This is really very interesting. Thank you. I don't have access to the LDS
library, at least I don't think so but I have seen that Jennifer van der
Greft has sent something through today so I will try that.
I have a picture of William Donald Thomas and my mother remembers other
family photos and a tiny newspaper being given to her as a child, all sadly
lost now. We know there is some truth out there, but what it is we may never
know!
Once again thank you
Beverley
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From: srilanka-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com]
On Behalf Of Coreen & Larry Andresen
Sent: 26 February 2009 13:02
To: srilanka(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Still searching for William Donald Thomas
Ian and Beverly,
a couple of things to think about, the Morning leader was not in
circulation until 1st July 1907 and ceased publication in 1932. The owners
were the de Soysa family.
The Ceylon Standard started in 1908 and was owned by the Pieris brothers
Charles and Sir James, and Mr W A de Silva, the famous Sinhalese novelist.
It went into liquidation within a year or two after the untimely death of
its editor, and the proprietary rights were bought by the de Soysa family.
The 1928 Green book lists two Thomas names with Ceylon Apothecaries.
Optical Dept Manager H R Thomas. Printing Dept Manager R J Thomas.
The Thomas name was in Ceylon from at least the 1700s as we have marriage
records sighted and recorded from LDS films we have looked at.
Of course it is also a common English / Welsh name and came in with
soldiers, sailors, railways and planters too.
We know this doesn't solve your dilemma, but it may open new avenues and
close some family history myths and mysteries.
The Colombo birth / baptism may be of help to you if you have access to an
LDS library as there are films for this period available. We have seen
entries with adoption etc written on them so there is a chance to
find an entry that is a little out of the ordinary. Keep On
Searching And Hoping.
Larry&Coreen in Sunny Queensland....Researchers of British Ceylon Family
History, 1798 to 1948.
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