When Foster James Thompson was born on 24 November 1892, in Honaker, Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Fullen Thompson, was 38 and his mother, Julia Ann Thompson, was 35. He married Lucy Lorena Wiggins in 1921, in McDowell, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1940 and Pin Hook, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 17 December 1980, at the age of 88, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.
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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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