Anyone have any information on a Lightfoot Thomas.

Question

The name Lightfoot is the wife of one of my Thomas ancestors, does anyone have anything on her?

Comments

That isn't nearly enough information for people to start searching. Is Lightfoot a given name or a surname? What's the timeframe? Where did they live?

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A Google search returns only name Thomas Lightfoot; none with a given name of Lightfoot. I ran across a living person named Wanda Lightfoot Thomas. That makes me wonder if your ancestor had a middle or second name memorializing the surname of one of her antecedents, and that her given name is not know by you.

As Deb said, information giving at the least approximate time she lived, where she lived, spouse's or childrens' names - all this will help us investigate your question.

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If her married last name was Thomas, what was her maiden name?

familysearch.org has some named Lightfoot Thomas, but they are male.

Answer 1

Is this the Lightfoot Thomas you are asking about?

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:npg_SSSA1890

Isabella Lightfoot Hayes Thomas

ARTIST:

Unidentified Artist

SITTER:

Isabella Lightfoot Hayes Thomas

TYPE:

Painting

TOPIC:

Isabella Lightfoot Hayes Thomas: Female

Portrait

OBJECT NUMBER:

SSSA1890

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Catalog of American Portraits

DATA SOURCE:

Catalog of American Portraits

Comments

Possibly the L in Isabella L Thomas' stands for Lightfoot.

Isabella L Thomas

United States Census, 1940

Name	Isabella L Thomas
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1940
Event Place	Ward 24, Rochester, Rochester City, Monroe, New York, United States
Sex	Female
Age	31
Marital Status	Married
Race (Original)	White
Race	White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Wife
Relationship to Head of Household	Wife
Birthplace	New York
Birth Year (Estimated)	1909
Last Place of Residence	Same House

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
William H Thomas	Head	M	34	New York
Isabella L Thomas	Wife	F	31	New York
Lois M Thomas	Daughter	F	9	New York
William A Thomas	Son	M	5	New York
Richard L Thomas	Son	M	2	New York

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United States Census, 1940

District	65-378
Family Number	372
Sheet Number and Letter	21A
Line Number	26
Affiliate Publication Number	T627
Affiliate Film Number	2852
Digital Folder Number	005459431
Image Number	00880

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K316-DGJ : accessed 20 September 2017), Isabella L Thomas in household of William H Thomas, Ward 24, Rochester, Rochester City, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-378, sheet 21A, line 26, family 372, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2852.

 

Answer 2

Isabella L. Hayes Thomas

Birth: Mar. 27, 1818Death: Dec. 22, 1891
 
Family links: 
 Spouse:
  Stevens Thomas (1814 - 1891)*
 
 Children:
  Paulina Thomas Adams (1848 - 1876)*
 
*Calculated relationship
 Burial:
Oconee Hill Cemetery 
Athens
Clarke County
Georgia, USA
Plot: EH 85 
Created by: Ed Saye
Record added: Dec 10, 2008 
Find A Grave Memorial# 32095967

Comments

Added by: Ed Saye

Added by: Ed Saye

Cemetery Photo Added by: Helen