Thomas was born in 1895. His parents were
William Henry West and Mary Ann Leybourne. After his father's passing, in 1897, his mother returned to her family in England, taking her minor children, among whom was Thomas, with her. Thomas married Zoe A Moore in England, in 1920.
Sources
"West Family Ties" by Magda (West) Haarhoff. Published by MP Books, a division of Medpharm Publications (Pty) Ltd, PO Box 14804, Lyttelton Manor, Republic of South Africa, 2005 - page 78
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSCJ-2K4 : 21 May 2019), Thomas West in household of Martha Leybourne, West Hartlepool, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Hartlepool subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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