one of our paternal great-great grandfathers (4 generations back)
(click for a chart showing his relationship to us)

  Brother Matthias (-4G) is born 18 Dec. 1806 in Altenschwand
  Sister Apollonia died 19 Nov. 1809
  Brother Matthias (-4G) died 29 Nov. 1809
  Father died 8 Oct. 1816

  Married to Katharina Huber* (-4G) on 23 Jun. 1825
  First child, Josef, (-3G) is born 14 Jan. 1826
  Mother died 23 Apr. 1827
  Second child Maria Eva (-3G) is born 3 Sept. 1827
  Third child, Stephan (-3G), is born 26 Dec., 1828
  Second child, Maria Eva, (-3G) died 17 June 1829
  Fourth child, son Fridolin Thoma* (-3G) born 20 Jan., 1830 (at Altenschwand)
  Fifth child, Johan P. Thoma (-3G), is born 12? June? 1832 (died in infancy?)
  Sixth child (son), Andreas #1, (-3G) is born 18 April, 1833 (died in infancy?)
  Seventh child (daughter), Carolina (Karoline) (-3G), is born 13 April, 1834 (in Altenschwand)
  Daughter Carolina is christened on 14 May 1834 at a catholic ceremony in Altenschwand
  Eighth child, Christina (-3G), is born 12 Oct. 1835
  Sister Eva (-4G) died 24 Jan. 1836
  Ninth child, Monika (-3G), is born 4 Feb. 1837
  Sister Magdalena (-4G) died 14 Aug. 1837
  Daughter Carolina (-3G) died 21 Feb. 1839
  Tenth child, Dominik (-3G), is born 13 March 1839
  Eleventh child (daughter), Kunigunde, (-3G) is born 17 April 1840
  Twelfth child, Andreas #2, (-3G) is born 9 Sept. 1843
  Thirteenth child, Hieronymus (-3G), is born 30 Sept. 1846
  Fourteenth child, Peter (-3G), is born 30 June 1850
  Brother Joseph (-4G) died 21 Aug. 1859
  Wife died 27 Jan. 1869
  Son Stephan (-3G) died 22 Oct. 1880
  Son Andreas (second one with that name) (-3G) died 27 Dec. 1881
  Died 29 Nov. 1884 in Altenschwand

  Listed on the Altenschwand page
  Included on the Thoma-Matt Chart
  The surname "Thoma"
  The given name "Andreas"

* Direct-line ancestor. The (-4G) after the names indicates the number of generations before Erven Thoma.

His other siblings were born before him: sister Eva (b. 18 Dec. 1785) (-4G), brother Joseph (b. 16 Mar. 1789) (-4G), sister Apollonia (b. 3 Feb. 1791) (-4G), and sister Magdalena (b. 20 Jul. 1800) (-4G).

He is mentioned on the marriage record of Fridolin Thoma* (his son) and Emilie Jaeger* (5 Feb., 1874). The marriage is recorded in the Kirchenbuch (church book) of the Katholische Kirche (catholic church) of Grafenhausen in the Bonndorf district of Waldshut county. This book covers the years 1639-1900. It is available for rental as microfilm from the Salt Lake City Genealogical Society, IGI batch M950322, years 1830-85, source call 0938923.
He is listed in the family record with his wife and 14 children.  This appears in the civil records of Altenschwand which is available on microfilm (LDS film #0957339, batch K969141).  His parents are listed on this record.

An Andreas Thoma was the proprietor of the "Hirschen" Landgasthof (Inn/guesthouse) in Altenschwand. It could have been this one because his son Fridolin was definitely the proprietor at a later time.

Here is a picture of the outside of the Hirschen Inn, outside, as it is in August 2004. Click this thumbnail to enlarge.
Click on this thumbnail to enlarge this picture of the dining rooms of the "Hirschen" of today (2001).

There is an Andreas Thoma mentioned as a witness to the marriage of Fridolin and Emilie Jaeger* (-3G).  This Andreas is a citizen (Bürger) and a farmer in Gottingen.  I do not know if this is the same man as the above father of Fridolin or perhaps a brother.  They could be the same person since mention of the father does not indicate that he is deceased whereas the deceased status of Fridolin's mother is recorded on the marriage record.

There was an Andreas Thoma who was the mayor or "Vogt" of Altenschwand from 1859 to
1860. The dates suggest it was the same Andreas of this web page.

Created Mon., 8 June, 2000. Updated 18 Jan. 2005.