Warren Carr Thompson

Male31 May 1918–17 September 2016

Brief Life History of Warren Carr

When Warren Carr Thompson was born on 31 May 1918, in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, United States, his father, Edward Albert Thompson, was 51 and his mother, Beulah Fields, was 40. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 17 September 2016, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 98.

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Family Time Line

Edward Albert Thompson
1867–1958
Beulah Fields
1878–1946
Harriet Thompson
1901–1991
Abraham Turner Thompson
1904–2001
James Edward Thompson
1908–1963
Robert Nelson Thompson
1915–2003
Warren Carr Thompson
1918–2016

Sources (2)

  • Warren C Thompson in household of Edd A Thompson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Warren Thompson in household of E A Thompson, "United States Census, 1940"

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Siblings (5)

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 1

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

Age 8

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 26

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

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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