Brief Life History of Arthur Sigvald
When Arthur Sigvald Thompson was born on 30 August 1904, in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States, his father, Andrew Thompson, was 36 and his mother, Christena Oleson, was 29. He married Pauline Amelia Weiss on 23 July 1927, in Webster Township, Polk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1935 and Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 25 February 1990, in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Michigan, United States.
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- Arthur S Thompson in household of Segger Olson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Arthur Sigvold Thompson in the Web: Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900
- Arthur Sigvald Thompson in the U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · The End of Capital Punishment
Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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