Brief Life History of Albert
When Albert Thompson was born on 30 September 1834, in Pike, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Thompson, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Helvey, was 24. He married Mary J. Stratton on 26 July 1853, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in John's Creek, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 7, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 1 May 1919, in Pike, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Thompson Cemetery, Varney, Pike, Kentucky, United States.
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- Albert Thompson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Albert Thompson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Albert Thompson, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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