Penelope Thompson was born on 29 May 1817, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Joseph Lewis Thompson on 28 December 1835, in All Saints, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1855. She died on 9 December 1865, in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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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 NamesEliza Penelope Thompson By LaVeda Eliza Williams and printed in the Joseph Lewis Thompson Family Bulletin in October 1962, with the same spelling as shown in the Bulletin In England in the year of 1 …
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