Brief Life History of Jake Mayfield
When Jake Mayfield Thompson was born on 23 May 1910, in Johnson, Roane, Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel Mayfield Thompson, was 27 and his mother, Johnnie Smith, was 23. He married Margaret Jayne Shortell on 22 January 1935, in Philmont, Claverack, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Crockett, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 17 November 1999, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States.
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- Jake M Thompson in household of Thomas J Billingsley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Jake M Thompson, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
- Jack Mayfield Thomason, "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
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1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
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1935 · The FBI is Established
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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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