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William G. Thompson

Male 1806 - 1876  (70 years)


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  • Name William G. Thompson 
    Born 26 Jun 1806  Langloan, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 6 Jul 1806  Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Dec 1876  Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2603  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Mary Ann Hales,   b. 11 Oct 1799, Minster, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1851, "Cobble Hills", , Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married Abt Dec 1848  , Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per Ancestral File and Ordinance Index, parents are David Thompson and Jean/Jane Wotherspoon/Wetherspoon.

      2. Is this the same Wm. Thompson? Journal History, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 Jan 1848, p. 25: "Following is the petition for a post office on the Pottawattamie lands, referred to, with the signatures attached. To the Honorable Postmaster Gerneral of the United States. Sir: There are many thousand inhabitants in the vicinity of the Log Tabernacle, which is situated on the Government purchase of the Pottawatamies and in the State of iowa, whose interest is materially injured, and whose journey, business and improvements are retarded or destroyed by non intercourse; there being no Post Office within forty or fifty miles of said Tabernacle, and the public good requires a convenient office: Therefore, We your Petitioners, Citizens of the United States and residents of said vicinage, pray your Honor to cause, such an office to be located at or near said Tabernacle without delay, to be called the Tabernacle Post Office... [Approximately 2,000 plus all male signatures including] Wm. G. Perkins, Jude Allen, Daniel Tyler, Wm. Stoker, Israel Barlow, William Thompson [and William Thompson, Jr.], Joseph Mangum, William Richey, John B. Richey, William B. Richey, John R. Holden [Wiley Holden and Joshua Holden are immediately adjacent - relations?], Andrew Allen [with Ira Allen, Franklin Allen, Joseph Allen immediately adjacent - relations?], John Coon [with Samuel Coon, eli Coon, Jacob Coon, and Joseph Coon immediately adjacent - relations?].

      3. Censuses:
      1850 US: Dist. 14, Decatur, Iowa, p. 326b, dwellings 39-42, 30 Oct 1850; note there are only about 16 pages of census for this area versus 188 for Pottawattamie County; also note that the families of George, Charles, Henry, Stephen Hales and their mother Mary Ann Thompson were all neighbors - Mary Ann's husband had died in 1846 and she remarried to William Thompson; she dies herself in about 6 months:
      Dwelling 39:
      William Thompson, 46, farmer, Scotland.
      Mary A., 51, Eng.
      Daniel 17, farmer, Canada.
      David 19, farmer, Scotland.
      William, 15, Canada.
      Maria, 12, MO.
      Orville, 9, Ill.
      Dwelling 40:
      George Hales, 28, printer, Eng.
      Sarah A., 27, NY.
      Mary A., 6.
      Harriett, 4, Iowa.
      Dwelling 41:
      Charles Hales, 33, bricklayer, Eng.
      Julia A., 26, NY.
      Eliza A., 9, IL.
      Julia A., 8, IL.
      George G., 6, IL.
      Mary J. 4, IL.
      Charles H., 2, IL.
      Henry H. Hales, 21, farmer, Eng.
      Eliza A., 20, PA.
      Dwelling 42:
      Stephen Hales, 30, stonecutter, Eng.
      Eveline, 20, VT.
      Stephen, 1, IA.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. FHL film 1035515, item 16, p. 71: "A Profile of Later-day Sints of Kirtland, Ohio and Members of Zion'a Camp": "William Thompson (Thomson), b. 16 Jun 1806 at Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, m. 8 Mar 1831 at Kichoman, Argyllshire, Scotland, d. 5 Dec 1876 at Bountiful, Davis, Utah. Parents are David Thompson and Jean Wotherspoon. Spouse is Elizabeth McAulay (MaCauley), b. Abt. 1805 at Portnahaven, Kichoman, Argllshire, Scotland, d. 7 Oct 1845 at Quincy, Adams, IL, parents are Donald McAulay and Mary McNiven." Sources given are:
      a. KS: Author's list of Kirtland residents based on all sources.
      b. FGS: Family Group Sheets, FHL.
      c. COPH 12:344: Kate Carter, "Our Pioneer Heritage."
      d. PTK 35-36: Kirtland Personal Propery Tax records, FHL.
      e. MP: Members who prepared petitions describing persecution they exerienced in Missouri during the 1830's, compiled by Clark Johnson, BYU."
      f. N: James Smith, "Nauvoo Social History Project: Master Index," BYU.
      g. NR: Lyman Platt, "Nauvoo: Early Mormon record Series."
      h. UC 50: Utah Census.
      i. UC 70: Utah Census.

      BIRTH:
      1. Per Ancestral File and Ordinance Index. Two dates appear: 16 Jun 1806 and 26 Jun 1806; unsure which of the two is more accurate.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Per Ancestral File, first wife is Elizabeth McCaulay, b. 1810 at Portnahaven, Kilchoman, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland, m. 8 Mar 1831 at Sunderland, Kilchoman, Argyll, Scotland, d. 7 Oct 1845 at Quincy, Adams, Illinois. They had 6 children born between 1831 to 1843 in Scotland, Canada, and Illinois.

      2. Marriage to Mary Ann Hales had to be before Oct 1850 where Mary Ann and William Thompson appear in the 1850 census and after Oct 1846 when Stephen Hales dies.
      Adams County, "Illinois County Marriages, 1810 - 1934, database, FamilySearch, FHL film 1870158. The exact date was not listed but the marriage before theirs was listed as 2 Dec 1848 and the next one registered was performed in Nov. 1848 and then the marriages listed begin in Jan. 1849. Researched by professional genealogist and biographer for the CHL special projects, Elder Jim Bratt, AG on 31 May 2016.

      DEATH:
      1. Per Ancestral File and Ordinance Index.

      BURIAL:
      1. Per Ancestral File and Ordinance Index.