Re: Martin Thompson and Hans Thompson
THOMPSON, ANDERSON
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email) In Response To: Martin Thompson and Hans Thompson (Mary Jane Pahos)
Date: 1/6/2006 at 17:22:47
Martin Thompson was married to Julia (Anderson) Thompson who died in 1898 at age 54. They had at least 9 children: Emma Thompson; Lena Thompson; Theodore Thompson; Frederick Thompson; Benjamin Thompson; Mabel Thompson; Jessie Thompson; Arthur Thompson; Clarence Thompson; His occupation was a mason. He was in Webster County, Iowa ca 1874-1875; in Minneapolis, Minnesota from at least 1879-1882; in Humboldt County, Iowa ca 1885-1887; in Wright County, Iowa from ca 1889 til his death in 1920 according to assumptions I made from the censuses I have included below.
His daughter, Lena Thompson, never married and after her father’s death in 1920, lived with her cousin, Henry Thompson (son of Hans/Henry Thompson of Humboldt County)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove, Iowa:
Martin Thompson 1838-1920
Julia (Anderson) Thompson 1844-1898
Lena Thompson 1874-1955
Arthur Thompson 1889-1896Son of Hans/Henry Thompson
Henry Bertinius Thompson, 11 Oct 1884 -26 Nov 1974
Ellen Severina Johnson Thompson 16 June 1888-14 May 19681895 Iowa State Census – Wright County, Iowa (Eagle Grove)
Martin Thompson, 55, born Norway
Julia Thompson, 46, born Norway
Lena Thompson, 20, born Webster County, Iowa
Theodore Thompson, 18, born Webster County, Iowa
Frederick Thompson, 16, born Minnesota
Benj Thompson, 13, born Minnesota
Mabel Thompson, 10, born Humboldt County Iowa
Jessie Thompson, 8, born Humboldt County Iowa
Arthur Thompson, 6, born Wright County, Iowa
Clarence Thompson, 3, born Wright County, Iowa1880 federal census: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Martin Thompson, 42, born Norway
Julia Thompson, 32, born Norway
Emma Thompson, 9, born Iowa
Lina Thompson, 6, born Iowa
Theodor Thompson, 3, born Iowa
Frederic Thompson, 14 months, born Minnesota1900 federal census: Eagle Grove Twp., Wright County, Iowa:
Martin Thompson, born July 1838, Norway, widower
Lena Thompson, born April 1874, Iowa
Mable Thompson, born June 1884, Iowa
Jessie Thompson, born Sept 1886, Iowa
Clarence Thompson, born Dec 1891, Iowa1930 federal census: Eagle Grove Twp., Wright County, Iowa:
Henry B. Thompson, 45, Iowa
Ellen S. Thompson, 42, Iowa
Minnie B. Thompson, 19, Iowa, daughter
John H. A. Thompson, 6, Iowa, son
Lina Thompson, 55, Iowa, cousinHans/Henry Thompson lived in Norway Township, Humboldt County, Iowa
which adjoined Eagle Grove Township in Wright County, Iowa.1880 Humboldt County, Iowa (Norway Twp)
Henry Thompson, 36, born Norway
Betsy L. Thompson, 37, born Norway
Thomas Thompson, 12, born Wisconsin
Lewis Thompson, 10, born Iowa
Matilda Thompson, 7, born Iowa
Martin Thompson, 8, born Iowa
Ever Thompson, 3, born Iowa1885 Iowa State Census – Humboldt County, Iowa:
Hans Thompson, 41, Born Norway
Bertha Thompson, 41, Born Norway
Thomas Thompson, 17, born Wisconsin
Lewis Thompson, 15, born Calhoun County, Iowa
Martha Thompson, 12, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Martin Thompson, 10, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Edward Thompson, 8, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Minnie Thompson 4, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Olaus Thompson 2, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Henry Thompson 0, born Humboldt County, Iowa1895 Iowa State Census – Humboldt County, Iowa
Henry Thompson, 52, born Norway
Bertha Thompson, 53, born Norway
Martin Thompson, 20, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Edw Thompson, 11, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Minnie Thompson, 14, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Olavus Thompson, 12, born Humboldt County, Iowa
Henry Thompson, 11, born Humboldt County, IowaFrom the History of Thor, Iowa (Humboldt County):
Henry (Hans) Thompson was born at Gran Hadeland, Norway in the year 1843. He was married to Bertha Jeffries. In 1866, they immigrated to the United States and located at Chicago, Illinois. After about a year's stay, they moved to Argyle, Wisconsin. In the spring of 1869, in a covered wagon drawn by two oxen, they crossed the prairies to Fort Dodge, Iowa. Here he was employed by the Illinois Central Railway Company and helped to build the railroad to Sioux City, Iowa. Later he homesteaded near Fonda in Pocahontas County, Iowa. In 1871, he moved to a farm near Thor, Norway Township, section 28, in Humboldt County, Iowa. Henry and Bertha Thompson had eight children: Thomas, Lewis, Mattie, Martin, Ed, Minnie, Olaus and Henry B. Mr. and Mrs. Henry. B. Thompson were the parents of M. Burnette and Arden (Toby) ThompsonThe Thompson's lived in a sod house for a few years. When they built their house, one of the first in the area, the lumber was hauled from Fort Dodge in a lumber wagon pulled by oxen. The Verbeck Post Office was built on the Henry Thompson farm. The swampy area made traveling difficult, so cream and other produce were hauled to Thor on stone bolts. In the fall, Henry would drive the oxen and wagon to Fort Dodge to get his winter supply of coal. It was a two day trip if the weather was good. Often he would stay overnight with the friendly Indians. On one of these visits, they served him stew. When they offered him more, Henry asked if it was horse. They told him: "No, bow-wow." He was hungry for the first serving, but turned down the second. While fighting a prairie fire, Henry Thompson, Sr. lost the sight of an eye when a fence wire hit his eye. Henry B. Thompson told Dan Lothe and Helge Lund went out on the ice covered swampy land to kill muskrats with pitchforks. In one day they killed 101 of them.
Fort Dodge Messenger, Fort Dodge, Iowa:
J.H. ARDEN THOMPSON (Hans/Henry Thompson’s grandson)
J.H. Arden Thompson passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2003, at Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge at the age of 79 years. Survivors include his four children and their spouses, Kathy and Roger Gunderson of Danville, Calif., Scott and Rhonda Thompson of Eagle Grove, Nora Ann Paukert of Danville, Calif., and Barb and Tim Dooley of Eagle Grove; seven grandchildren, Eric and Kari Gunderson, Erin and Leah Paukert, Beth, Drew and Ben Dooley; sister-in-laws, Phyllis Comstock of Eagle Grove and Phyllis and Dr. Richard Kist of Clinton; and other relatives and friends.
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