Brief Life History of William Adamson
When William Adamson Thompson was born on 27 August 1833, in Crowle, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sargent Thompson, was 28 and his mother, Isabella Adamson, was 30. He married Elizabeth Bourne on 5 December 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Beverley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 21 August 1896, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Thompson in household of Sargent Thompson, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Thompson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about William Adamson Thompson
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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