When Margaret J. Thompson was born on 24 July 1818, in Washington, Washington Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, her father, Alexander Thompson, was 36 and her mother, Gemima Sooy, was 34. She married Thomas Woolston Parker about 1839, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States in 1870 and Eagleswood Township, Ocean, New Jersey, United States in 1900. She died on 12 December 1901, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in West Creek Cemetery, West Creek, Eagleswood Township, Ocean, New Jersey, United States.
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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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