Brief Life History of Emma Kate
When Emma Kate Thompson was born on 23 November 1864, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, Thomas Wallace Thompson, was 26 and her mother, Emily Ann Crickett, was 26. She married Curtis Kinsey Gittings on 3 August 1881, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Wilber, Saline, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died on 19 February 1945, in Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Kate Thompson in household of Mary Vincent, "United States Census, 1880"
- Emma K Thompson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Emma Kate Gittings, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1858–1938 Male
1864–1945 Female
Children (6)
1882–1962 Female
1883–1929 Male
1885–1966 Female
1888–1959 Male
1893–1961 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1838–1880 Male
1838–1903 Female
Siblings (4)
1864–1945 Female
1866–1903 Female
1868–1871 Female
1871–1934 Male
World Events (8)
1865
Age 1
1872
Age 8
1886
Age 22
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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