Chief Alex Tomma

ALEX TOMMA (OTHERWISE ALEX THOMAS, OR ALEXANDER THOMAS)

Chief of the Kamloops Indian Band: Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc

Chief Alex Tomma is the son of Chief Phillip Tomma (Otherwise Phillip Thomas), and his wife Lucy. He was born at Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada, on 5 June 1899 [British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL1C-KMV

Chief of the Kamloops Indian Band

1939-52 and 1951-61 [Kamloops Indian Band Timeline] http://www.tkemlupsbusiness.ca/downloads/timeline.pdf

Death and Burial

Chief Alex Tomma died on 27 May 1980, at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. His son, Clement Philip Thomas, reported his death to the district registrar on 27 May 1980. Chief Alex Tomma was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Kamloops [British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL1C-KMV

Marriage

Chief Alex Tomma married Lucy Rose Fortier at the Chu Chua North Thompson Reserve in British Columbia, Canada, on 23 May 1920 [British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDZY-RJD

Children

(1) Lawrence Thomas

(2) James Thomas

(3) Margaret Tomma

(4) Josephine Thomas

(5) Rose Alex Tomma

(6) Clement Philip Thomas