When Robert Blashell Thompson was born on 1 October 1811, in Driffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Thompson, was 42 and his mother, Mary Barker, was 36. He married Mercy Rachel Fielding on 4 June 1837, in Kirtland Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Canada in 1834. He died on 27 August 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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 NamesRobert Blashel Thompson was born Tuesday 1 October 1811 in Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England. He was the sixth child, of six sons, of eight children of Thomas Thompson, about age 41, and Mary Bar …
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