When Blanch Oressa Thompson was born on 7 July 1883, in Mount View, Sackville Town, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, William Clifford Thompson, was 26 and her mother, Eunice Amelia Atkinson, was 29. She married Sanford Nelson Wry on 15 February 1911, in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901 and Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1931. She died on 14 April 1968, at the age of 84, and was buried in Point de Bute Methodist Cemetery, Point de Bute, Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.
August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.
In 1955, New Brunswick broke the record with a freezing temperature of -47.2° C, in Sisson Dam
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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