Brief Life History of Mary Helen
When Mary Helen Thompson was born on 1 January 1882, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John C Thompson, was 23 and her mother, Sarah McIllwain, was 23. She married Junius Harrison Morehead on 8 June 1907, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, United States in 1935 and Seattle Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 4 September 1952, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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- Helen T Morehead, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary Helen Thompson, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Helen Morehead, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1884
Historical Boundaries 1884: Chouteau, Montana Territory, United States 1887: Cascade, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Cascade, Montana, United States
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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