Let me just start out

Let me just start out by saying this -- 

It has come to my attention that the computer program my parents used when they were researching their family histories (Family Tree Maker) did not include all the members of each generation. It took me a long time to notice this, and it has kind of messed me up in my efforts to document all the ancestors. The problem is, if a person didn't have any children, they were mentioned in the listing with their parents and siblings, but then they were omitted from the listings in the next generation. Since I am using my parents' research as the starting point, I have sometimes left people out of their own generation. For example, of the six children of William George Thomas and Nettie Durren, only three of them carried over into the next generation -- because the other three had no children on record. So....

Now I am going to go back through all my documents and try to rectify that problem (which will be a pretty big task). Meanwhile, I apologize for all the folks who have been inadvertently left out of these blog posts. Ugh...

William George Thomas and Jeanette 'Nettie' Durren Thomas' six children were: Don, Lottie, Luttie, Etta, Thelma, and Ralph. I only have information on Luttie, Thelma, and Ralph. So now I'm going to dig around on the internet and see what I can find out about Don, Lottie, and Etta.

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Don R Thomas was born 15 October 1889, and died in 1928. He married Neva Thomas Ryno. She was born 1893 and died 1976. They are buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan.

Lottie L Thomas was born 31 March 1892, and died 24 March 1960. She married Samuel Stephens. He was born 1889 and died 29 August 1947. They are buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan.

Luttie Thomas was born 31 March 1892 (Lottie and Luttie were twins), and died 10 October 1968. She married Fred Frazee. He was born in 1892 and died in 1959. They are buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan.

Etta Thomas was born 08 September 1897, and died about 1960. She married Frank Sheler. He was born 1893, and died 1953. They are buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Berrien county, Michigan.

Thelma Thomas was born 01 October 1900, and died about 1965. She married Gustave Treichel. He was born 1902 and died 1958. They are buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan.

Ralph William Thomas was born 28 June 1903, and died 29 November 1941. He married Frances Anna Kibler. She was born 30 July 1907, and died 04 June 1987. Ralph is buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan. Frances is buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan. (She evidently married Frank Dykas after Ralph died.)

That's all I can tell you for today. I'll look for more information and post what I find starting tomorrow.