Brief Life History of Della Mae
When Della Mae Thompson was born on 26 November 1879, in Palmyra, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, her father, George Washington Thompson, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Brannon, was 43. She married Edgar Wilson Butcher on 8 September 1895, in Palmyra, Macoupin, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in North Palmyra Township, Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Hettick, Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 20 March 1973, at the age of 93, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Palmyra, Macoupin, Illinois, United States.
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- Della Butcher, "United States 1950 Census"
- Della Mae Thompson, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- *Ell Thompson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882
Historical Boundaries: 1882: Macoupin, Illinois, United States
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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