Brief Life History of Sophia
Sophia Thompson was born in 1833, in St Stephen, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. She married Isaac Killam Sr. in 1898, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Sources (4)
- Legacy NFS Source: Sophia - Published information: birth-name: Sophia
- Sophia Thompson, "Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949"
- Sophia Thompson in entry for Isaack Killam, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
Spouse and Children
1818–1910 Male
1833– Female
World Events (3)
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
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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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