Brief Life History of Betsey
When Betsey Thompson was born on 27 August 1872, in Nunda Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States, her father, Andrew A. Thompson, was 36 and her mother, Martha Olson, was 44. She married Haldor Johannes Johnson on 12 October 1899, in Nunda Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Election District 10, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1930 and Election District 14, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1940. She died on 1 September 1953, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States.
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- Betsy Thompson, "Minnesota State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Betsey Thompson - birth: 27 August 1872; Nunda Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
- Betsey A Therrsfeson, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1890
Historical Boundaries 1867: Dakota Territory, United States 1867: Laramie, Dakota Territory, United States 1868: Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Laramie, Wyoming, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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