Thomas Bertram Costain (1885 - 1965)

Born 8 May 1885 in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Ida Randolph (Spragge) Costain — married 12 Jan 1910 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Died 8 Oct 1965 at age 80 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Thomas Costain is Notable.

Born in 1885 in Brantford, Ontario, he was the son of John Herbert Costain and Mary Rachel Schultz.^[1] He married Ira Randolph Spragg in 1910 in Toronto, Ontario.^[2] They had two daughters: Mary "Molly" Randolph, In 1911^[3] and Dora in 1914.^[4] Molly also became a novelist.^[5]

The Costains emigrated to the United States after Thomas became the fiction editor of The Saturday Evening Post. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1920.

His first historical novel, For My Great Folly, was published in 1942. It was followed by eleven more. The Black Rose (1945) and The Silver Chalice (1952) were the best known.^[6]

He died in 1965 in New York City and was buried in Brantford. The Thomas B. Costain public elementary school and the Thomas B. Costain – S.C. Johnson Community Centre in Brantford are named in his honour.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMQ5-3J3 : 16 July 2017), Thomas Bartsom Costin, 08 May 1885; citing Birth, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,872.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZG-8YQ : 11 March 2018), Thomas Bertram Costain and Ida Randolph Spragg, 12 Jan 1910; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,872,068.
3. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMHL-VVJ : 9 August 2017), Thomas Bertram Costain in entry for Mary Randolph Costain, 06 Dec 1911; citing Birth, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,424,647.
4. ↑ "New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23H-DXLZ : 12 March 2018), Dora Costain, New York, United States;citing Immigration, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1480 and M1482. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Molly Costain Haycraft," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Molly_Costain_Haycraft&oldid=892025155 (accessed December 20, 2019).
6. ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Thomas B. Costain," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_B._Costain&oldid=901474215 (accessed December 20, 2019).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHCY-YH3 : accessed 20 December 2019), Thomas B Costain, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 3A, line 1, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2080; FHL microfilm 2,341,814.