Margaret Jane Thompson

Female31 July 1894–24 September 1975

Brief Life History of Margaret Jane

When Margaret Jane Thompson was born on 31 July 1894, in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, her father, John Thompson, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Hannigan, was 23. She married Robert Walter Thompson about 1925, in County Tyrone, Ireland. She lived in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland in 1901. She died on 24 September 1975, in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, at the age of 81, and was buried in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.

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Family Time Line

Robert Walter Thompson
1905–1983
Margaret Jane Thompson
1894–1975
Marriage: about 1925

Sources (2)

  • Maggie Thompson in household of John Thompson, "Ireland Census, 1901"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Jane Thompson - Church record: birth-name: Margaret Jane Thompson

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1925County Tyrone, Ireland
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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (5)

    1919

    Age 25

    Irish War of Independence against Britain ending in the Anglo Irish Treaty.

    1920

    Age 26

    In the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Ireland was partitioned, with the unionist-dominated north east becoming Northern Ireland.

    1937

    Age 43

    New elections. The voters return de Valera and also approve a new constitution which abolishes the Irish Free State and proclaims Eire (Gaelic for Ireland) as a sovereign, independent, democratic state.

    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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