Frank Goodwin Thompson (1873 - 1927)

Born 6 May 1873 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Martha L (Stankey) Maynard — married 15 Apr 1899 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 27 Dec 1927 at age 54 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Frank was born in 1873. His parents were Thomas M and Virginia C (Stewart) Thompson. The family was living in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts in the 1880 census and his siblings were Harry Thompson 14 and Annie W. Thompson 10.

Frank enlisted in the US Marine Corps 10 Sep 1896. He was serving aboard the USS Maine as a Marine Corporal when it was sent to Havana, Cuba in Feb 1898 to help protect American interests there. The ship exploded on 15 Feb 1898 in the harbor of Havana in the USS Maine Disaster. Frank survived the explosion and was honorably discharged in 1901.

On 15 Apr 1899, Frank married Martha L Stankey in Malden, Massachusetts and together they had at least two children, Dorothea Francis and Pauline.

He died in 1927 and is buried at Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH53-6MG : 15 January 2020), Frank Goodwin Thompson, 1873.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHX1-JLH : 14 August 2017), Frank G Thompson in household of Thomas Thompson, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 790, sheet 349A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,562.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4CY-89C : 24 May 2018), Frank G. Thompson and Martha Stankey, 15 Apr 1899; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,715.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VJ-7KV : accessed 7 May 2020), Frank Thompson, Malden Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 886, sheet 11A, family 269, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 601; FHL microfilm 1,374,614.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNS-RTG : 24 August 2019), Frank Goodwin Thompson, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1S-NB2 : accessed 7 May 2020), Frank G Thompson, Malden Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 255, sheet 1A, line 29, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 713; FHL microfilm 1,820,713.
• The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, 1927, Dec 28, Page 19, Obituary for Frank G. Thompson
• U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 for Frank Goodwin Thompson Free Image Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
• Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898, by the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. https://books.google.com/books?id=UStHAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
• John Edward Weems, The Fate of The Maine, Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, pgs. 67, 77

See Also

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:USS_Maine_Disaster