Thomas Treason Thompson Jr. (1876 - 1955)

Born 5 Jan 1876 in Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Louisa (Lowe) Thompson — married 9 Jan 1900 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Died 27 Aug 1955 at age 79 in Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA

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Thomas Thompson Jr. is part of a Bahamian family.

Thomas Thompson Jr. is buried in Key West Cemetery.

Biography

Thomas was born 5 January 1876 in Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas,^[1] and he was baptized there on 18 June.^[2] He was the son of Thomas Treason Thompson and Eliza Jane Roberts.

He married Margaret Lowe on 9 January 1900 in Key West, Florida in a ceremony performed by Gilbert Higgs, Rector of St. Paul's Parish.^[3]

Thomas died on 27 August 1955 in Miami, Florida,^[4] and he is buried with Maggie in the Key West City Cemetery.^[5]

In 1900, Thomas and Maggie were living with her father in Key West, Florida. By 1920 they had their own household.

Sources

1. ↑ Bahamas Registrar General, Civil Registration, Births, 1876, Parish of Saint Peters Hope Town, Abaco, p. 19, no. 1, [Unnamed Boy] Thompson, 5 January 1876; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BHP-99SH?i=22&wc=Q4ZP-N3D%3A216281801&cc=1922411 : accessed November 2015).
2. ↑ Oreste Lombardi, comp., Thomas Treason Thompson, no. 18084, Abaco ged.ged, 2013 Dolly Mae Bahamas 40th Anniversary CD (Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas: Wyannie Malone Museum, 2014); citing "Abaco Meth. serial # 2937, civ. reg. p 18."
3. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 5: 207, Thomas T. Thompson and Maggie L. Lowe, 9 January 1900; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YZH?i=270&cat=341167 : accessed November 2015).
4. ↑ "T. T. Thompson Rites Planned," obituary, Miami Daily News, 29 August 1955, p. 4B; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/300150587/?terms=Thompson : accessed August 2018). Thomas's grave stone indicates that he died on 29 August. AMC, "Thomas Treason Thompson, Jr," Memorial no. 111631962, posted 1 June 2013; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111631962/thomas-treason-thompson : accessed August 2018). The Florida Death Index indicates that he died in Palm Beach County; however Thomas and Maggie lived with their daughter and her husband in Miami, and Maggie died there a few months earlier. "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Thomas T. Thompson, 1955, Palm Beach County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVS2-C4B : accessed November 2015).
5. ↑ AMC, "Thomas Treason Thompson, Jr," Memorial no. 111631962, posted 1 June 2013; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111631962/thomas-treason-thompson : accessed August 2018).

• Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from Grave site, Key West Cemetery, Key West, Florida
• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36C-C9N : accessed 7 April 2015), Thomas T Thompson in household of William Lowe, Key West city Ward 2, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 320, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,174.
• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYH-V8Z : accessed 7 April 2015), Thomas T Thompson, Miami, Dade, Florida, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 325, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,216.
• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SYJX-PT2 : accessed 7 April 2015), Thomas T Thompson, Precinct 24, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0027, sheet 1A, family 8, line 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 325; FHL microfilm 2,340,060.
• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTCW-MFB : accessed 7 April 2015), Thomas T Thompson, Ward 2, Key West, Election Precinct 2, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-6, sheet 3A, family 67, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 601.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K358-FJM : accessed 7 April 2015), Thomas T Thompson, 1917-1918; citing Monroe County, Florida, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,556,877.