George L Thompson

Brief Life History of George L

When George L Thompson was born in 1816, in Pendleton, Virginia, United States, his father, William John Thompson Jr, was 30 and his mother, Annis Walker, was 21. He married Eliza Jane Hartman on 25 May 1840, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Northfield, Richmond, New York, United States in 1855 and Franklin, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 18 October 1886, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 70.

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George L Thompson
1816–1886
Eliza Jane Hartman
1817–1905
Marriage: 25 May 1840
Mary Jane Thompson
1841–
Sara Eliza Thompson
1843–1932
Margaret Blizard Thompson
1846–1906
George Washington Thompson
1848–1927
James Clark Thompson
1850–1920
William F. Pierce Thompson
1852–1906
Georgiana Thompson
1854–
Edward Johnson Thompson
1854–1931
Churchville Edward J Thompson
1855–
Miles H. Thompson
1858–1934

Sources (17)

  • Geo L Thompson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George L Thompson - Published information: birth: 16 January 1817; Pendleton, Louisa, Virginia, United States
  • George Thompson, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

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.

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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