James Robert Thompson

Brief Life History of James Robert

When James Robert Thompson was born in 1859, in Missouri, United States, his father, Washington Harrison Thompson, was 46 and his mother, Lydia Smith, was 42. He married Grace Elizabeth Hadley about 1891, in Rogue River, Jackson, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 69 Wimer, Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 25 July 1946, in Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Rogue River, Jackson, Oregon, United States.

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James Robert Thompson
1859–1946
Grace Elizabeth Hadley
1875–1961
Marriage: about 1891
Edith Rosella Thompson
1892–1976
William Francis Thompson
1893–1983
James Robert Thompson
1907–1926

Sources (11)

  • James R Thompson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • James R, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
  • James Robert Thompson in entry for James Robert Thompson, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

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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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