William Ernest Thompson (1892 - 1970)

Born 27 Mar 1892 in Commerce, Jackson County, Georgia, USA

Husband of Truie Gertrude (Langston) Thompson — married 3 Apr 1910 in Jackson County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1970 at age 78 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Ernest Thompson was enumerated as head of the household at Homer road north from highway, Minish, Jackson County, Georgia for the January 6, United States Census, 1920. He was noted as born 1892 in Georgia and married. He was a renter and a farmer on a general farm as seen in the image of the original census. Also included in the household are wife Tiney Thompson, daughter Ruth Thompson, son Homer Thompson, daughter Lucile Thompson, son Jay W Thompson and son Hubert Thompson.^[1]

On April 1, 1935, William A Thompson lived at Abbeville Township, Abbeville County, South Carolina.^[2]

William A Thompson was enumerated as head of the household at Abbeville Township, Abbeville County, South Carolina for the April 17, United States Census, 1940. He was noted as born 1893 in South Carolina and married. He owned a home worth $1500 and was a farmer as seen in this image of the original census. Also included in the household are wife Tiny Thompson, son Hubert Thompson, son Hoyt Thompson, son Lenard Thompson, son Ernest Thompson, daughter Doris Thompson and son Jack Thompson.^[2]

William Ernest Thompson, Sr. is buried at Melrose Cemetery in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ68-JTG : accessed 14 May 2018), Ernest Thompson, Minish, Jackson, Georgia, United States; citing ED 120, sheet 3A, line 11, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 264; FHL microfilm 1,820,264.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K48Q-V76 : accessed 20 May 2018), William A Thompson, Abbeville Township, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-5, sheet 10A, line 37, family 169, 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 3781.
3. ↑ Find A Grave website

See also:

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPH8-5F1 : accessed 20 May 2018), Ernest Thompson, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 10A, line 35, family 166, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2184; FHL microfilm 2,341,918.

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father Merideth A. Thompson (1870 - 1950)

mother Lou C. Loggins Thompson (1870 - 1960)