Blanch Oressa Thompson

Brief Life History of Blanch Oressa

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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Family Time Line

Sanford Nelson Wry
1883–1955
Blanch Oressa Thompson
1883–1968
Marriage: 15 February 1911
Helen Jean Brownell Wry
1915–2007
Gerald Sanford Wry
1917–

Sources (12)

  • Blanche Breara Wry, "Canada, Census, 1931"
  • Blanche Oressa Thompson, "New Brunswick Late Registration of Births, 1810-1899"
  • Blanche Oressa Thompson, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"

World Events (3)

1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge

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.

1937 · Miramichi Strike

August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.

1955 · Recorder Low Temperature

In 1955, New Brunswick broke the record with a freezing temperature of -47.2° C, in Sisson Dam

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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