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Thomas P. Thomas – Welsh Regiment & Labour Corps

Private Thomas P. Thomas – Welsh Regiment & Labour Corps Early Life and Family Background Thomas P. Thomas , who is buried at Adulam Welsh Baptist Chapel, Bonymaen, Swansea , was born in 1885 in Swansea , the son of Esther Thomas (later Doran). Esther Thomas and David Morton Dorran marriage certificate Llansamlet Parish Church Esther lived at 42 Miers Street, St Thomas , and in 1900 she married the widowed David Morton Doran at Llansamlet Parish Church , bringing Thomas into a blended family rooted in the industrial communities of St Thomas and Llansamlet. 1881 Census Esther was the daughter of David and Anne Thomas , who appear in the 1881 Census residing at 2 Brynhyfryd Cottages, Llansamlet, Swansea . David, aged 50 , born in Pembrokeshire, worked as a Spelterman , while his wife Anne, aged 39 , born in Carmarthenshire, managed the home. Their children— Esther , Lucy , Sarah Ann , John , Thomas , David , and Elizabeth —formed a large and typical working family of the Llansam...

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