Jesse Thompson

Brief Life History of Jesse

When Jesse Thompson was born on 12 February 1870, in Shipdham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Philip Thompson, was 30 and his mother, Susan Savage, was 27. He died in March 1870, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Shipdham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Philip Thompson
1839–1919
Susan Savage
1842–1928
Georgiana Thompson
1867–
Jesse Thompson
1870–1870
George Thompson
1870–1871
Philip Thompson
1873–1874
Flora Thompson
1877–

Sources (4)

  • birth register index with mother's maiden name; General Register Office - Online Indexes
  • death register index; General Register Office - Online Indexes
  • Jesse Thompson, "England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941"

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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