Brief Life History of Philip
When Philip Thompson was born on 21 December 1839, in Shipdham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jesse Thompson, was 21 and his mother, Anna Maria George, was 32. He married Susan Savage on 27 April 1867, in Shipdham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in 1919, in Mitford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80.
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- Philip Thompson in household of Ann Maria Thompson, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Philip Thompson in the Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- Philip Thompson, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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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