Researching Thomas Orden
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The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Orden on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Orden and the Orden Family History
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Orden Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called Thomas Orden
Thomas Van Orden
Thomas David Van Orden (September 1, 1944 – November 11, 2010) was an American lawyer who challenged the constitutionality of displaying the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Texas Capitol under the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Van Orden v. Perry, 125 S. Ct. 2854 (2005).
Van Orden is lesser known for In Re Van Orden, 559 S.W.2d 805, Tex. Crim. App., (1977) in which he was punished as an attorney for contempt by the highest criminal court in Texas.
Source: Thomas Van Orden, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Orden
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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