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Biography
Allan Harl Thomas was born in Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi, United States to parents Frank Seldon Thomas and Dorothy Marie Simmons. Dr. Ben Crawford delievered Allan. On the paternal side his relations are the Thomas, Harl, Conerly, Robertson, and Simmons families.[1]
Allan grew up in Walthall County, Mississippi and Cypress, Harris County, Texas. His grandfather picked him up in Houston, Texas and took young Allan home to Mississippi to live with him. He grew up on the Bogue Chitto river on Conerly land. [3] (Allan discussed his genealogy with Richardson-7161 14:18, 29 September 2021 (UTC).
Allan was lucky enough to have many sisters and brothers. See the list on this page to see all of their names. Many are living so will show as unlisted for privacy.
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| Allan in his 20's. |
He lived some years with his grandparents. In 1969 Allan graduated from South Pike High School, Magnolia, Mississippi. [4]
PROFESSIONS
Allan's chosen profession was a Chef. He trained at the NYU Chef School (Culinary Institute of America in New York). He told Mary My best gig was creating and selling Gumbo for $100/gallon. He shared with Mary stories of his years of working for Amtrak. [5]
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| Allan at Amtrak |
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| Gumbo, by Allan |
Allan worked for Amtrak. The positions for Amtrak involved working on train runs from New Orleans to Chicago to New York and Miami, Florida. He worked for Amtrak until he retired.
POSITIONS at AMTRAK
Allan's words to Mary: It started out - I needed benefits and I was a Chef by profession.Then I wanted to be the Bartender on the City of New Orleans Amtrak- THAT WAS FUN!! I worked from New Orleans to Chicago- New York and Miami. [7]
When on the Amtrak trips to Chicago and other cities, Allan sometimes bought a ticket for his mother, Dorothy Marie Simmons, so that she could travel a bit with him. [8]
INTERESTS
Allan's words: My best gig was creating and selling Gumbo for $100/gallon. [9] He shared with Mary stories of his grandmother, the images of paintings, tales of creating collages, and of buying (4 ft tall) plaster Indians which he painted and sold.
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| Aioli Dinner hosted by Allan and friends |
Allan and friends hosted one of the Creole Aioli Dinners, based on the Aioili paintings painted by Georg Rodrigue. His sons were present at the dinner. Aioli Dinners held by Louisiana Creole families and others.
Earlier in life he was an award-winning portrait painter. Allan painted large paintings of the folks that hung around Andy Warhol's Factory- such as Holly Woodlawn- Jackie Curtis - Candy Darling. In the last two y ewars, Allan painted again using the paints and brushes of Ron Damien Garcia, such as swamp scenes and clouds. Mary Garcia has photos of two of the early paintings and two of the last year of painting. Richardson-7161 09:44 PM,10 Sept,2021
Residences
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| Allan. |
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| New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina |
Allan survived the Hurricane Katrina. Allan's New Orleans home was hit hard. He had it repaired, but ended up moving to Mississippi. This is Allan's street in New Orleans after Katrina:
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| New Orleans' street post-Hurricane Katrina |
Hammond, Tangipahoa, Louisiana is the next and last place where Allan lived.
Allan and WikiTree
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| Allan & Dad, genealogy |
WikiTree has lost a valuable member and researcher. Allan Thomas created many profiles, projects, and space pages while on WikiTree, beginning in 2013.
In the years of 2014, 2015, 2016 Allan and Mary Richardson created New Spain Subproject (Nueva Espana) for the original Southern Colonies, which is now inactive. The early Southern Colonies participation for both Nueva Espana (New Spain) and its space spages show his work. The names listed on those space pages may be different, but the changes log records all changes and shows Allan's work.
Examples are:
- New Spain
- Spanish La Florida
- Resources Page Nevada
- Resources Page Utah
- Nuevo Santander
- Province of Coahuila
- Nuevo Leon
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Resource page Baja California
- Resource Page New Mexico
- Arizona Resource Page
- Durango
- Texas
- Military and War Project
- CHOCTAW TROOPS, War of 1812
- 12th and 13th Consolidated Louisiana Regiment
- 1st Battalion of Free Men of Color
- Defenders of the Alamo profiles
- Space pages for the Texas Project
On WikiTree, Allan was a Ranger, a member of the original US Southern Colonies Project, the War of 1812 Project, the Creek Indian Project, the Military and War Project, Military and War Google Group, United States History Project (Texas) and some of the south Texas counties as well as Southern Pioneers project. He wrote many profiles as well as space pages.
Allan Thomas also participated in the Original Profile of the Week 2014 and the Roll of Honor Military Showcase Profiles. In this he won nominations and profiles won the showcase profile award.
- John Thomas winner,
- Emil Lewis Holmdahl,
- winner, Col Sam A Robertson
- winner John Jack Jouett
Here is the Allan Thomas image, Wikitreers will identify.
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| Allan |
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| Allan, on Wikitree, 2013-2021 |
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| Allan Thomas. |
Death
Allan had a generous, and affectionate heart. He was a friend of many. As Allan would say You're my friend
In 2020. Allan was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. July, 2020, surgery was done to insert a titanium rod into his right femur to stabilize the leg which caused him enormous pain. Two rounds of Radiation and Chemotherapy were done during 2020-2021.[12]Richardson-7161 12:39, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
Allan Harl Thomas passed away August 5, 2021 in Hammond, Tangipohoa, Louisiana, United States. Cremation of the body was done. Burial is pending. He will be greatly missed by his family, coworkers, WikiTreers, and his good friends. Find A Grave: Memorial #230489641 [13]
Obituary- https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/allan-harl-thomas-obituary?id=6242654
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Sources
- ↑ Paternal-A digital copy of The Silver Creek Simmons Family page 312 , digital page 321
- ↑ A digital copy of The Silver Creek Simmons Family page 47, digital page 55]
- ↑ Allan's statements
- ↑ Personal Communication to Richardson-7161 10:23 PM, 10 September, 2020 (UTC)
- ↑ Personal Communication to Richardson-7161 03:23 PM, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
- ↑ Personal Communication to Richardson-7161 7:30 PM, 15 Oct 2020 (UTC)
- ↑ Personal Communication to Richardson-7161 03:00 , 20 Sept 2020 (UTC)
- ↑ personal Communication between Allan Thomas and Richardson-7161
- ↑ personal Communication between Allan Thomas and Richardson-7161
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/97751234:62209
- ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW1-8VP : 30 September 2019), Allan Harl Thomas, 2004.
- ↑ Memory of Richardson-7161
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230489641/allan-harl-thomas
- Maternal-A digital copy of The Silver Creek Simmons Family page 47 , digital page 55
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/83986:1732
- Paternal-A digital copy of The Silver Creek Simmons Family page 312 , digital page 321
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/97751234:62209
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/441233001
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/441233001:61843
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230489641/allan-harl-thomas
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230489641/allan-harl-thomas#source
- https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/allan-harl-thomas-obituary?id=6242654
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/717418201:61843
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/199970772:60541
- https://www.thompsoncares.com/obituaries/Allan-Thomas-4/
- https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/199970772:60541id=IwAR3wluiny0hURt8SrQDSUFSclTytbhfcD8fLjWWcdU_Qvm5z3hMT0ID0ico Amtrak
- Aioli Dinners held by Louisiana Creole families and others
- Allan- Obituary
Allan Harl Thomas's family tree https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Thomas-Family-Tree-8856 on WikiTree (@WikiTreeOfficial).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:- Allan Thomas: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #291107
- Allan Thomas: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #407400
- 100.00% 100.00% Allan Thomas: AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RG6372435, Ancestry member allanharlthomas
- ~6.25% ~25.00% Phillip Richard Scafidel : AncestryDNA
- ~1.56% Brian Hughes : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bhughes8
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