Michael Ray Thompson

25 May 1947–6 January 2008 (Age 60)
Riverside, Riverside, California, United States

The Life Summary of Michael Ray

When Michael Ray Thompson was born on 25 May 1947, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, his father, Floyd Frank Thompson, was 30 and his mother, Doris Guendalyn Miller, was 33. He married Sharon Jo McDaniel on 5 April 1975, in Clark, Nevada, United States. He lived in Corona, Riverside, California, United States for about 6 years. He died on 6 January 2008, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

Michael Ray Thompson
1947–2008
Sharon Jo McDaniel
1953–2008
Marriage: 5 April 1975

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 April 1975Clark, Nevada, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
    Age 1
    The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
    1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal
    Age 6
    The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.
    1964 · The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
    Age 17
    The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both all the states and Congress from swaying the right to vote in elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Thomson
    Thom
    Tomson
    Thompsom
    Tompson

    Sources (9)

    • Michael Ray Thompson in household of Floyd Frank Thompson, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
    • Michael Ray Thompson, "California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
    • Michael Ray Thompson, "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005"

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