Brief Life History of John
When John Thompson was born on 30 March 1852, in Old Street St Luke, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Lewis Thompson, was 37 and his mother, Penelope Thompson, was 34. He married Hanna Jensine Olesdr Jensen on 11 March 1872, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1856 and lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1860. He died on 5 June 1922, in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Clarkston City Cemetery, Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- John Thompson in household of Patrick Doyle, "United States Census, 1860"
- England. John Thompson birth record - (1852-1922)
- Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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Autobiography of John Thompson
Short Sketch of the Life of John Thompson As He Told It, and As He Wrote It In March 1922. I, John Thompson, lived in London a little over two years. My father being an expert gold and silversmith …
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