Brief Life History of Norman
When Norman Thompson was born on 28 May 1900, in Redcar, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Frederick James Thompson, was 33 and his mother, Esther Patton, was 29. He married Ivy Cornick about 1925, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1936 and lived in Street by Brampton Bierlow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England in 1911. He died on 19 October 1982, in Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Norman Thompson in household of Sydney Thompson, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
- Thompson, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Norman Thompson, "United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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