Catherine Thompson

11 May 1816–10 August 1889 (Age 73)
Waterboro, York, Maine, United States

The Life Summary of Catherine

When Catherine Thompson was born on 11 May 1816, in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States, her father, George Thompson, was 33 and her mother, Jane Walker, was 28. She married Caleb Barker on 12 January 1841, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 10 August 1889, in Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Fern Hill Cemetery, Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Barker
1813–1902
Catherine Thompson
1816–1889
Marriage: 12 January 1841
Eliza Barker
1841–1850
Isabella Amelia Ann Barker
1844–1848
Charles Barker
1848–1849
Arthur Barker
1853–1857

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 January 1841Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 3
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1820
    Age 4
    Maine is the 23rd state.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 20
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Thomson
    Thom
    Tomson
    Thompsom
    Tompson

    Sources (10)

    • Catharine Barker in entry for Barker, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
    • Catherine Barker in household of Caleb Barker, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Catharine in entry for Eliza Barker, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

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