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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Thompson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:
England & Wales
Scotland
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 Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Thompson families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Thompson Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Thompson families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Thompson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Thompson census records
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Military Service by Thompson
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