1927 - 1953 (25 years)
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Name |
Richard David "Dick" Thomas |
Birth |
23 Dec 1927 |
Corcoran, Kings, Co., CA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
24 Sep 1953 |
Killed in the line of duty; burial: Arbor Vitae Cem., Madera, Madera Co., CA |
Person ID |
I5277 |
forneyclark |
Last Modified |
12 Apr 2024 |
Father |
Raymond Clark Thomas, Sr., b. 5 May 1898, Bloomington, Monroe Co., IN d. 20 May 1928 (Age 30 years) |
Mother |
Lottie Weeth, b. 18 Jan 1905, Iowa Park, Wichita Co., TX d. 20 Jul 1950, Fresno Co., CA (Age 45 years) |
Marriage |
23 Feb 1924 |
Family ID |
F2828 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos
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| Weeth, Minnie May (1899-1986) & Martha Haley Weeth (1910-1983) & Richard David "Dick" Thomas (b. 1927) & Phillip "Hugh" "Phil" Toney (1890-1971) & Georgia Cecil Weeth (1917- 2013) & Gertrude Luthera "Trudy" Weeth (1914-2007) & Ruby Rae Weeth (1901-1960) & Peter A. "Pete" Kamilos (1890-1962) & Myrtle May Johnson (1879-1968) & Ambrose King Ellett (b.1898)& Lottie Weeth (1905-1950) & Eugene "Gene" Weeth (1897-1950) & Anna Katharina "Katie" "Annie" Bietz (1898-1998)
Group/ Weeth photo #1 was taken about 1929 and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. Included (adults, back row, L-R) are Minnie May Weeth Toney & Martha Haley Weeth Ross & Richard David "Dick" Thomas & Phillip "Hugh" "Phil" Toney & Georgia Cecil Weeth Trimble Ross & Gertrude Luthera "Trudy" Weeth Pinneo & Ruby Rae Weeth Kamilos & Peter A. "Pete" Kamilos & Myrtle May Johnson Weeth & Ambrose King Ellett & Lottie Weeth Thomas Ellett & Eugene "Gene" Weeth & Anna Katharina "Katie" "Annie" Bietz Weeth.
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| Weeth, Martha Haley (1910-1983) & Richard David "Dick" Thomas (b. 1927) & Phillip "Hugh" "Phil" Toney (1890-1971) & Georgia Cecil Weeth (1917- 2013) & Scribner Stevenson Kirk (1909-1996) & Vida June Weeth (1906-1972) & Gertrude Luthera "Trudy" Weeth (1914-2007) & Ruby Rae Weeth (1901-1960) & Peter A. "Pete" Kamilos (1890-1962) & Myrtle May Johnson (1879-1968) & Ambrose King Ellett (b.1898)& Lottie Weeth (1905-1950) & Eugene "Gene" Weeth (1897-1950) & Anna Katharina "Katie" "Annie" Bietz (1898-1998) Group/ Weeth photo #2 was taken about 1929 and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. Included (adults, back row, L-R) are Martha Haley Weeth Ross & Richard David "Dick" Thomas & Phillip "Hugh" "Phil" Toney & Georgia Cecil Weeth Trimble Ross & Scribner Stevenson Kirk & Vida June Weeth Kirk & Gertrude Luthera "Trudy" Weeth Pinneo & Ruby Rae Weeth Kamilos & Peter A. "Pete" Kamilos & Myrtle May Johnson Weeth & Ambrose King Ellett & Lottie Weeth Thomas Ellett & Eugene "Gene" Weeth & Anna Katharina "Katie" "Annie" Bietz Weeth.
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| Weeth, Lottie (1905-1950) & Eugene "Gene" Weeth (1897-1950) & Myrtle May Johnson (1879-1968) & Ambrose King Ellett (b.1898) & Anna Katharina "Katie" "Annie" Bietz (1898-1998) & Bertha M. "Berta" Weeth (1912-1991) & Gertrude Luthera "Trudy" Weeth (1914-2007) & Elise Bertha "Aunt Beth" Busch (1887-1977) & Martha Haley Weeth (1910-1983)
Included (L-R, seated or kneeling) Richard David "Dick" Thomas (1927-1953) & Marjorie Lottie Ellett (1929-1985) & Raymond Clark "Ray" Thomas, Jr. (1926-2014) & unidentified child & Robert Kenneth "Bob" Thomas (b.1925)
Group photo was taken September 9, 1937, and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. This picture includes eighteen family members, 13 standing, 5 sitting or kneeling. Included (L-R, standing) are unidentified man (wearing a tie) & Lottie Weeth Thomas Ellett & Eugene "Gene" Weeth & Myrtle May Johnson Weeth & unidentified man (immediately behind Myrtle) & Ambrose King Ellett & Anna Katharina "Katie" "Annie" Bietz Weeth & unidentified woman & Bertha M. "Berta" Weeth (petite woman with white-collar dress) & Gertrude Luthera "Trudy" Weeth Pinneo & Elise Bertha "Aunt Beth" Busch Weeth & Martha Haley Weeth Ross.
Included (L-R, seated or kneeling) are Richard David "Dick" Thomas & Marjorie Lottie Ellett Romeri Finch & Raymond Clark "Ray" Thomas, Jr. & unidentified child & Robert Kenneth "Bob" Thomas.
We would appreciate any identifications or corrections. |
| Thomas, Robert Kenneth "Bob" (b.1925) & Richard David "Dick" Thomas (1927-1953) & Ambrose King Ellett (b.1898) & Lottie Weeth (1905-1950) & Marjorie Lottie Ellett (1929-1985) & Raymond Clark "Ray" Thomas, Jr. (1926-2014) & Bertha M. "Berta" Weeth (1912-1991) & Elise Bertha "Aunt Beth" Busch (1887-1977)
Group photo was taken September 12, 1937, and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. Included (L-R) are Robert Kenneth "Bob" Thomas & Richard David "Dick" Thomas & Ambrose King Ellett & Lottie Weeth Thomas Ellett & Marjorie Lottie Ellett Romeri Finch & Raymond Clark "Ray" Thomas, Jr. & Bertha M. "Berta" Weeth & Elise Bertha "Aunt Beth" Busch Weeth. |
| Thomas, Richard David (1927-1953)
Individual/ Law Enforcement photo of Richard David Thomas came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. |
| Thomas, Richard David (1927-1953) & Marjorie Lottie Ellett (1929-1985)
2-Persons (brother & sister) photo of (L-R) Richard David Thomas & Marjorie Lottie Ellett Romeri Finch came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. |
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Notes |
- Source:
The Family Tree (from 1736 to January 1965) by Walter William Weeth via Rodney & Margaret Weeth.
Walter William Weeth acknowledges the following family members as contributors to his work: Elise Busch Weeth, Berta Weeth, Andrew Weeth (1839), Carrie Weeth Page, and Gertrude Kappius Weeth.
Name, dates, places
Source:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCF8-MRT
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCF8-MRT : accessed 3 September 2017), Ambrose K Ellett, Corcoran, Kings, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 8B, line 78, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 122; FHL microfilm 2,339,857.
Ambrose K Ellett
United States Census, 1930
Name Ambrose K Ellett
Event Type Census
Event Date 1930
Event Place Corcoran, Kings, California, United States
Gender Male
Age 32
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1898
Birthplace California
Father's Birthplace Texas
Mother's Birthplace California
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 8
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Ambrose K Ellett Head M 32 California
Lottie Ellett Wife F 25 Texas
Robert Thomas Stepson M 5 California
Ray Thomas Stepson M 4 California
Richard Thomas Stepson M 2 California
Marjorie Ellett Daughter F 0 California
Source:
SEE ED SMITH'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=thomas&GSfn=richard&GSmn=d&GSby=1927&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1953&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=38641347&df=all&
Richard David Thomas
Birth: Dec. 23, 1927
California, USA
Death: Sep. 24, 1953
Madera
Madera County
California, USA
Madera Police Department Officer Richard Thomas was shot and killed by a grocery store owner as he and other officers entered his unlocked store to investigate a possible burglary. The officers were unaware that the owner was living in the back of the store. The owner said he opened fire because he thought the officers were burglars.
Officer Thomas was survived by his wife, Wanda Lee Thomas, and is honored at the California State Peace Officer Memorial in Sacramento, CA, and the National Peace Officer Memorial in Washington, D.C., Panel W-8, Line 13.
Burial:
Arbor Vitae Cemetery
Madera
Madera County
California, USA
Plot: Blk: 2, Row: 12, Plot: 18
Created by: Ed Smith
Record added: Jun 22, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38641347
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