Clara Jean Thompson

Brief Life History of Clara Jean

When Clara Jean Thompson was born on 13 February 1915, in Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States, her father, Alton Rex Thompson, was 37 and her mother, Rhoda Ann Gillies, was 33. She died on 26 January 1916, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Circleville Cemetery, Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alton Rex Thompson
1877–1954
Rhoda Ann Gillies
1881–1966
Rex Gillies Thompson
1904–1962
Alton Claude Thompson
1906–1924
Eulalia Thompson
1908–1921
Elmo Sinclair Thompson
1910–1991
Susannah Thompson
1913–1929
Clara Jean Thompson
1915–1916
Robert Merwin Thompson
1916–1923
Dixie Ann Thompson
1918–2011
Iva Lou Thompson
1921–2011

Sources (5)

  • Clara Jean Thompson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Clara Jean Thompson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
  • Clara Jean Thompson, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (1)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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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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