Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Thomas W Rhode
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: 1913
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 328 Second Avenue
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Mother's birth place: Minnesota
Father's birth place: Michigan
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Storm C (age 4 4/12)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_858; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 213
Date: 10 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Thomas W Rhode
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: 1913
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 3014 East Superior Street
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Storm C (age 14)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1126; Page: ; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 285.0
Date: 5 Apr 1930

Extract from U.S. City Directories 1821-1989:
Name: Thomas W Rhode
Street address: 1505 East 2nd Street
City: Duluth, Minnesota
Occupation: doorman Lyceum Theatre
Spouse: Ermie L
Residence year: 1935
Publication title: Duluth, Minnesota, City Directory

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Thomas Rhode
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: 1913
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1530 East 1st Street
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: high school 4 years
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $22
City of residence in 1935: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: assistant manager
Industry: motion picture theater
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $1250
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 46
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1973; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 88-41A
Date: 8 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Thomas William Rhode
Age: 28
Birth date: 4 Jul 1912
Birth place: Duluth, Minnesota
Race: white
Residence: 329 East 7th Street, Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Telephone: none
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Ermie Lily Rhode
Relationship: wife
Address of that person: 329 East 7th Street, Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Employer: Lyceum Theater
Place of employment: 201 Lyceum Building, Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Height: 5 feet 10½ inches
Weight: 136
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: dark
Other characteristics: appendectomy
Registration date: 16 Oct 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Thomas W Rhode
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: 1913
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Address: 3315 Arden Lake Avenue, down
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: order clerk
Industry: wholesale lubricants
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Class of worker: for private employer
Census place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Date: 24 Apr 1950

Thomas worked as a theater usher, and then became a manager at the Garrick Theater in Duluth. When he moved to Minneapolis he worked as a warehouseman.

Obituary from the "Morning Tribune" of Minneapolis, Minnesota dated 18 Jun 1959:
Thomas W. Rhode
Thomas W. Rhode, 46, 711 W. 28th St., a Duluth, Minn., native who had lived in Minneapolis 16 years, died Wednesday. He had been associated with the Alemite Co. for 12 years.
Survivors include his wife, Ermie L.; daughters, Mrs. William Wohlend, St. Paul, and Kathryn Rhode, Minneapolis; and a brother, Lt. Col. Storm C. Rhode of the United States air force.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lakewood cemetery chapel with burial there. The body will be at Davies mortuary from noon today.

Obituary from the "Star" of Minneapolis, Minnesota dated 18 Jun 1958:
Rhode - Thomas W., age 46, 711 W. 28th St. on Wed. Survived bv wife Ermie L., 2 daughters, Mrs. William Wohlwend, St. Paul, Kathryn Rhode, Mpls., brother Lt. Col. Storm C. Rhode S.A.C., U.S.A.F., 3 grandchildren. Services at Lakewood Chapel Fri. 1:30 p m. Visitation at Davies Mortuary, Harmon Place at 14th St. after Thurs. noon. Interment Lakewood.

He married Ermie Lillian Marchessault in 1932 in Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota.