Frances Isadora Thompson

Brief Life History of Frances Isadora

When Frances Isadora Thompson was born on 14 December 1912, in St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States, her father, Pearl Almanza Thompson, was 26 and her mother, Lena Eliza Murri, was 26. She married Julius Marcus Martens on 1 June 1935, in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States. She lived in East Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States in 1930 and Linn, Linn, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 23 April 1990, in Chiloquin, Klamath, Oregon, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Julius Marcus Martens
1908–1986
Frances Isadora Thompson
1912–1990
Marriage: 1 June 1935

Sources (13)

  • Frances I Martens, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thompson - Government record: Census record: birth: December 1912; Idaho, United States
  • Frances Isadora Thompson, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1917 · The U.S. Army Spruce Production Division

Thousands of soldiers were assigned to the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division to provide wood for airplanes and ships during World War I. Poor working conditions in 1917 caused the men to strike which slowed the logging production in the area. The demands of the strikers were rejected by the lumber companies. As the need was ever-present for lumber during the war, the government stationed soldiers to do the work. Over 230 spruce soldier camps were built and occupied throughout the Pacific Northwest at this time. 

1933 · Fort Peck Dam Construction Begins

Construction on the Fort Peck Dam started in 1933. It is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River. It is located in the northeastern part of Montana near Glasgow and Fort Peck.

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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