Brief Life History of Deborah
When Deborah Thompson was born on 3 September 1811, in Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, John Thompson, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Austin, was 35. She married Oren Reynolds about 1832, in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 27 October 1852, in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Deborah Reynolds in household of Oren Reynolds, "United States Census, 1850"
- Deborah A Thompson Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"
- Deborah A Reynolds, "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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