William G Thompson

Brief Life History of William G

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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Family Time Line

William G Thompson
1806–1876
Elizabeth MacAulay
1805–1845
Marriage: 8 March 1831
David W Thompson
1831–1865
Daniel Thompson
1834–1912
William Thompson
1836–1913
Maria Thompson
1838–1911
Orvil Browning Thompson
1842–1888
Eliza Jane Thompson
1845–1845

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  • Wm G Thompson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Birth Record for Wm Thomson (two-page IMAGE) Old Monkland Parish Register, Lanark, Scotland,
  • Marriage Record (IMAGE) of William Thomson and Elizabeth MacAulay (1831) in Parish Records of Kilchoman, Argyll, Scotland

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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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History of William G. Thompson

William 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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