PFC Branisla “Frank” Tumas

PFC Branisla “Frank” Tumas

Birth
Lithuania
Death
19 Dec 1978 (aged 87)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown
Memorial ID
202551572 View Source

His surname shows up under Tumas, Tuamas, and Thomas.
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Name: Bronislaw Tumas
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Lithuanian
Marital status: Single
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: Russia
Other Birth Place: Sdulai
Last Known Residence: Sodulni, Russia
Departure Port: Libau, Latvia
Arrival Date: 14 Apr 1913
Arrival Port: New York, New York
Final Destination: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Height: 5 Feet, 6 Inches
Hair Color: Dark
Eye Color: Gray
Complexion: Light
Money in Possession: 0
Person in Old Country: Ewa Tuings
Person in Old Country Relationship: Mother
Person in Old Country Residence: Sodulni Gub Kowns
Person in US: I. Tumas
Person in US Relationship: Brother
Mother: Ewa Tuings
Sibling: I. Tumas
Ship Name: Czar
(New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Declaration Age: 32
Record Type: Petition
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Russia, Lithuania
Arrival Date: 1913
Arrival Place: New York
Declaration Date: 31 Jan 1924
Declaration Place: Pennsylvania
(Pennsylvania, Federal Naturlization Records, 1795-1931)
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Name: Branislovar Tumas
[Branislovas Tumar]
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: Aug 1891
Birth Place: Lithuania
Street address: 2203 Forkes St
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pa.
Occupation: Launderer/Washer
Employed by: Magee Hospital, Craft Avenue
Single supporting mother/sister
5'2" tall, slender, brown syste, light hair, not bald
Signed card on Jun 5.
(WWI Draft Registration Card)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Departure Date: 24 May 1918
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Address: 17 Kirkpatrick St
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Next of Kin: Miss Mary Tumas
Relationship: Sister
Ship: Mercury
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1842765
Notes: Field Hospital No 319, 305th Sanitary Train, 80th Division
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Departure Date: 20 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 31 May 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 17 Kirkpatrick Street
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Pukas (Tumas)
Relationship: Sister
Ship: ROTTERDAM
Military Unit: F.H.319 305TH SAN TN
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 1, 842, 765
Notes: FIELD HOSPITAL NO 318, 305TH SANITARY TRAIN
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Pvt/PFC Branisla Tumas sailed to & from France aboard the ships Mercury & Rotterdam with the 319th Field Hospital, of the 305th Sanitary Train. Soldiers of the 305th Sanitary Train of the 80th Division sailed to France for WWI on several ships, USS Mercury, USS Siboney, or USS Huron from Newport News & Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1918. The Sanitary Train consisted of the 317, 318, 319, and 320th Ambulance Companies, the 317, 318, 319, and 320th Field Hospitals, and the 305th Sanitary Train Headquarters. The sanitary train returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, on the USS Rotterdam from Brest, France. The soldiers boarded the ship on May 20, 1919 in Brest France and arrived in Hoboken on May 31, 1919. Once ashore they were given refreshments by welfare organizations. They proceeded to Jersey City by ferry and then by passenger coaches to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for out-processing. All their possessions were sterilized in a steam sterilizer which was very effective. Anything leather shrunk to a much smaller size. Sanitary Train was decommissioned on Jun 9, 1919. (Reference: "History of 318 Field Hospital" (2019) by Thomas Nelson; U.S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Name: Frank R Thomas
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1951
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Spouse: Anna M Thomas
Publication Title: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1951
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Residence Age: 40
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1893
Birth Place: Lithuania
Residence Date: 7 Feb 1934
Residence Place: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Legal Residence: 2203 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Presnet Address: 347 Lawn Street, Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Inducted in RA in PIttsburgh, Pa. on Feb 12, 1918.
Dependents: wife - Anna Tumas (Pavlak)
Minor Children: two
Mother: Eva Tumas
Father: John Tumas
Military Branch: Army
Organizations: 305th Sanitary Train-319th Field Hospital from Feb 12, 1918 to Jun 9, 1919.
Grades: none
Engagements: Artoois Secton 8-13-18, St. Mihiel 12-16 Sep - Argonne 9/27-10/12
Wounds: none
Served Overseas from Jul 9, 1918 to May 20, 1919
Honorably discharged on Jun 9 1919 at Camp Dix, NJ
Record Type: Application
(Pennsylvania WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Application, No. 56806)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Petition Age: 32
Record Type: Naturalization Petition
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Russia, Lithuania
Arrival Date: 1913
Arrival Place: New York
Petition Date: 31 Jan 1924
Petition Place: Pennsylvania
Naturalization Place: Pennsylvania
(WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948, Card)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 51
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Teaupis, Russia
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: 347 Lawn Street, Allegheny, Pa.
Contact: Mrs. Anna M. Tumas - same address
Employer: Magee Hospital, Forbes & Halcout Sts, Allegheny County, Pa.
5'3", 145 lbs, blue eyes, gray hair, light complexion
Signed card on Apr 27, 1942.
(WWII Draft Registration Card)
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Name: Frank Thomas
SSN: xxx-xx-2137
Last Residence:
15213 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Born: 15 Aug 1891
Died: Dec 1978
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
(U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014)

His surname shows up under Tumas, Tuamas, and Thomas.
======================
Name: Bronislaw Tumas
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Lithuanian
Marital status: Single
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: Russia
Other Birth Place: Sdulai
Last Known Residence: Sodulni, Russia
Departure Port: Libau, Latvia
Arrival Date: 14 Apr 1913
Arrival Port: New York, New York
Final Destination: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Height: 5 Feet, 6 Inches
Hair Color: Dark
Eye Color: Gray
Complexion: Light
Money in Possession: 0
Person in Old Country: Ewa Tuings
Person in Old Country Relationship: Mother
Person in Old Country Residence: Sodulni Gub Kowns
Person in US: I. Tumas
Person in US Relationship: Brother
Mother: Ewa Tuings
Sibling: I. Tumas
Ship Name: Czar
(New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957)
======================
Name: Branisla Tumas
Declaration Age: 32
Record Type: Petition
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Russia, Lithuania
Arrival Date: 1913
Arrival Place: New York
Declaration Date: 31 Jan 1924
Declaration Place: Pennsylvania
(Pennsylvania, Federal Naturlization Records, 1795-1931)
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Name: Branislovar Tumas
[Branislovas Tumar]
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: Aug 1891
Birth Place: Lithuania
Street address: 2203 Forkes St
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pa.
Occupation: Launderer/Washer
Employed by: Magee Hospital, Craft Avenue
Single supporting mother/sister
5'2" tall, slender, brown syste, light hair, not bald
Signed card on Jun 5.
(WWI Draft Registration Card)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Departure Date: 24 May 1918
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Address: 17 Kirkpatrick St
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Next of Kin: Miss Mary Tumas
Relationship: Sister
Ship: Mercury
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1842765
Notes: Field Hospital No 319, 305th Sanitary Train, 80th Division
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Departure Date: 20 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 31 May 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 17 Kirkpatrick Street
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Pukas (Tumas)
Relationship: Sister
Ship: ROTTERDAM
Military Unit: F.H.319 305TH SAN TN
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 1, 842, 765
Notes: FIELD HOSPITAL NO 318, 305TH SANITARY TRAIN
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Pvt/PFC Branisla Tumas sailed to & from France aboard the ships Mercury & Rotterdam with the 319th Field Hospital, of the 305th Sanitary Train. Soldiers of the 305th Sanitary Train of the 80th Division sailed to France for WWI on several ships, USS Mercury, USS Siboney, or USS Huron from Newport News & Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1918. The Sanitary Train consisted of the 317, 318, 319, and 320th Ambulance Companies, the 317, 318, 319, and 320th Field Hospitals, and the 305th Sanitary Train Headquarters. The sanitary train returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, on the USS Rotterdam from Brest, France. The soldiers boarded the ship on May 20, 1919 in Brest France and arrived in Hoboken on May 31, 1919. Once ashore they were given refreshments by welfare organizations. They proceeded to Jersey City by ferry and then by passenger coaches to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for out-processing. All their possessions were sterilized in a steam sterilizer which was very effective. Anything leather shrunk to a much smaller size. Sanitary Train was decommissioned on Jun 9, 1919. (Reference: "History of 318 Field Hospital" (2019) by Thomas Nelson; U.S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Name: Frank R Thomas
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1951
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Spouse: Anna M Thomas
Publication Title: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1951
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Residence Age: 40
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1893
Birth Place: Lithuania
Residence Date: 7 Feb 1934
Residence Place: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Legal Residence: 2203 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Presnet Address: 347 Lawn Street, Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Inducted in RA in PIttsburgh, Pa. on Feb 12, 1918.
Dependents: wife - Anna Tumas (Pavlak)
Minor Children: two
Mother: Eva Tumas
Father: John Tumas
Military Branch: Army
Organizations: 305th Sanitary Train-319th Field Hospital from Feb 12, 1918 to Jun 9, 1919.
Grades: none
Engagements: Artoois Secton 8-13-18, St. Mihiel 12-16 Sep - Argonne 9/27-10/12
Wounds: none
Served Overseas from Jul 9, 1918 to May 20, 1919
Honorably discharged on Jun 9 1919 at Camp Dix, NJ
Record Type: Application
(Pennsylvania WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Application, No. 56806)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Petition Age: 32
Record Type: Naturalization Petition
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Russia, Lithuania
Arrival Date: 1913
Arrival Place: New York
Petition Date: 31 Jan 1924
Petition Place: Pennsylvania
Naturalization Place: Pennsylvania
(WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948, Card)
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Name: Branisla Tumas
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 51
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Teaupis, Russia
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: 347 Lawn Street, Allegheny, Pa.
Contact: Mrs. Anna M. Tumas - same address
Employer: Magee Hospital, Forbes & Halcout Sts, Allegheny County, Pa.
5'3", 145 lbs, blue eyes, gray hair, light complexion
Signed card on Apr 27, 1942.
(WWII Draft Registration Card)
=============================
Name: Frank Thomas
SSN: xxx-xx-2137
Last Residence:
15213 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Born: 15 Aug 1891
Died: Dec 1978
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
(U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014)


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