Brief Life History of Almond Worthy
When Almond Worthy Thompson Sr. was born on 9 March 1839, in Nashville, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Samuel Thompson, was 25 and his mother, Mary Anderson, was 16. He married Truelove Ward on 31 January 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1905. He died on 26 December 1918, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (39)
- Almd W Thompson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Almond Worthy Thompson [Senior] - birth: 9 November 1839; Nashville, Lee, Iowa, United States
- Almond Worthy Thomson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
Spouse and Children
1839–1918 Male
1838–1926 Female
Children (13)
1863–1887 Male
1864–1864 Male
1867–1912 Male
1868–1946 Male
1870–1940 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1813–1892 Male
1822–1899 Female
Siblings (5)
1838–1841 Female
1839–1918 Male
1840–1914 Female
1843–1924 Female
1845–1879 Female
World Events (8)
1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
Age 2
1846
Age 7
1863
Age 24
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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Almond Worthy Thompson, by Elma Powell
"Almond Worthy Thompson was born March 9, 1839, in Nashville, Lee County, Iowa, a son of Samuel Thompson and Mary Anderson. Him being the oldest of four children. He had three sisters, Sarah Marinda …
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