Husband: Thomas A. THOMPSON
Birthdate: 3 Feb 1812
Birthplace: Aareg Farm, Skjold Parish, Norway
Death date: 15 Oct 1890
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Burial: Old Strand South Cemetery or Rockdale Cemetery now
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: 1 Apr 1848
Marriage place: LaSalle Co., Illinois

Wife: Carolyn JOHNSON , in Norway Kare Johansdatter
Birthdate: 25 Feb 1828
Birthplace: Sande Farm, Etne, Norway
Death date: 15 Sep 1909
Place of death: Charlestown, Washington
Burial: Fordfjords Graveyard, Poulsbo, Kitsap Co., Washington
Father: Jone ANDERSON
Mother: Marthe Halvorsdatter

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Anna E. THOMPSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 26 Jul 1849
Birthplace: Mission Twp., LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 23 Mar 1923
Place of death: Charlestown, Kitsap Co., Washington
Burial: Bremerton, Kitsap Co., Washington
Marriage date: 10 Mar 1869
Marriage place: Norway, Mission Twp., LaSalle Co., Illinois
Spouse's name: Ole E. WAAGE, Ole Eriksen, Waaga in Norway

Child No. 2: John A. THOMPSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 Oct 1851
Birthplace: Mission Twp., LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 18 Jul 1926
Place of death: Lark, Grant Co., North Dakota
Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery, Grant Co., North Dakota
Marriage date: 23 Feb 1881
Marriage place: Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Elsie OLSON, b 27 Feb 1857, Flekfjord, Sulda, Norway

Child No. 3: Thomas A. THOMPSON, Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 5 Nov 1854
Birthplace: Mission Twp., LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 8 Jan 1917
Place of death: Liberal, Seward Co., Kansas
Marriage date: 27 Apr 1885
Marriage place: Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Augusta LARSON

Child No. 4: Andrew Thomas THOMPSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Mar 1857
Birthplace: Sheridan, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 16 Oct 1921
Place of death: Burial: Storia, South Dakota
Marriage date: ca 1881
Marriage place: South Dakota
Spouse's name: Taleta Tobine (Lettie) SANSTOL

Child No. 5: Martha Caroline THOMPSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 Oct 1859
Birthplace: Mission Twp., LaSalle Co., Iowa
Death date: 14 Oct 1923
Place of death: Corning, Adams Co., Iowa
Burial: Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: m/1, 8 Nov 1877, d 6 Oct 1879 m/2, 31 Mar 1881
Marriage place: Corning, Adams Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: m/1, Christopher HOUGSTUEN, m/2 to Hans Torres PETERSON

Child No. 6: Betsy Serena THOMPSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 Apr 1862
Birthplace: LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 28 Mar 1919
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 15 Sep 1881
Marriage place: Corning, Adams Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Thomas John LARSON

Child No. 7: Carl Tobias THOMPSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Sep 1864
Birthplace: Norway, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 1 Jun 1952
Place of death: Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon,
Burial: Hermiston, Umatilla Co., Oregon
Marriage date: 15 Jun 1894
Marriage place: White Lake, Aurora Co., South Dakota
Spouse's name: Marietta Lavina BENNETT

Child No. 8: Amy THOMPSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Mar 1869
Birthplace: LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 15 Jul 1870
Place of death: probably LaSalle Co., Illinois as they were counted in the 23 August 1870 Federal Census in Mission Twp., LaSalle Co., Illinois
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
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Documentation:
* Information from Thompson family members,
* Larson Family History,
* Anderson Family History,
* Cemetery listings,
* Federal Census records of LaSalle Co., Illinois and Adams Co., Iowa.

Notes:
* Thomas emigrated 1837, the 4th shipload of Norwegians to follow the "Sloopers" to the USA. A trip of 11 weeks from Stavanger to New York on the ship Enigheden.
* Thomas and Caroline were counted in the 1850, 1860, 1870 Census of LaSalle Co., Illinois and in the 1880 Census in Adams Co., Iowa.