Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Thompson was born on 15 July 1842, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Lewis Thompson, was 27 and his mother, Penelope Thompson, was 25. He married Hannah Smith Crompton on 28 September 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 25 April 1897, in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Clarkston City Cemetery, Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Tompson in household of Patrick Doyle, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joseph Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph Thompson, "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891" (image)
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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History of Hannah Crompton Thompson, As told to Lucy Hannah Williams Lowman (granddaughter), when Hannah was 79 1/2 year old
Hannah Crompton was born 4 June 1842 at Rockdale, Newbold, Lancashire, England, the third daughter of John Crompton and Mary Taylor. Hannah had six brothers and two sisters. Her two sisters, Alice a …
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