice that the two elder children both died on the same day. Some sort of accident? Or contagious disease?
I can find no trace of what happened to the surviving sisters, and have precious little info about Albert prior to 1917.

Any help/info or ideas would be gratefully received