82. Sanchez, Tom

Thomas D. SANCHEZ(1-3) was born on 21 December 1894 in Wagon Mound, Mora, New Mexico Territory to Manuel and Juanita Sanchez.(2,4-5)  He was baptized on 6 January 1895 in New Mexico.(6)  He appeared in the census in 1900 in Catskill, Colfax, New Mexico Territory living with his parents and siblings.(4)   Thomas appeared in the census in 1910 in Vermejo, Colfax, New Mexico Territory he was 13 years old.(7)   He appeared in the census in 1920 in Weston, Las Animas, Colorado where he was living with his family and working as a teamster at the sawmill.(8)  Thomas married Sarita Griego in Trinidad, Colorado on 10 September 1922.(9)   He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 28 in Frontier, Lincoln, Wyoming.(2)  Thomas was buried on 20 August 1923 in Weston, Las Animas, Colorado.(2) 

Sources:

      1. Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.

      2. Thomas D. Sanchez, death certificate (includes corrections on back of death certificate) file no. 1450 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

      3. Sneddon Robert T.  Inspector (Dist 1) & Robert V. Hotchkiss Inspector (Dist2), "State Coal Mine Inspectors Of Wyoming, Districts No. 1 and 2," year:  1923; report, 1923; , Wyoming State Archives on microfilm, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

      4. 1900, population schedules, Year: 1900; Census Place: Catskill, Colfax, New Mexico; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0034, Tomas Sanchez; digital images, Ancestry.com (online : online digital 3 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004..

      5. "New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918," database, FamilySearch, "New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918," indexed online,  (: online 3 March 2018), Tomas Sanchez; 6 Jan 1895.

      6. "New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918," database, FamilySearch, "New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918," indexed online Tomas Sanchez.

      7. 1910, population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Vermejo, Colfax, New Mexico; Roll: T624_913; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0043; FHL microfilm: 1374926, Thomas Sanchez; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 3 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

            8. 1920, population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Weston, Las Animas, Colorado; Roll: T625_166; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 114, Tomas Sanchez; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 3 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

           9.  Thomas Sanchez and Sarita Griego, (10 September 1922), Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006, (Ancestry.com): FHL Film #001690130; State Archives, , Colorado.