William Tuley Thomas

  General Notes:

The 1940 Federal Census for Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, District 121-28, page 321A, dated April 10, 1940 records William Thomas (9 - KY) with his parents Vincent (40 - KY) and Mary (39 - KY) Thomas and siblings Vincent Jr. (20) and John Speed (2) living at 5 Eastover Court. Vincent is employed as a Secretary for the City Employees. Also in the household is Vincent's mother-in-law Ethel Tuley.

The 1930 Federal Census for Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, District 4, page 82B, dated April 9, 1930 records Vincent C. (30 - KY/KY/KY) and Mary T. (29 - KY/KY/KY) Thomas and son Vincent C. Jr. (9 - KY) renting at 146 Cresent Avenue. Vincent is employed as a Shipping Clerk for a Lithographing Compny while Mary as an Insurance Salesman. Vincent and Mary have been amrried for 11 years. Also in the household is Vincent's sister, Ruth Thomas (24).

The 1920 Federal Census for Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, District 80, page 172B, dated January 6, 1920 records Vincent (20 - KY/KY/KY) and Mary T. (18 - KY/KY/KY) Thomas living with Vincent's parents William (49) and May (39) Thomas and Vincent's siblings May (18), Fan (16), and Ruth (13).

Note: Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 <http://www.ancestry.com>
Name: Vincent C Thomas
Date of Birth: 5 Jul 1920
County: Jefferson
Mother's Name: Mary Tuley
Volume Number: 73
Certificate Number: 36140
Volume Year: 1920
and
William T Thomas
Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1931
County: Jefferson
Mother's Name: Mary Tuley
Volume Number: 005
Certificate Number: 02238
Volume Year: 1931

William married Virginia Vaughan, daughter of James Andrew Vaughan and Elizabeth Boyd, on 4 Jun 1956 in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Greenwich, Connecticut. (Virginia Vaughan was born circa 1938 in New York and died after 1956 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.)

  Marriage Notes:

The New York Times
June 10, 1956
Page 94
GREENWICH, Conn., June 4 - In Christ Protestant Episcopal Church here this afternoon, Miss Virginia Vaughan was married to William Tuley Thomas. The bride is the daughter of James A. Vaughan of Greenwich and of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd Vaughan. Mr. Thomas is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cox Thomas of Louisville, Ky. The ceremony was performed by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Robert B. Appleyard. The bride was given in marriage by her half-brother, Paul DeHoff Reed of Barnstable, Mass. She wore a gown of ivory peau de sole, cut along princess lines and made with a fitted bodice, short sleeves and a bouffant skirt terminating in a short train.


The New York Times
May 13, 1956,
Page 111
TROTH ANNOUNCED OF MISS VAUGHAN; Smith Ex-Student Will Be Wed to William T. Thomas, U. of Louisville Alumnus
BARNSTABLE, Mass., May 12
Paul DeHoff Reed has made known the engaement of Reed's halfsister, Miss Virginia Vaughan of Greenwich, Conn., to William Tuley Thomas. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cox Thomas of Louisville, Ky. The ceremony was performed by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Robert B. Appleyard.