FIFTH GENERATION


90. Ernest Edward THOMAS Jr. was born on 14 Sep 1925 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio. Born at Rt5 Lancaster Ohio NOTE: Names was changed to Ernest Thomas Jr. by affidavit.

OCCUPATION: Anchor Hocking - started out as a roller boy in the packing room and then worked in the furnace room. .He started 26 Oct 1942. He made 32 cents per hour and bought a Boliva Wrist Watch with his first pay at Wendells Jewerly, Nov 1942.
RESIDENCES: Room and Board West 6th Avenue rented from Ma Gossil for eight dollars a week and walked to work.

RESIDENCES: East Rushville.

RESIDENCES: Sheridan Drive, Lancaster, Ohio

RESIDENCES: Harrison Avenue, Lancaster, Ohio

RESIDENCES: West Fair Avenue by the railroad tracks (Graff apartments).

RESIDENCES: Rt # 2 Lancaster, Ohio owned by mother-in-law Rebecca Griffith.

RESIDENCES: Amanda Ohio, up from the "Y"

He was married to Juanita Iris GRIFFITH (daughter of Ernest Uliss GRIFFITH and Rebecca Leotta WOODGEARD) on 14 Apr 1946 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio. Juanita Iris GRIFFITH was born on 21 Jun 1923 in South Bloomingville, Benton Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio.(119) NOTE: Her birth certificate lists her name as Wanda. Ernest Edward THOMAS Jr. and Juanita Iris GRIFFITH had the following children:

136 i. Ernest Edwin THOMAS III was born on 19 Apr 1947 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio.
+137 ii. David Eugene THOMAS.
+138 iii. Wayne Roger THOMAS.
+139 iv. Linda Juanita THOMAS.

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