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Submitted by: Mary Ann (Hendrickson) Dunkin
Email address: maryadunkin@yahoo.com
 

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
bu 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
bu 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
bu Bremerton, Kitsap Co., Washington
Marriage date: 10 Mar 1869 (10 children: Edward, Emma E., Carl Theordore,
Edward M., Anna Olena, Anna Olena, Martha Elizabeth, Bertha Marie, Joseph
Benhart and Mathilda WAAGE)
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
bu Pleasant View Cemetery, Grant Co., North Dakota
Marriage date: 23 Feb 1881 (9 children - 7 known names:  Theodore Carl,
Lena Sohia, Anton Severine, Clara E. May, Joseph Emeil, Sanna Decina,
Bertrum Andreas THOMPSON)
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, (7 children:  Emil Hanse, Cornelious
Theodore, Matilda Christina, Louis Christopher, Harry Emi, Thomas Elias and
Katie Esther THOMPSON)
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: bu Storia, South Dakota
Marriage date: ca 1881 ( 10 children - 8 known names:  Charles thomas, John
Lawrence, Lizzie Maria, Millen Ensnold, Carrie Emma, Annie Christina, George
Julius and Celia Amelia THOMPSON)
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
bu Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: m/1, 8 Nov 1877, d 6 Oct 1879 (one child: Tilda Emelia HOUGSTUEN)
m/2, 31 Mar 1881 (10 children:  Joseph Theodore, Cora Tamena, Edwin Crist,
Sarah Amanda, Lyia Carlina, Henry Martin, Rose Ann, Herman Nathaniel,
Josie Bertha and Pearl PETERSON),
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 (9 children:  Joe Henry, Clara Thedora,
Marshall, O¹Tilda Josephine, Amos Floyd, Herby Chester, twins Myrtle Edith
and Emma Marie, and Ernest Lloyd LARSON)
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,
bu 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. 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.