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Birth:          15 Mar 1878 Philadelphia, Pa.
Christening:    19 Sep 1879 St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
Death:          24 Dec 1943 Philadelphia, Pa.
Cause of Death: kidney tumor
Burial:         29 Dec 1943 West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

Notes
1999 letter from Lewis J. Thomas
also a family historian
familysearch
1900 in Philadelphia Ward 27, Pa. law student
1910 in 22d Ward, Philadelphia Pa., as T Foster Thomas 1 servant. Criminal lawyer.
1920 in 22d Ward, Philadelphia Pa., as T Foster Thomas lawyer 
1930 cannot find
1940 in Philadelphia, Pa. lawyer
ww1 draft reg 9 W. Phil Ellena, Mt. Airy, Phila, Pa., atty 1328 Arch St, md, 
From 
age=7 (in a jpg file called t_foster_thomas_bio) from Warwick's Keystone 
Commonwealth

criminal and divorce lawyer. studied engineering, then grad U Penn 1902. His father 
was a leader of the bar. Thomas Foster Petrie was a GEneral, and a Judge in Madison 
Co, NY. His male ancestors in England and Scotland were lawyers for many 
generations. Member of First Penna Volunteers in War with Spain. Well known 
genealogist. Authority on natural history.

from Story of Philadelphia by John St. George Joyce on googlebooks: His father was a 
well-known lawyer. Atttended Univ of Penna Law, then admitted to the bar, was 
known as "The Legal Roosevelt." Amateur genealogist and naturalist, regarded as a 
high and experienced authority. Served as volunteer in Company D of the First 
Pennsylvania Infantry in 1898 during Spanish-American War. Republican, never 
sought or accepted political office. Episcopalian. Member, Pa Historical Socy, Law 
Association of Phila., Delat Upsilon, YMCA, US Spanish War Veterans. Hobby is fly 
fishing.

Oliver H Bair Funeral Records Indexes on ancestry
findagrave
Pa Church and Town Records on ancestry
death cert (in files) lived 9 W. Phil-Ellen St., Phila., Pa., 
9 Nov 1950 St Johnsville (NY) Enterprise and News, "The Petries in America" 
installment no. 127: was in Spanish American War, lawyer, genealogist


Parents
THOMAS Edward Joseph Baylis (28 Nov 1831 - 31 Jan 1881)
PETRIE Martha Ann (2 Mar 1839 - 26 Jun 1925)

Siblings
THOMAS Harriet Marshall Baylis (13 Nov 1860 - 30 Aug 1864)
THOMAS Catherine Bellinger (14 May 1862 - 18 Jan 1910)
THOMAS Harriet Marshall Baylis (26 Dec 1864 - 17 Apr 1921)
THOMAS Esther Petrie (3 Jan 1868 - 24 Nov 1908)
THOMAS Joseph Baylis (8 Feb 1870 - 23 Feb 1939)
THOMAS Isabella Baylis (20 Jun 1873 - 2 Oct 1941)
THOMAS Martha (28 Jan 1876 - 8 Mar 1897)
THOMAS Theodore Foster (15 Mar 1878 - 24 Dec 1943)
THOMAS Edward Joseph Baylis (16 Oct 1880 - 2 Mar 1881)

Marriage To POTTER Florence Lees (3 Jul 1878 - 28 Mar 1962)
    m. 4 Nov 1903 

Notes

Parents
POTTER William ()
LEES Elizabeth ()

Children by POTTER Florence Lees 3 Jul 1878 - 28 Mar 1962
THOMAS Emma Potter (26 Sep 1904 - 12 Jul 1950)

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