Thomas Ancestors - Generation 9 - Effie Camella Thomas

Effie Camella Thomas was born 11 April 1890 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, and died 17 May 1965 in Grand Haven, Michigan.

PHOTO: Aunt Effie holding me. 1955.

Effie was the daughter of Charles and Nancy Ford Thomas (sister of my grandfather Bill Thomas).

PHOTO: Bill Thomas and Effie Thomas Wieland

Effie married Harry L Wieland 17 April 1910 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, son of Preston Wieland and Ella Schaefer. He was born 14 June 1881, and died 01 November 1951.

PHOTO from Bangor Historical Society website

PHOTO: Effie and Harry

Effie and Harry had no children of their own, but they raised Effie's nephew Allan Miller, whose mother died shortly after he was born. (Allan's grandmother, Alice Ford Miller, was a sister of Effie's mother Nancy Ford Thomas. So he wasn't exactly a nephew, but... close enough.)

PHOTO: Effie and Harry with Allan Miller

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Effie Camella Thomas Wieland died 17 May 1965, age 75 in Grand Haven, Michigan.

Harry Wieland died 01 November 1951, age 70, in Bangor, Michigan.

They are buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan.