Alexander Thompson was born on 20 April 1862, in Newfoundland, Canada as the son of Alex Thompson and Elizabeth Campbell. He married Fannie Hawkins on 9 December 1891, in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in School District 30, Sheridan, Montana, United States in 1920 and Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States in 1930. He died on 5 May 1932, in Plentywood, Sheridan, Montana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, 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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