Marcus Thompson

Brief Life History of Marcus

When Marcus Thompson was born in 1836, in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Thompson, was 50 and his mother, Lydia McConnell, was 28.

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Family Time Line

James Thompson
1786–1860
Lydia McConnell
1808–1872
James Austin Thompson
1829–1891
Byron Thompson
1831–
Merinus Thompson
1833–
Alfred Thompson
1835–1915
Melvin Thompson
1835–
Marcus Thompson
1836–
Sarah Eliza Thompson
1838–1918
Evelina Thompson
1842–

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    World Events (3)

    1867 · Ontario Founded

    On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

    1871

    British Columbia joins the confederation.

    1883 · Mining Boom

    In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

    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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