Newton Arthur "Newt" Thomas

1923 - 2017  (93 years)

• Name	Newton Arthur "Newt" Thomas
  Born	18 Dec 1923	Thunder Bay (Fort William), Thunder Bay District, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2 - Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
  	He enlisted with the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards in 1944 and was soon deployed overseas, becoming a member of the forces that eventually liberated Holland
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-191377
  Died	8 Apr 2017
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I191377	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Dr. Newton Oscar Thomas,   b. 29 Apr 1888, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Oct 1929, Fort William (Thunder Bay) Thunder Bay District, Ontario  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mildred Irene Laschinger,   b. 21 Sep 1888, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1947, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	15 Jul 1919	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F48502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adriana Van Putten,   b. 1927,   d. 2000  (Age 73 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1946	, Holland
  Children	1. Elizabeth Thomas,   d. 2014
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F54423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lifetimes: Lawyer gave of time freely, generously helping people Newton (Newt) Arthur Thomas of New Hamburg, born: Dec. 18, 1923 in Fort William (Thunder Bay), died: April 8, 2017 of old age Newt Thomas started life as one of six kids raised in the wild and beautiful community of Thunder Bay, then known as Fort William. His mom was a nurse and his dad, also named Newton, was a pathologist with responsibility for all of Northern Ontario. Their family's idyllic life in the north would end in tragedy when Newton senior died in a drowning accident in 1929. Newt was only five years old. "For Newt it was a catastrophe," said his only surviving sibling, his sister Connie Klassen. It was in fact a tragedy for the entire family. "My father died, he was only 40 years old and my mother was left with six children," said Klassen. Mildred Thomas decided to take her now fatherless kids back to her hometown, moving into the Laschinger homestead on the banks of the Nith River in New Hamburg. It would be on this river that Newt would hone a lifelong passion for fishing..... Hill, V. (2017). Lifetimes: Lawyer gave of time freely, generously helping people | TheRecord.com. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7490871-lifetimes-lawyer-gave-of-time-freely-generously-helping-people/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Dec 1923 - Thunder Bay (Fort William), Thunder Bay District, Ontario Married - 26 Apr 1946 - , Holland Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth