Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Thompson was born on 6 February 1818, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, her father, John M. Thompson, was 29 and her mother, Ann Frame, was 25. She married Thomas Darr on 14 September 1843, in Bourbon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Oronogo, Jasper, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Kansas, United States in 1870. She died on 14 May 1904, in Bourbon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Mary Darr, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Thompson Darr, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Darr in household of Thomas Darr, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
1840
Historical Boundaries: 1840: non-county, Missouri, United States; 1841: Jasper, Missouri, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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