Brief Life History of Nelson Elias
When Nelson Elias Thompson was born on 10 May 1860, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Nelson Thompson, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Price Howells, was 19. He lived in Judicial Township 2, Madera, California, United States in 1900. He died on 27 January 1936, in Madera, Madera, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera, California, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Nelson E Thompson in household of William Davis, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nelson E Thompson, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
- Nelson E Thompson, "California Great Registers, 1866-1910"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
The Arbor Vitae Cemetery is 31.96 acres of beautifully maintained grounds. This park-like setting is inspiring, combining the old with the new. Our burials date back to 1865 to current.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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