MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas (b. 1950s) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

MaryAnn Thomas formerly Ford aka McFarland, Nelson

Born 1950s.

Ancestors

Sister of Herbert Harry Bell Jr. [half], Mary Louise (Ford) Wagner [half], [private sister (1940s - unknown)] [half], [private sister (1940s - unknown)] [half], [private brother (1950s - unknown)] and David Ford

Descendants

Mother of [private daughter (1970s - unknown)], [private daughter (1970s - unknown)], [private son (1980s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]

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Profile last modified 13 Jan 2022 | Created 21 Apr 2019 | Last significant change: 12 Jan 2022

14:41: MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas edited the Biography for MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas. (Aded addition bio info, removed several not current team project notices) [Thank MaryAnn for this]

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements

Biography

MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Feb 2, 1981-Feb. 3, 1987

Descendant of several Magna Carta Surety Barons.

MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas is a member of Clan Crawford.

MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas is a member of Clan Wallace.

MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas is a member of Clan Stewart.

Descendant of PGM migrant John Throckmorton, Sr.

Descendant of PGM migrant Moses Cleveland.

Descendant of PGM migrant Richard Higgins.

Descendant of PGM migrant John Meigs.

Early Life

I was born 30 Jul 1952 in Colorado Springs El Paso Colorado. I was the first child of my parents' marriage. I have 2 full blood brothers, I also have 3 half-blood sisters from my father and 1 half-blood brother from my mother.

Family

I have four children, 3 girls and 1 boy. I have 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Military Service

I am a veteran of the United States Army and was honorably discharged with a rank of PFC. My MOS was Patient Care Specialist. After basic training, advanced basic training, and on the job training, I earned the Distinguished Honor Graduate award, #1 of 101 in the class. I worked in the ER of Fort Carson CO hospital and was the NCOIC of Dermatology Clinic.

Occupation and Volunteer Work

I have done a wide range of volunteer service including 20 years as a researcher for the Local History Center, several years of taking photos of headstones, several years of hosting the Fremont County CO GenWeb page.

Hobbies and Interest

genealogy, reading

Religion and Spiritual Legacy

I am Roman Catholic and a Benedictine Oblate.

Later Life and Present

I am now retired and live with my husband of 39 years. I continue to work my genealogy, reading, but have mostly ended my volunteering life.

Death, Burial, and Death Cause

Timeline

Research Notes

Sources

Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between [[Ford-12624|MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas|] GEDmatch TH3680336 and her brother David Ford GEDmatch KE2321789. Their most-recent common ancestors are their parents Everett Ford and Bessie Brown. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.2, based on sharing 2654.8 cM across 46 segments.

First-hand information. Entered by MaryAnn Ford at registration.

Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Collection Name: Population Schedules and Statistical Rolls: Counties (1953-1979); Reel Number: 43877_343793

Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Collection Name: Population Schedules and Statistical Rolls: Counties (1953-1979); Reel Number: 43877_343810

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Acknowledgements

"To aid WikiTree in the administration of my account should I be incapacitated, or in the event of my death, I hereby give permission for all private profiles I'm managing to be transferred to anyone.

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It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with MaryAnn or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with MaryAnn:

100.00% 100.00% MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas: AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TH3680336 [compare], Ancestry member EmilyD1037 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TH3680336 [compare], FTDNA kit #B504313
50.00% 50.00% David Ford : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KE2321789 [compare], Ancestry member david_ford25

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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about MaryAnn:

MaryAnn Thomas is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jul 15, 2019.
DNA evidence for Wiki? Jul 2, 2019.
MaryAnn Thomas is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jun 5, 2019.

Comments: 28

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Mindy Silva

Hi MaryAnn,

I hope you can make it tomorrow for the second full day of the Source-a-Thon!

Mindy ~ Team Virginia

posted Oct 06, 2019 by Mindy Silva

Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Thanks for joining the Magna Carta Project as a badged member and for becoming the Gateway Guardian for John Throckmorton. I've edited the Magna Carta Project section on his profile.

posted Jul 21, 2019 by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
edited Feb 02, 2020 by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Maggie N.

Hi MaryAnn, thanks for joining.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Holocaust

posted Jul 16, 2019 by Maggie N.

James Stratman

Thank you Mary Ann for your message on my page. I"m sure we are distant cousins through the Chatfields. When I discovered my connection to Louisa Alcott I watched the series, LIttle Men. I never read any of her works before. Also, thank you for your service to our nation. :) - James

posted Jul 13, 2019 by James Stratman

William Foster Jr

Welcome to Project Virginia!

posted Jul 11, 2019 by William Foster Jr

Abby (Brown) Glann

Welcome to the Connectors Project! Be sure to check out the Connectors project page to see some of what we do, our To-Do lists which have folks who need connected to our Global Tree, and please add the connectors tag to your G2G feed. We've also got a great sub-project, Connectors Chat, where we talk about what we're working on and where we'd like to help out. If you're new to making connections and want some simplified connections to work on, look at our Connecting Buddies page. Thanks for joining us!

posted Jul 10, 2019 by Abby (Brown) Glann

Mary Richardson

Thanks Mary Ann for Tackling OK Bombing..

mary

posted Jul 04, 2019 by Mary Richardson

Amy (Crawford) Gilpin

Hi MaryAnn

Thank you for joining the Crawford Name Study! We're glad to have you aboard.

Amy Gilpin Crawford Name Study Leader

posted Jul 02, 2019 by Amy (Crawford) Gilpin

Pip Sheppard

Hi MaryAnn!

Congratulations on making more than 1,000 contributions to WikiTree for the Month of May. We all appreciate your efforts to make our Shared Tree the best it can be. Keep up the great work and THANK YOU!