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Frances Aimee (Ferguson) Thompson (1895 - 1989)

Frances Aimee "Amy" Thompson formerly Ferguson
Born in Kincardine Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canadamap
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Died at age 94 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Frances Aimee Ferguson was born on March 24, 1895 in Kincardine township[1] (different from today's Kincardine municipality[2]), Bruce County, Ontario, the third child of Thomas Ferguson and Caroline (Griffith) Ferguson. Bruce County is part of the Niagara escarpment and known for it's amazing views and rock formations. Kincardine sits on the eastern shore of Lake Huron. Thomas, a farmer, was 36 and Caroline was 22. This was Thomas' second marriage[3]. He had been married to Catherine Jane Collins[4] who passed away along with their daughter, Malinda May Ferguson in 1887[5],[6]. Thomas then married Caroline in 1889. Soon Walter was born in 1891[7], and Frederick in 1893[8].

Aimee, as she was known (at least in her adult life), was followed by Sarah Letitia "Lettie" in 1897[9], Myrtle Luella in 1897[10]. The family is recorded in the 1901 census in Bruce West, Ontario[11]. Aimee is six years old and she is recorded as being of Irish ancestry. The ages of the family are Thomas, 42; Caroline, 29; Walter, 9; Frederick, 7; Lettie, 3; and Myrtle, 1. Alvin Griffith "Alfie" Ferguson was born in 1902 in Louise, Manitoba[12].

Brother Frederick's naturalization petition was filed in September 1916 and attests that, presumably the entire family, since Fred would have been eight years old, was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at Noyes, Minnesota on March 15, 1902, having entered the country by rail[13]. The next recording shows the family being joined by Thomas Stewart Ferguson, Jr. in 1904, at Stewartsville, Missouri[14]. The last child, Alice was born in 1907 also in Missouri[15].

Though we do not have a record of it, Aimee was united in marriage to Lloyd Ernest Thompson in 1912, at age sixteen[16]. He was twenty years old. Scotts Bluff County is some 500 miles (~800 km)northwest of Stewartsville. Within two years time the family was growing. Loydea Vivian was born January 9, 1914, in Minatare, Nebraska[17] followed by Wayne in 1916[18].

In 1917, the family was living at Gurley, Nebraska[19]. On February 25, 1919, Aimee's mother Caroline dies[20]. She is buried in Knob Noster, Missouri. Aimee is 23. By 1920, the family has left Nebraska and is now living in Medicine Bow, Wyoming[21]. On the 1920 census, her mother tongue is recorded as Irish, with the same listed for both parents.

In 1922, Aimee gives birth to William Ferguson Thompson is born in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado[22]. Aimee is 27 years old. We know that Aimee's father Thomas is living in Larimer County in 1920 and the children Myrtle, Alvin, Thomas Jr., and Alice are with him[23]. So perhaps they traveled there so Myrtle could help Aimee with the birth.

The family still lives in Medicine Bow in 1930[24]. Lloyd's work was as a barber and he had his own shop in Medicine Bow. The family's ages are 38 (Lloyd), 35 (Aimee), 15 (Loydea), 14 (Wayne), and 7 (Bill).

Loydea graduated high school in Medicine Bow in 1931[25]. According to her obituary, she lived for a short while in Los Angeles, California and then came to Independence, Missouri. According to census records, the family lived in Independence in 1935. It is not known whether the entire family went to Los Angeles or only Loydea. Lloyd's parents were living in Los Angeles at that time so it is possible but there are no records at his time indicating either position.

Regardless, between 1930 and 1935, the family departed their home of Medicine Bow and removed to Independence, Jackson County, Missouri[26]. In 1932, Aimee's father Thomas passed away[27]. We do not have a record of where he passed away but he was laid to rest beside Caroline in Knob Noster, Missouri. She was 36 years old.

Aimee spent the rest of her life in Independence. In 1970, Lloyd preceded her in death and was buried in Independence[28],[29]. Her final years were spent at her daughter Loydea's home. There she played cards with her great-grandchildren[30]. She passed away on March 29, 1989, five days after her 94th birthday[31]. So far as we know, Aimee outlived all her siblings save sister Myrtle, who survived her another four months[32].

Loydea would live to age 92, passing away March 30, 2006[33], followed by Bill on May 1, 2009, at age 86[34]. Wayne passed some time after Bill.

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  1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMXN-R8G : 2 March 2021), Frances Amie Ferguson, 24 Mar 1895; citing Birth, Kincardine Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,245.
  2. ↑ Contributors to Wikimedia projects. 2013. “Kincardine, Ontario (Community) - Wikipedia.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. June 18, 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kincardine,_Ontario_(community)#Amalgamation.
  3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMVW-TXJ : 8 March 2021), Thomas Ferguson and Caroline Griffeth, 02 Oct 1889; citing registration , Walkerton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,223.
  4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJF-N4Q : 8 March 2021), Thomas Ferguson and Catharine Jane Collins, 26 Dec 1883; citing registration , Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,761.
  5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-B1JW : 12 May 2022), Catherine Jane Collins Ferguson, ; Burial, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, Kincardine Cemetery; citing record ID 147655608, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  6. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNLF-7JH : 2 March 2021), Melinda Ferguson, 27 Oct 1887; citing Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, cn002055, pg. 271, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,485.
  7. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNGH-349 : 2 March 2021), Walter Ferguson, 03 Oct 1891; citing Birth, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,442.
  8. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNGC-J2Q : 2 March 2021), Frederick Ferguson, 29 Jul 1893; citing Birth, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,452.
  9. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM4K-SYC : 13 February 2020), Sarah Letitia Ferguson, 1897.
  10. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFM-C8Z : 2 March 2021), Myrtle Luella Ferguson, 28 Dec 1899; citing Birth, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,056,231.
  11. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH26-S4G : 23 February 2021), Amy Ferguson in household of Thomas Ferguson, Bruce (west/ouest), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 8, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
  12. ↑ Manitoba, Canada, Birth Index, 1870-1917
  13. ↑ "Nebraska, Naturalization Records, 1855-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C792-37W2 : 3 February 2022), Fredrick Ferguson, 1916.
  14. ↑ "Wyoming, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WR-N8LP : 3 March 2020), Thomas Stuart Ferguson, 12 Feb 1942; records extracted by FamilySearch, images digitized by Ancestry; citing Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States, Draft Registration, "Draft Registration Cards for Wyoming, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," NAID 4684507. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.
  15. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLM-5FD : 31 January 2021), Alice Fergason in entry for Thomas Fergason, 1920.
  16. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79567804/lloyd-ernest-thompson : accessed 23 June 2022), memorial page for Lloyd Ernest Thompson (3 Dec 1891–15 Aug 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79567804, citing Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Matt Thompson (contributor 47931801).
  17. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTK-MB3D : accessed 23 June 2022), Loydea V Harvey, Independence - Blue Springs - Grain Valley, Missouri, United States, 01 Apr 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Examiner, The, born-digital text.
  18. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBG-W96 : 23 May 2022), Wayne N Tohmson in entry for Loyd D Tohmson, 1920.
  19. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J6-FND : 23 May 2022), Lloyd Ernest Thompson, 1917-1918.
  20. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-YCQK : 16 December 2021), Caroline Griffith Ferguson, ; Burial, Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States of America, Knob Noster Cemetery; citing record ID 76675591, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  21. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBG-W98 : 23 May 2022), Francis A Tohmson in entry for Loyd D Tohmson, 1920.
  22. ↑ "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFM-NK62 : 3 March 2020), William Furguson Thompson, 30 Jun 1942; records extracted by FamilySearch, images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States, NARA NAID 5833895 "Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947", National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, FHL microfilm .
  23. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLM-5FH : 31 January 2021), Thomas Fergason, 1920.
  24. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7W9-CZ8 : accessed 23 June 2022), Aimee F Thompson in household of Lloyd E Thompson, Medicine Bow, Carbon, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2B, line 96, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2622; FHL microfilm 2,342,356.
  25. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTK-MB3D : accessed 23 June 2022), Loydea V Harvey, Independence - Blue Springs - Grain Valley, Missouri, United States, 01 Apr 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Examiner, The, born-digital text.
  26. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Q2-ZMX : 28 November 2019), Amy Thompson in household of Lloyd E Thompson, Ward 1, Independence, Blue Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-4, sheet 13B, line 63, family 309, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2114.
  27. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-YCQL : 16 December 2021), Thomas Ferguson, ; Burial, Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States of America, Knob Noster Cemetery; citing record ID 76675590, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  28. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J15X-W25 : 10 January 2021), Lloyd Thompson, Aug 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  29. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-TGVC : 14 June 2022), Lloyd Ernest Thompson, ; Burial, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States of America, Mound Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 79567804, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  30. ↑ Thompson, Matt. Personal recollections, 23 June 2022.
  31. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1RF-W3R : 10 January 2021), Frances A Thompson, 29 Mar 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  32. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT4M-NJ3 : 11 January 2021), Myrtle L Roten, 10 Aug 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  33. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM7X-X47 : 11 January 2021), Loydea V Harvey, 30 Mar 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  34. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMCD-J4S : 12 January 2021), William F Thompson, 01 May 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  • "Ontario Births, 1869-1911," database with images, FamilySearch record of birth photo, Thomas Ferguson in entry for Frances Amie Ferguson, 24 Mar 1895; citing Birth, Kincardine Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,245.
  • 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce County, Kincardine Township - Name Amy Ferguson, Gender Female, Racial or Tribal Origin Irish, Nationality Canadian, Marital Status Single, Age 6, Birth Date 24 Mar 1895, Birth Place Ontario, Relation to Head of House Daughter, Religion Methodist, Months at School 4, Can Speak English Yes
  • 1930 United States Federal Census - Medicine Bow, Carbon, Wyoming, USA
  • 1940 United States Federal Census - Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
  • “Frances Aimee Ferguson Thompson (1895-1989) - Find A Grave Memorial.” Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79567859/frances-aimee-thompson. Accessed 26 Aug. 2021.




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Ferguson-15567 and Ferguson-6879 appear to represent the same person because: Originally, I did not have enough information but since I was able to find the correct place of birth, it's apparent that these are the same person.
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