Person:Thomas O'Mara (1)

m. 28 Feb 1876
  1. Thomas Cruise O'Mara1876 - 1939
m. 9 Jan 1907
  1. Thomas Cruise Mapother1907 - 1986
  2. Paul Mapother1911 - 1978
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Cruise O'Mara
Alt Name[1][2] Thomas Cruise Mapother
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 29 Dec 1876 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Census[4] 1 Jun 1880 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage 9 Jan 1907 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United Statesto Anna Stewart Bateman
Census 15 Apr 1910 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United StatesVernon Avenue
with Anna Stewart Bateman
Occupation[3] 12 Sep 1918 Lawyer
Residence 12 Sep 1918 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States181 Vernon Avenue
with Anna Stewart Bateman
Residence 3 Sep 1924 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States181 Vernon Avenue
with Anna Stewart Bateman
Death[1][2] 12 Apr 1939 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kentucky, United States. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com [database on-line], 2007).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Thomas Cruise Mapother, in Find A Grave.
  3. 3.0 3.1 United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988).

    Registration Location: Jefferson County, Kentucky; Roll: 1653506; Draft Board: 2.

  4. Louisville, Jefferson, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Year: 1880; Census Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 423; Family History Film: 1254423; Page: 479C; Enumeration District: 128; Image: 0459.

    Thos O'Mara 45 KY, par Ireland; wholesale drug; Mary 37 NJ, par Ire, NJ; Thos 3 KY "son", par KY/Irl; Dellia Mapother 18 KY, par Ire; Wibble 7 KY; Henry 16 KY.

  5.   Tom Cruise, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    "Cruise's surname originates from his great-grandfather, Thomas Cruise O'Mara, who was adopted by a Welsh immigrant and renamed 'Thomas Cruise Mapother'." [cites statements by Cruise that appear to be hypocryphal during an 'Artists Studio' interview.

  6.   Ancestry of Tom Cruise, in Reitwiesner, William Addams. William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services: Royal, Noble, and Political Genealogies
    [1].

    "17 -- Mary Cruise married twice. Her first husband was Dillon H. Mapother, by whom she had six children. After Dillon's death, She remarried Thomas O'Mara. Their son Thomas O'Mara, enumerated as such in the 1880 Census, was later known as "Thomas Cruise Mapother". The reason(s) for him changing his name are not entirely clear."