Brief Life History of Lionel Stanley
When Lionel Stanley Thompson was born on 25 November 1918, in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, William Anthony Thompson, was 23 and his mother, Matilda Adelaide Acker Gregory, was 16. He had at least 1 daughter with Helen Geraldine Stevens. He died on 9 April 2007, in his hometown, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Lionel S Thompson, "BillionGraves Index"
- Lionel Thompson in entry for Bonnita Jeannette Thompson, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1956-1957"
- Lionel Stanley Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1918–2007 Male
1926–2012 Female
Children (1)
1956–1956 Female
Parents and Siblings
1895–1968 Male
1902–1975 Female
Siblings (2)
1918–2007 Male
1921–1996 Male
World Events (5)
1921 · Racing Schooner Launched
Age 3
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
Age 27
1955 · Canso Causeway Completed
Age 37
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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