Laura Althea Thompson

3 August 1834–10 July 1899 (Age 64)
Alexander, Genesee, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Laura Althea

When Laura Althea Thompson was born on 3 August 1834, in Alexander, Genesee, New York, United States, her father, George Vaughn Thompson, was 36 and her mother, Lucia Spaulding, was 38. She married Archibald Gardner on 3 March 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States in 1900. She died on 10 July 1899, in Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Archibald Gardner
1814–1902
Laura Althea Thompson
1834–1899
Marriage: 3 March 1851
George Delos Gardner
1853–1922
Lucia Adell Gardner
1856–1936
Archibald Thompson Gardner
1858–1876
Joseph Smith Gardner
1860–1901
Laura Althea Gardner
1863–1877
Ellen Jennette Gardner
1865–1914
Clinton Albert Gardner
1867–1867
Hyrum Obed Gardner
1868–1869
Brigham Ozro Gardner
1872–1957
Wallace Ward Gardner
1874–1912
Perry Wilburn Gardner
1876–1878

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 March 1851Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 2
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1848
    Age 14
    Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
    1863
    Age 29
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    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

    Story Highlight

    John Thomas Carruth

    1920 Texas U. S. Census living with daughter and husband, Nancy E. Stover. Listed as a widower.

    Sources (33)

    • Laura Gardner in household of Archibald Gardner, "United States Census, 1880"
    • L A in entry for Clinton Albert Gardener, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
    • Alathea Gardner, "United States Census, 1870"

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