Person:Thomas Van Billiard (1)

Source for birth and death dates is Thomas's gravestone.

Cause of Death:<CAUS> Pneumonia following Infuenza, 1919 nation wide epidemic [carey2-26.FTW] [Savvbil.ftw] [currentvb.FTW] Thomas was listed in the 1900Polk Co., census as working on a farm at age 16. He later married Catherine(Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died at the age of35 in the 1919 nation wide flu epidemic that killed over 2 million people inthe U.S. It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sunday on her way to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of the buggy and told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church. After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert. [savage2-26.FTW] [Savvbil.ftw] [currentvb.FTW] Thomas was listed in the 1900Polk Co., census as working on a farm at age 16. He later married Catherine(Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died at the age of 35 in the 1919 nation wide flu epidemic that killed over 2 million people in the U.S. It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sunday on her way to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of the buggy and told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church. After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert. [scanlan2-26.FTW] [Savvbil.ftw] [currentvb.FTW] Thomas was listed in the 1900 Polk Co., census as working on a farm at age 16. He later married Catherine (Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died at the ageof 35 in the 1919 nation wide flu epidemic that killed over 2 million peoplein the U.S. It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sunday on herway to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of the buggyand told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church. After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert. [van billiard2-26.FTW] Cause of Death:<CAUS> Pneumonia following Infuenza, 1919 nation wide epidemic [carey2-26.FTW] [Savvbil.ftw] [currentvb.FTW] Thomas was listed inthe 1900 Polk Co., census as working on a farm at

Thomas was listed in the 1900Polk Co., census as working on a farm at age 16. He later marriedCatherine (Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died atthe age of 35 in the 1919 nation wide flu

He later married Catherine(Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died at the age of35 in the 1919 nation wide flu epidemic that killed over 2 million people inthe U.S. It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sunday on her way to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of the buggy and told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church. After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert. [savage2-26.FTW] [Savvbil.ftw] [currentvb.FTW] Thomas was listed in the 1900Polk Co., census as working on a farm at age 16. He later married Catherine(Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died at the age of 35 in the 1919 nation wide flu epidemic that killed over 2 million people in the U.S. It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sunday on her way to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of the buggy and told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church. After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert. [scanlan2-26.FTW] [Savvbil.ftw] [currentvb.FTW] Thomas was listed in the 1900 Polk Co., census as working on a farm at age 16. He later married Catherine (Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died at the ageof 35 in the 1919 nation wide flu epidemic that killed over 2 millionpeople in the U.S. It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sundayon her way to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of thebuggy and told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church.After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert.

It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sunday on herway to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of the buggyand told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church. After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert. [van billiard2-26.FTW] [Savvbil.ftw] [currentvb.FTW] Thomas was listed inthe 1900 Polk Co., census as working on a farm at age 16. He later marriedCatherine (Katie) Savage and they had five children together. Thomas died atthe age of 35 in the 1919 nation wide flu epidemic that killed over 2 millionpeople in the U.S. It has been told that Catherine was in a buggy one Sundayon her way to church when Tom snatched his oldest son, also Tom, out of thebuggy and told Catherine that no son of his was going to a Catholic church.After Tom's death, the five children were raised as Catholics. Information about Thomas was obtained from Jasper Co. cemsus reports, birth record and death cert.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Tomi McIntosh. Online family tree on Van Billiard website.
2. ↑ Jasper County Genealogical Society, compiler. Jasper County, Iowa Cemeteries: Poweshiek Township. (Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical Society, 1995)
   page 741.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Carey2-26.FTW.
4. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Iowa, Jasper, Mount Prarie Twp, Page 142.
5.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. International Genealogical Index (R) (7). (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of May 20, 2003).