Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameRuth Catherine Thomas 
Birth4 Aug 1908, Baltimore, Maryland
Death24 Dec 1912, Baltimore, Maryland
Burial26 Dec 1912, Schwartz's Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
ResidenceBaltimore, Maryland
Cause of deathTubercular peritonitis and gastritis
FatherCarl Michael Thomas (1861-1933)
MotherCatherine Schneider (1870-1957)
Documentation
Dates of birth and death from a Thomas family Bible.
1910 U. S. Census, Baltimore City, Maryland
6th Ward, Enumeration District 69, Sheet 3A
Enumerated on 18 April 1910
442 N. Lakewood Avenue
Thomas, Carl M., head, male, white, age 48, married 14 years, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, emigrated in 1885, naturalized citizen, speaks English, occupation wheelwright for wagon factory, wage worker, not unemployed, not unemployed in 1909, can read and write, owns own home free of mortgage
Thomas, Catherine, wife, female, white, age 39, married for 14 years, mother of 5 children of whom 2 are living, born in Maryland, both parents born in Germany, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
Thomas, Edna F., daughter, female, white, age 11, born in Maryland, father born in Germany, mother born in Maryland, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Thomas, Ruth E., daughter, female, white, age 1-[illegible], born in Maryland, father born in Germany, mother born in Maryland, no occupation
[Note: Across the street in 1910, at 441 N. Lakewood Avenue, lived Catherine’s brother Charles J. Schneider and his family.]
The death certificate of Ruth Catherine Thomas provides the following information: full name Ruth Catharine Thomas, died at 442 N. Lakewood Ave.; resided at 442 N. Lakewood Ave.; female, white, single; born 5 August 1908; age 4 years 4 months 19 days; occupation child; born in Baltimore, Maryland; parents Charles Thomas, born in Germany, and Catharine Schneider, born in Baltimore, Maryland; information provided by Charles Thomas of 442 N. Lakewood Ave.; died on 24 December 1912 at 7:40 a.m.; cause of death tubercular pertonitis and gastritis; duration 1 month 15 days; physician attended from 9 November 1912 to 24 December 1912; buried at Schwartzs Cemetery on 26 December 1912. [Health Department, City of Baltimore, Certificate of Death C60116.]
A death notice in The Sun (Baltimore) stated: THOMAS.—On December 24, 1912, RUTH C., in the 5th year of her age, beloved daughter of Charles and Catharine Thomas.
The God whom we love, in His wisdom
Knows well what is right and best,
And we pray to him for patience
Till we meet in the land of the blest.
The funeral from her parents’ residence, No. 442 North Lakewood avenue, on Thursday afternoon, at 2 P.M. Interment in the First Evangenlical Lutheran Cemetery. [The Sun (Baltimore), Wednesday Morning, 25 December 1912, page 6.]
An death notice in The Sun (Baltimore) stated: THOMAS.—On December 24, 1912, RUTH C., in the 5th year of her age, beloved daughter of Charles and Catharine Thomas.
The God whom we love, in His wisdom
Knows well what is right and best,
And we pray to him for patience
Till we meet in the land of the blest.
The funeral from her parents’ residence, No. 442 North Lakewood avenue, on this (Thursday) afternoon, at 2 P.M. Interment in the First Evangenlical Lutheran Cemetery. [The Sun (Baltimore), Thursday Morning, 26 December 1912.]
1910 U. S. Census, Baltimore City, Maryland
6th Ward, Enumeration District 69, Sheet 3A
Enumerated on 18 April 1910
442 N. Lakewood Avenue
Thomas, Carl M., head, male, white, age 48, married 14 years, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, emigrated in 1885, naturalized citizen, speaks English, occupation wheelwright for wagon factory, wage worker, not unemployed, not unemployed in 1909, can read and write, owns own home free of mortgage
Thomas, Catherine, wife, female, white, age 39, married for 14 years, mother of 5 children of whom 2 are living, born in Maryland, both parents born in Germany, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
Thomas, Edna F., daughter, female, white, age 11, born in Maryland, father born in Germany, mother born in Maryland, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Thomas, Ruth E., daughter, female, white, age 1-[illegible], born in Maryland, father born in Germany, mother born in Maryland, no occupation
[Note: Across the street in 1910, at 441 N. Lakewood Avenue, lived Catherine’s brother Charles J. Schneider and his family.]
The death certificate of Ruth Catherine Thomas provides the following information: full name Ruth Catharine Thomas, died at 442 N. Lakewood Ave.; resided at 442 N. Lakewood Ave.; female, white, single; born 5 August 1908; age 4 years 4 months 19 days; occupation child; born in Baltimore, Maryland; parents Charles Thomas, born in Germany, and Catharine Schneider, born in Baltimore, Maryland; information provided by Charles Thomas of 442 N. Lakewood Ave.; died on 24 December 1912 at 7:40 a.m.; cause of death tubercular pertonitis and gastritis; duration 1 month 15 days; physician attended from 9 November 1912 to 24 December 1912; buried at Schwartzs Cemetery on 26 December 1912. [Health Department, City of Baltimore, Certificate of Death C60116.]
A death notice in The Sun (Baltimore) stated: THOMAS.—On December 24, 1912, RUTH C., in the 5th year of her age, beloved daughter of Charles and Catharine Thomas.
The God whom we love, in His wisdom
Knows well what is right and best,
And we pray to him for patience
Till we meet in the land of the blest.
The funeral from her parents’ residence, No. 442 North Lakewood avenue, on Thursday afternoon, at 2 P.M. Interment in the First Evangenlical Lutheran Cemetery. [The Sun (Baltimore), Wednesday Morning, 25 December 1912, page 6.]
An death notice in The Sun (Baltimore) stated: THOMAS.—On December 24, 1912, RUTH C., in the 5th year of her age, beloved daughter of Charles and Catharine Thomas.
The God whom we love, in His wisdom
Knows well what is right and best,
And we pray to him for patience
Till we meet in the land of the blest.
The funeral from her parents’ residence, No. 442 North Lakewood avenue, on this (Thursday) afternoon, at 2 P.M. Interment in the First Evangenlical Lutheran Cemetery. [The Sun (Baltimore), Thursday Morning, 26 December 1912.]