When William G Thompson was born on 26 June 1806, in Langloan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, David Thomson, was 21 and his mother, Jean Wotherspoon, was 25. He married Elizabeth MacAulay on 8 March 1831, in Kilchoman, Argyll, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. In 1860, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as farmer in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. He died on 5 December 1876, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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 NamesWilliam G. Thompson; a pioneer of 1851; was born 1806 at Longloan, near Coatbridge, Scotland. He was the oldest son of David Thompson and Jean Wetherspoon. There was a family of twelve; six boys and s …
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