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Joseph Bertram Thompson 1872 – 1936 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Mar 1872

Birth Location: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 16 Nov 1936

Death Location: Halfway, Baker, Oregon, United States

Father: James Thompson

Mother: Mary Shaffer

Spouse(s): Laura Weimer

Children(s): Harry Thompson, Luella Hunsaker, Letha Thompson, Herman Thompson

According to available records, Joseph Bertram Thompson was born in 1872 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, the child of James Mort Thompson and Mary Catharine "Kate" Shaffer. Following those early years, Joseph Bertram Thompson married Laura Mae Weimer, and their family grew to include Harry Leroy Thompson, Luella Thompson, Bloom, Hunsaker, Letha May Thompson and Herman Bruce Thompson. In the later years of life, Joseph Bertram Thompson died in 1936 in Halfway, Baker, Oregon, United States.

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Parents

James Thompson
1844 – 1878
Birth Location: Indiana County, Pennsylvania
JT
Mary Shaffer
1848 – 1935
Birth Location: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
MS

Spouses(s)

Laura Weimer
1875 – 1959
Birth Location: York, Nebraska, USA
LW

Children(s)

Harry Thompson
1899 – 1972
Birth Location: Nordan, Nebraska, USA
HT
Luella Hunsaker
1904 – 1957
Birth Location: Carson, Oregon, USA
LH
Letha Thompson
1908 – 2008
Birth Location: Carson, Oregon, USA
LT
Herman Thompson
1913 – 1973
Birth Location: Oregon, USA
HT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 Mar 1872
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society; Lincoln, Nebraska; Nebraska, Marriage Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 Nov 1936
    Event Place: Halfway, Baker, Oregon, United States

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