Iowa Family Groupsheet for Thomas A. THOMPSON Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** 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, OšTilda 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: Spouse's name: 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.