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Johannes Wendel Thoma, Sr.

Also Known As: "Thoma/Thomas/Tomas", "John Thomas or Johannes Thoma"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Neuenbürg, Kraichtal, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
Death: 1728 (42-43)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Albrecht Thoma and Anna Barbara Thoma
Husband of Anna Maria Thoma Kafer
Father of Hans Wendel Thomas, Jr; Ursula Thomas, Infant; Anna Magdalena Schmidt; Margaret Aylor and Michael Thomas, Sr.
Brother of Carolus Thoma; Johann Conrad Thoma and Johann Martin Thoma
Half brother of Ursula Barbara Thoma and Anna Maria Thomas

Occupation: Bauer (Farmer)
Managed by: Ivy Jo Smith
Last Updated:

About Johannes Wendel Thoma, Sr.

Biography

Johannes Thoma, Sr. was born on December 20, 1685 in Neuenbürg, Baden, Germany and was baptized on December 20, 1685 in Neuenbürg, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. His parents were Albrecht Thoma and Barbara Thoma (unk). He was a Bauer.

Johannes married Anna Maria Thoma Kafer (Blanckenbühler) on November 18, 1711 in Neuenbürg, Baden (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Together they had the following 5 children:

  1. Hans Wendel Thomas;
  2. Ursula Thomas, Infant;
  3. Anna Magdalena Schmidt (Thomas);
  4. Margaret Aylor (Thomas);
  5. Michael Thomas.

He died between 1720 and 1721 in Virginia.

Notes
Member of the 1717 or Second Germanna Colony from Neuenbürg, Baden (Germany)

Sources
[S0041539] Before Germanna #2: The Ancestry of the Clore, Kaifer and Thomas Families, Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990).
p 33 name given as Johann Thomas, p 34 name given as John Thomas, p35-37

[S0040710] Anna Barbara Schoen, Margaret James Squires, (Beyond Germanna, 1, no. 3, (May 1989)), p 22.
name Johann Thoma

[S0042219] Second Germanna Colony of 1717, (Name: The Germanna Record #6, Memorial Foundation of the GermannaColonies in Virginia, June 1965;), p 40-45.
name given as ___ Thomas

[S0042643] The Widow Thomas, John Blankenbaker, (Name: Beyond Germanna, Volume 4 No. 3, May 1992, p 201-203;), p 201.

[S0041550] Before Germanna #3: The Ancestry of the Blankenbaker, Fleshman and Slucter Families, Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990).
p 16 name given as Johannes [John] Thomas, p 17 name given as JohnThomas, p 18 name given as Johannes Thoma[s], p 21

[S0041839] Ortssippenbuch Oberöwisheim 1648-1900 und Neuenbürg 1785-1900, Karl Diefenbacher and Klaus Rössler, (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Zentralstell für Personen- und Familiengeschichte, 1995), p 549.

[S0041539] Before Germanna #2: The Ancestry of the Clore, Kaifer and Thomas Families, Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990), p 37.
date 30 Dec 1685

[S0041839] Ortssippenbuch Oberöwisheim 1648-1900 und Neuenbürg 1785-1900, Karl Diefenbacher and Klaus Rössler, (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Zentralstell für Personen- und Familiengeschichte, 1995), p 549.
date 20.12.1685

[S0041550] Before Germanna #3: The Ancestry of the Blankenbaker, Fleshman and Slucter Families, Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990).
p 17 date given as before 1724

[S0041550] Before Germanna #3: The Ancestry of the Blankenbaker, Fleshman and Slucter Families, Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990), 18, 21.

[S0040710] Anna Barbara Schoen, Margaret James Squires, (Beyond Germanna, 1, no. 3, (May 1989)), 22.

[S0041539] Before Germanna #2: The Ancestry of the Clore, Kaifer and Thomas Families, Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990), 35-36.

[S0041839] Ortssippenbuch Oberöwisheim 1648-1900 und Neuenbürg 1785-1900, Karl Diefenbacher and Klaus Rössler, (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Zentralstell für Personen- und Familiengeschichte, 1995), 549.

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Johannes Wendel Thoma, Sr.'s Timeline

1685
December 20, 1685
Neuenbürg, Kraichtal, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
December 20, 1685
Neuenbürg, Kraichtal, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1712
April 17, 1712
Kraichtal, Karlsruhe, BW, Germany
1714
November 8, 1714
Neuenbürg, Baden (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
1715
November 24, 1715
Neuenbürg, Baden (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
1718
1718
Virginia
1720
1720
Virginia, Colonial America
1728
1728
Age 42
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
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Virginia, United States