Eliza Penelope Thompson

Brief Life History of Eliza Penelope

When Eliza Penelope Thompson was born on 29 May 1840, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Lewis Thompson, was 25 and her mother, Penelope Thompson, was 23. She married William Coucher on 1 November 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in St Luke, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 7 May 1909, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Clarkston City Cemetery, Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Coucher
1833–1872
Eliza Penelope Thompson
1840–1909
Marriage: 1 November 1862
Joseph William Coucher
1863–1939
Margaret Isobel Coucher
1866–1866
Eliza Susannah Coucher
1868–1875
Horace Edward Coucher
1870–1875
Penelope Griffin
1874–1949
Annie Henrietta Griffin
1876–1957
Henry Alfred Griffin Sr
1878–1971

Sources (30)

  • Eliza Thompson in household of Joseph Thompson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Eliza Thompson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Eliza Penelope Thompson Griffin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: William Jolley BIRTH 13 Feb 1811 Bedfordshire, England DEATH 16 May 1854 (aged 43) Kansas, USA BURIAL Clarkston City Cemetery Clarkston, Cache County, Utah, USA PLOT UK_2 MEMORIAL ID 39389609

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Eliza Penelope Thompson

Eliza Penelope Thompson By LaVeda Eliza Williams and printed in the Joseph Lewis Thompson Family Bulletin in October 1962, with the same spelling as shown in the Bulletin In England in the year of 1 …

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