Brief Life History of James McIntyre
When James McIntyre Thompson was born on 23 May 1878, in Port Molyneux, Clutha, New Zealand, his father, Klaas Tjeerds Vellinga, was 50 and his mother, Euphemia Alison McIntyre, was 35. He died on 15 March 1963, in Riverton, Southland, New Zealand, at the age of 84.
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1887 · New Zealands's First National Park
Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.
1893
New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
1907
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
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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