Research · Person profile
Thomas Newton Frisby
Maternal grandfather of Michael
- Surname line
- Frisby / Mixon
- Living status
- Not recorded
- Evidence
- confirmed
Events
| Date | Event | Place | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | occupation | — | supported | claim:thomas-n-frisby:occupation:1 |
| January 30, 1954 | marriage | New Iberia, Louisiana | reconstructed | claim:thomas-n-frisby:marriage:1 |
| 1959 | military-service | — | supported | claim:thomas-n-frisby:military-service:1 |
| May 20, 1975 | divorce | Denver, Colorado | supported | claim:thomas-n-frisby:divorce:1 |
Relationships
Parents
- A.J. Frisby confirmed
- On the tree
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- Thelma Jean Karr Frisby confirmed
- On the tree
claim:thelma-kerr-frisby:parent-of:1
Partners
- Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen reconstructed
- On the tree
claim:thomas-n-frisby:spouse-of:1
Children
- Katherine Frisby family-confirmed
- On the tree
claim:thomas-n-frisby:parent-of:1
- David Frisby conditional
- On the tree
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- Thomas Frisby conditional
- On the tree
claim:thomas-n-frisby:parent-of:3
Research leads
- Joseph Benjamin “J.B.” Saunders Jr. conditional (lead)
- On the tree
claim:thomas-n-frisby:associated-with:2
Claim ledger
Every exported claim about this person: what it says, how strong its best source is (tier 1 = original record image, 5 = unsourced lead), its review state, and the sources that carry it. Source links open the workings page for that citation.
| Claim | Predicate | Summary | Status | Tier | Review | Sources |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:name:1 | name | Thomas Newton Frisby His Texas birth certificate gives the full name Thomas Newton Frisby. The Congressional Record and Louisiana State Bar Association use the matching abbreviated form “Thomas N. Frisby”. No suffix or current residence is published. | confirmed | 1 · original-record | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:living-status:1 | living-status | unknown Living status is not recorded in the public model. | supported | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:marriage:1 | marriage | marriage · January 30, 1954 · New Iberia, Louisiana Louise's WikiTree profile records her marriage to Thomas Frisby on January 30, 1954 in New Iberia, Louisiana, citing a Lafayette newspaper item that has not been opened. Henry Jessen Pedersen’s obituary (tier 2) names her “Louise Frisby Pedersen” and her own obituary names her sons by the Frisby surname: indirect support for an earlier Frisby marriage, which neither source dates nor attributes to a named husband. The Iberia Parish licence of January 1954 is the record check (question:louise-mixon-pedersen:record-copies). | reconstructed | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:divorce:1 | divorce | divorce · May 20, 1975 · Denver, Colorado Louise's WikiTree profile records the divorce on May 20, 1975 in Denver, Colorado; the decree has not been inspected. | supported | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:military-service:1 | military-service | military-service · 1959 The Congressional Record of April 30, 1959, page 7199, lists “Thomas N. Frisby” under the heading “TO BE FIRST LIEUTENANTS, USAF (JUDGE ADVOCATE)”. That is a nomination list and nothing more: no date of rank, no length of service and no word that would support calling him a veteran, and the Air Force service number printed beside the name is a personal identifier and is recorded nowhere. Supported: neither the Air Force Register nor a commission has been read. | supported | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:occupation:1 | occupation | occupation · 1954 · attorney (admitted to the Louisiana bar) The Louisiana State Bar Association's Bar Briefs of November 2023 lists Thomas N. Frisby among its “70-Year Honorees — Admitted in 1954”, which states the year of admission at tier 2; the roll itself has not been opened. The city printed after his name in that list is recorded nowhere in this dataset, and no current or later professional location is entered. | supported | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:spouse-of:1 | spouse-of | spouse-of Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen Louise's WikiTree profile records her January 30, 1954 marriage to Thomas Frisby in New Iberia and the May 20, 1975 divorce in Denver; neither record has been inspected. Henry Pedersen's obituary (tier 2) calls her “Louise Frisby Pedersen” and her own obituary names her sons by the Frisby surname — indirect support for the marriage, which only the compiled profile names. Not promoted: no record names the relationship (question:louise-mixon-pedersen:record-copies). | reconstructed | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:parent-of:1 | parent-of | parent-of Katherine Frisby | family-confirmed | 4 · family-testimony | accepted | |
claim:thomas-n-frisby:parent-of:2 | parent-of | parent-of David Frisby Louise's obituary names David as her son without naming his father; the workbook places him as a son of Thomas N. Frisby, Louise's husband from 1954 to 1975, but no record names the relationship. | conditional | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:parent-of:3 | parent-of | parent-of Thomas Frisby Louise's obituary names Thomas as her son without naming his father; the workbook places him as a son of Thomas N. Frisby, Louise's husband from 1954 to 1975, but no record names the relationship. | conditional | 3 · compiled-genealogy | accepted |
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claim:thomas-n-frisby:associated-with:2 | associated-with | associated-with Joseph Benjamin “J.B.” Saunders Jr. (lead) Thomas N. Frisby's manuscript and family emails identify Joseph Benjamin Saunders Jr. as Easter Fay's brother and Thomas's great-uncle. This is consistent firsthand family testimony, not documentary proof of the intervening links, so it remains a conditional research lead. | conditional | 4 · family-testimony | accepted |
Conflicts and open questions
Question
question:thomas-n-frisby:parentage(open)What documentary chain connects the Saunders family to Thomas Newton Frisby? His Texas birth certificate now confirms A.J. Frisby and Thelma Jean Karr as his parents, while Tom Frisby's manuscript and family emails provide the remaining family testimony for Fay → A.J. and J.B. Saunders Jr. as Fay's brother and Thomas's great-uncle.
Next: The Thomas parentage portion is answered by Texas birth certificate K6GF-MKL. Resolve only the remaining Saunders generation reading with Easter Fay's Texas death certificate no. 86199, the 1900 Hill County and 1910/1920 Saunders census images, Joseph B. Saunders Sr.'s obituary/death record, and a full copy of Joseph Benjamin Saunders Jr.'s 1989 obituary. Do not expand A.J.'s initials or promote Saunders kinship without those records.
claim:allen-james-frisby:parent-of:1confirmed A.J. Frisby: parent-of Thomas Newton Frisbyclaim:thelma-kerr-frisby:parent-of:1confirmed Thelma Jean Karr Frisby: parent-of Thomas Newton Frisbyclaim:faye-frisby:parent-of:1supported Easter Fay Frisby: parent-of A.J. Frisbyclaim:allen-james-frisby:spouse-of:1supported A.J. Frisby: spouse-of Thelma Jean Karr Frisbyclaim:thomas-david-frisby:spouse-of:1supported Thomas David Frisby: spouse-of Easter Fay Frisbyclaim:thomas-david-frisby:parent-of:1supported Thomas David Frisby: parent-of A.J. Frisbyclaim:joseph-b-saunders-sr:parent-of:2conditional Joseph B. “J.B.” Saunders Sr.: parent-of Easter Fay Frisbyclaim:jb-saunders:sibling-of:1conditional Joseph Benjamin “J.B.” Saunders Jr.: sibling-of Easter Fay Frisbyclaim:thomas-n-frisby:associated-with:2conditional Thomas Newton Frisby: associated-with Joseph Benjamin “J.B.” Saunders Jr. (lead)
Question
question:thelma-kerr-frisby:identity(open)When did Thelma Jean Karr Frisby live, and does a marriage record name her as A. J. Frisby's wife? Her son's Texas birth certificate now names her as Thomas Newton Frisby's mother, and the 1910 census links her to Millard Eugene Karr's household.
Next: Search Smith and Grayson County marriage indexes c. 1928–1932 for FRISBY A. J. + KARR/CARR/KERR Thelma; then the Texas Death Index and Tyler cemetery records for a death date. Parentage is answered; the spouse relationship stays supported until a marriage record is read.
claim:thelma-kerr-frisby:name:1confirmed Thelma Jean Karr Frisby: Thelma Jean Karr Frisbyclaim:allen-james-frisby:spouse-of:1supported A.J. Frisby: spouse-of Thelma Jean Karr Frisbyclaim:thelma-kerr-frisby:parent-of:1confirmed Thelma Jean Karr Frisby: parent-of Thomas Newton Frisby
Question
question:thomas-n-frisby:career-identity(open)Is the Thomas N. Frisby named as counsel of record in a 1986 appellate opinion the same man as the Tyler attorney of 1984 and the 1959 judge advocate, and did he use a suffix?
Next: The 1959–60 Air Force Register for the date of rank; State Bar of Texas and Oklahoma Bar Association historical membership records, public and non-current fields only; and the counsel line of the February 1984 North Carolina appellate opinion, which a person must open because the page serves no body to an automated fetcher. No current record is to be published: his living status is unknown, no opened official source carries a suffix, and no city, directory entry, residence or current professional detail enters this dataset.
claim:thomas-n-frisby:name:1confirmed Thomas Newton Frisby: Thomas Newton Frisbyclaim:thomas-n-frisby:military-service:1supported Thomas Newton Frisby: military-service · 1959claim:thomas-n-frisby:occupation:1supported Thomas Newton Frisby: occupation · 1954 · attorney (admitted to the Louisiana bar)
Question
question:thomas-n-frisby:sons(open)Are David and Thomas Frisby, named as Louise's sons in her obituary, also the sons of Thomas N. Frisby?
Next: Louise's obituary names her sons but not their father; obtain each son's birth record from the state birth index for the 1954–1975 marriage period (Louisiana or Colorado, per residence) and promote the parent-of claims only if Thomas N. Frisby is named.
claim:thomas-n-frisby:parent-of:2conditional Thomas Newton Frisby: parent-of David Frisbyclaim:thomas-n-frisby:parent-of:3conditional Thomas Newton Frisby: parent-of Thomas Frisbyclaim:louise-mixon-pedersen:parent-of:2supported Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen: parent-of David Frisbyclaim:louise-mixon-pedersen:parent-of:3supported Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen: parent-of Thomas Frisby
Question
question:louise-mixon-pedersen:record-copies(open)Which record-grade documents fix Louise's 1954 New Iberia marriage, her 1975 Denver divorce, her 1991 Snowmass Village marriage and her 2000 Glenwood Springs death? Each is known today from a compiled profile, or from a single obituary that prints the day without the year.
Next: In order: the Iberia Parish Clerk of Court's marriage licence of January 1954, which names both parties' parents and would also give Thomas N. Frisby's parents at record grade; the Lafayette newspaper item of 1 February 1954 (subscription images only, so no URL is recordable); the Colorado divorce index 1851–1985 or the Denver District Court decree of 1975; the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder's 1991 marriage entry; the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment death index for 2000, the certificate itself being restricted, and The Daily Advertiser item of 4 October 2000. No online Colorado index covers any of the four. Each event is promoted to confirmed only from one of these; her death in particular stays supported until one document prints both the day and the year.
claim:thomas-n-frisby:marriage:1reconstructed Thomas Newton Frisby: marriage · January 30, 1954 · New Iberia, Louisianaclaim:thomas-n-frisby:divorce:1supported Thomas Newton Frisby: divorce · May 20, 1975 · Denver, Coloradoclaim:louise-mixon-pedersen:marriage:1supported Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen: marriage · July 28, 1991 · Snowmass Village, Coloradoclaim:louise-mixon-pedersen:death:1supported Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen: death · September 25, 2000 · Glenwood Springs, Coloradoclaim:louise-mixon-pedersen:spouse-of:1confirmed Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen: spouse-of Henry Jessen Pedersenclaim:thomas-n-frisby:spouse-of:1reconstructed Thomas Newton Frisby: spouse-of Marie Louise Mixon Pedersen
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