Brief Life History of Dora Bell
When Dora Bell Thompson was born on 21 November 1876, in Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States, her father, George T Thompson, was 37 and her mother, Mary Virginia Kerns, was 29. She married Reason Ralph Younker on 27 November 1892, in Bethel Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Lincoln Township, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Thompson Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 18 May 1944, in Hancock, Washington, Maryland, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Warfordsburg, Bethel Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Dora Bell Tompson in household of George T Tompson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Dora Bell Thompson, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Dora Belle Thompson Younker, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1869–1933 Male
1876–1944 Female
Children (13)
1894–1963 Male
1895– Male
1896–1979 Female
1898–1916 Female
1901–1901 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1839–1920 Male
1847–1926 Female
Siblings (5)
1870–1933 Male
1874– Female
1876–1944 Female
1881–1895 Male
1891– Female
World Events (8)
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 1
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 5
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 20
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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