This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EloiseYentzer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/7193.46/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I know who this person is and if you would contact me at my e-mail I will give you what information I have on him. I am a daughter of one of his cousins. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chall64 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17223.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much, this interesting! Christy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarolynBruce50 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17173.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Contact me at your leisure. cdhbruce@cox.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: johnmichaelholt Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17223.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Christy, Looking at the 1850 and 1860 census records for Rhea County. There is a Sarah C. Thompson which really seams to be the only single female Thompson born about the right time. If you make the assumption that William and Catherine were naming their children after their parents, you may want to take a look at this. I found a couple of RootsWeb listings where you may want to contact the submitters to see if they might have anymore information. (not related) Good Luck!! John 1860 District 2, Rhea, TN Absalom Thompson abt 1810 Tennessee Male (farmer) Malinda Thompson abt 1811 Tennessee Female Sarah C Thompson abt 1841 Tennessee Female Margaret A Thompson Tennessee Female Jesse A Thompson abt 1845 Tennessee Male Thomas K Thompson abt 1847 Male Absalom S Thompson abt 1853 Male Elizabeth J Thompson abt 1855 Female Joel Dotson abt 1819 Tennessee Male Elizabeth Dotson abt 1821 Tennessee Female Martha J Dotson abt 1844 Tennessee Female Sarah E Dotson abt 1845 Tennessee Female William S Dotson abt 1848 Tennessee Male Mary A Dotson abt 1853 Tennessee Female Thomas N Dotson abt 1857 Tennessee Male George W Dotson abt 1859 Tennessee Male 1850 District 2, Rhea, TN Absalom S Thompson abt 1810 (farmer) Malinda Thompson abt 1814 Sarah C Thompson abt 1840 Margaret A Thompson abt 1842 Jesse A Thompson abt 1845 Thomas K Thompson abt 1846 ===== Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 Name: William Dodson Spouse: Catharine Thompson Marriage Date: 14 Mar 1866 Marriage County: Rhea ===== RootsWeb link to William: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dodsons&id=I0648 RootsWeb link to Sarah C.: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1227016&id=I00186 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lthompson0679 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17173.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am always happy to meet new family. I would be interested in comparing notes on Samuel and Ann Jennings Thompson. Hope to hear from you soon. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarolynBruce50 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17173.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Me, too, cousin. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lthompson0679 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17173.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My ancestors come from Amelia Co. Virginia. Samuel and Ann Jennings Thompson. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marian901 Surnames: thompson's Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17173.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: what area of VA do they come from? mine are from the Mecklenburg Brunswick area marian thompson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi all, GenLookups.com has added the 2006 data set to the Texas Marriages Index and Texas Divorces Index at http://www.genlookups.com/texas_marriages/ and http://www.genlookups.com/texas_divorces/ respectively. Find your THOMPSON data in that new free data set. Hope this helps. -- Bill Cribbs GenealogyBuff.com http://www.genealogybuff.com GenLookups.com http://www.genlookups.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vitaltree_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17226/mb.ashx Message Board Post: free document information available at http://mysite.verizon.net/spentink/ for Thompson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: zinmom Surnames: Finch/Macy/Thompson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/10289.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Per US Federal Census Mortality schedule, died of consumption Mar 25, 1880. Had lived in Story Co, Iowa since 1858. Married to George A Macy, with children Richard, Cordelia and Oskar. Married Daniel C Finch 20 Mar 1861. Need information about Thompson family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaggieChristy Surnames: Thompson - O'Donnell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17224/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dale Thompson, birth and death dates unknown, married Helen G. O'Donnell of Iowa Co., Iowa. I'm looking for any information on this family. Helen was born in 1910 and died in 1992 in Green Bay, Brown Co., WI. Thank you for your help. Maggie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

It isn't very logical to ask the ethnic origins of a surname. Of a family, yes, but of a surname no. The two are entirely different. Especially in the USA, where some surnames have been anglicised (or changed) on arrival, I don't think it can be the case that, on setting out, anyone can assume that "their" Thompsons are from the United Kingdom. Furthermore, many Black-American families owe their names to former slave-owning families (don't try to suggest that the McAllisters were originally Scottish or the Joneses originally Welsh in that instance). If you search for the meaning of Thompson/Thomson/Thomason (and other variants) you will find they all mean the same thing - son of Thomas - this is an example of a patronymic (other examples being the most common surnames in the English-speaking world). As spelling wasn't fixed until relatively recently in the history of UK surnames, it is more than possible that within the same family, going back far enough, there are variations in the spelling. Furthermore, illiteracy rates were high formerly, so, if a family could only pronounce their name, it was up to someone else to decide on the spelling as it was heard. If we imagine (as an exercise only because this certainly wasn't the case) that all surnames were fixed in the UK on Jan 1st 1500, then you can see that all the different Thomases around with all their different families would all chose to call their children Thompson/Thomson/Thomason. So, not all Thompsons/Thomsons/Thomasons are related. You should find some useful general works on the origins of surnames in your local library or on Google Books. I hope that's helpful? Ian Kent UK > From: thompson-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: THOMPSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 127> To: thompson@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 18:30:26 -0600> > > > Hi Thompson List,> > Can you tell me the ethnic origin of "Thompson"? > > Donna > California> > > > Donna Lingren _________________________________________________________________ Win Indiana Jones prizes with Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000002ukm/direct/01/

hi . Many Thompsons were carpenters and moved where there was work . I know of thompson carpenters : Cumbria--Yorkshire Staffordshire--Warwickshire and London . Laurie Thompson Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com To: THOMPSON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:12 AM Subject: [THOMPSON] Samuel Thompson c1781 - Tetbury Glos This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: redtonyt Surnames: Thompson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17221/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for anyone that might have any information on my GGGgrand-father Samuel Thompson who according to the 1851 census return was born in Tetbury, Glos in or about 1781. He died in the Poor House in Farnborough, Kent in 1852. How or why he moved from Gloucestershire, I have no idea, but on the way he acquired a wife Sarah born in Eynsford, Kent not too far from Farnborough. She also died in the Poor House about a year later. Any information or pointers on either would be greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMPSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1410 - Release Date: 1/05/2008 5:30 PM

Donna . My feeling is that Thompson originated in Yorkshire from the Norse invaders of the 10th century , and became from Thomassson to Thomafson ( Old English way of writing S ) to Thompson . Like to hear other versions . Laurie Thompson Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Lingren To: thompson@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:06 AM Subject: [THOMPSON] Irish ?? Scotish ?? Hi Thompson List, Can you tell me the ethnic origin of "Thompson"? Donna California Donna Lingren But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us... Romans 5:8 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMPSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1410 - Release Date: 1/05/2008 5:30 PM

Ian, Thank you for an excellant, well-thought out responnse that separates reality from wishful thinking. I could only hope that, when I finally am able to get my Thompson line (John, who married Elizabeth Ward in Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 1726) back across the water, we might cross paths again. Jay Thompson ----- Original Message ---- From: I Thompson <joscyn@hotmail.com> To: thompson@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:51:31 AM Subject: Re: [THOMPSON] THOMPSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 127 It isn't very logical to ask the ethnic origins of a surname. Of a family, yes, but of a surname no. The two are entirely different. Especially in the USA, where some surnames have been anglicised (or changed) on arrival, I don't think it can be the case that, on setting out, anyone can assume that "their" Thompsons are from the United Kingdom. Furthermore, many Black-American families owe their names to former slave-owning families (don't try to suggest that the McAllisters were originally Scottish or the Joneses originally Welsh in that instance). If you search for the meaning of Thompson/Thomson/Thomason (and other variants) you will find they all mean the same thing - son of Thomas - this is an example of a patronymic (other examples being the most common surnames in the English-speaking world). As spelling wasn't fixed until relatively recently in the history of UK surnames, it is more than possible that within the same family, going back far enough, there are variations in the spelling. Furthermore, illiteracy rates were high formerly, so, if a family could only pronounce their name, it was up to someone else to decide on the spelling as it was heard. If we imagine (as an exercise only because this certainly wasn't the case) that all surnames were fixed in the UK on Jan 1st 1500, then you can see that all the different Thomases around with all their different families would all chose to call their children Thompson/Thomson/Thomason. So, not all Thompsons/Thomsons/Thomasons are related. You should find some useful general works on the origins of surnames in your local library or on Google Books. I hope that's helpful? Ian Kent UK > From: thompson-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: THOMPSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 127> To: thompson@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 18:30:26 -0600> > > > Hi Thompson List,> > Can you tell me the ethnic origin of "Thompson"? > > Donna > California> > > > Donna Lingren _________________________________________________________________ Win Indiana Jones prizes with Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000002ukm/direct/01/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMPSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: res0g6eb Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/9715.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank You so much Gloria, I know this is my Wardell family you spoke of, but I have alot to find proof that this is a connection with the Thompson side you mentioned..This is exciting because for years I have wondered where my first name can from beside my mother and grandmother telling me I had 3 last names! I will go after the information you suggested. You say your from the Wardell side I'll past unto you what I have Docs etc.. Please email me levi_strous@hotmail.com This account lets me send large files which my local provider does not. Thank You again Ty Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chall64 Surnames: Thompson-Dodson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17223/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mary C. Thompson m. William Dodson, she was b. abt. 1845 in Tennessee, the only 2 census's I can find her on are the 1870-80 - as Catherine Dodson. Some of the chidrens names: Joel,John Malinda, Clate,Jim,Mary Absalam. Mary was my g'grandmother, she is the only one I have any information on. Would like to find more of these Dodson and Catherines Thompsons side of the family. Anything appreciated. Christy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chall64 Surnames: Thompson-Dodson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17222/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mary C. Thompson m. William Dodson, she was b. abt. 1845 in Tennessee, the only 2 census's I can find her on are the 1870-80 - as Catherine Dodson. Some of the chidrens names: Joel,John Malinda, Clate,Jim,Mary Absalam. Mary was my g'grandmother, she is the only one I have any information on. Would like to find more of these Dodson and Catherines Thompsons side of the family. Anything appreciated. Christy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lthompson0679 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17173.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Thompson family line comes from Virginia. I am willing to share what information I have. Roger Thompson e-mail lthompson0679@bellsouth.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.