Thompson Family History
Thompson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Thomas. Thompson is widely
distributed throughout Britain, but is most common in northern England
and northern Ireland.Americanized form of Thomsen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Thompson
Name Distribution of Thompson Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Thompson families
 3,066 - 6,130  1,023 - 3,065 |
 1 - 1,022  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Thompson families
|
8,651 - 17,300 2,884 - 8,650 |
1 - 2,883 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Thompson families
|
454 - 905 152 - 453 |
1 - 151 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Thompson census records
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Thompson Family Origin
Thompson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Thompson
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Thompson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Thompson census records
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Thompson Civil War Service Records
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