Cert M - Ernest Thomas and Lillian Ida Ball - 1921

Life History

5th Jul 1901	Born in Weston Super Mare, Somerset (Hartree Villa, Stafford Road).1,2,3 Registration District - Axbridge
2nd Apr 1911	Recorded in census in Clifton, Bristol (11 Melrose Place).4
12th Mar 1921	Register Office
12th Mar 1921	Married Lillian Ida BALL in Bristol, Somerset.19,5 Divorced
12th Mar 1921	Occupation Commercial Traveller.5
12th Mar 1921	Resident in Cardiff, Wales (1 Coldstream Terrace).5
25th Apr 1923	Birth of son Leslie Keith THOMAS in Bristol, Gloucestershire.7,17,18
6th Sep 1925	Resident in Toronto,, Canada (121 John Street).6
between 29th Apr 1930 and 19th Jan 1933	Occupation Actor in Long Beach, California, USA.7,9,8
between 29th Apr 1930 and 19th Jan 1933	Resident in Long Beach, California, USA (329 East Fifteenth Street).7,8
26th Oct 1931	Divorced from Lillian Ida BALL.7 Adultery Divorce became absolute 6 months after this date. ie 26 April 1932
6th Jun 1932	Arrived at in New York from Pacific Coast.10
13th Jun 1932	Voyage in Plymouth, Devon.11 Arrived from New York on SS Leviathan. UK address is 11 Melrose Place, Clifton, Bristol
29th Jan 1933	Arrived at in New York from Southampton.8 Departed Southampton 19 Jan 1933 on SS President Roosevelt
29th Jan 1933	Nationality British Citizen.8
13th May 1955	Naturalized in Los Angeles, California, USA.3 Alien Registration Number 4 452 279
13th May 1955	Resident in Los Angeles, California, USA (2117 Power Street, Hermose Beach).3
1st Jun 1967	Died in Los Angeles, California, USA (90254 Hermosa Beach).2,12

Other facts

	Partner of Marian BOWERS Unmarried Couple Ernest's divorce came thourgh after William Gordon's birth. It may be the case Ernest and Marian never married
	Birth of son Name Withheld

Sources

• 1. Birth Certificate - Ernest Leslie Thomas
• 2. Social Security Death Index
  • (primary evidence)
• 3. US Naturalisation Records 1791-1992
  • Naturalisation Index Card for Ernest Leslie Thomas
  • (primary evidence)
• 4. Census 1911 Clifton, Bristol (Entry for Ernest and Elsie Thomas - married 11 years))
  • (primary evidence)
• 5. Marriage Certificate - Ernest L Thomas and Lillian I Ball
• 6. Camadian Passenger Lists 1865-1935
  • Quebec 1925 Sep Ascania
  • (primary evidence)
• 7. Divorce Papers - Lillian Ida Thomas and Ernest Leslie Thomas
• 8. Passenger List
  • SS President Roosevelt
  • (secondary evidence)
• 9. Passenger List
  • SS Leviathan
  • (secondary evidence)
• 10. New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957
  • Ship Name Virginia
  • (primary evidence)
• 11. Passenger List
  • SS Leviathan
• 12. Website
  • http://www.faqs.org/people-search/ernest-thomas-california/
• 13. Birth Certificate - Ernest Leslie Thomas
  • (primary evidence)
• 14. FreeBMD
  • Marriage
  • (secondary evidence)
• 15. JWa
• 16. ancestry.co.uk - General search
  • BMD-M
• 17. ancestry.co.uk - E&W Death Index 1984-2005
• 18. ancestry.co.uk : E&W Birth Index 1916-2005
• 19. ancestry.co.uk - General search