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Walter Vernon Thompson 1918 – 1971 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Feb 1918

Birth Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 8 Jul 1971

Death Location: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Father: Robert Thompson

Mother: Mary Williams

Spouse(s): Alice Hughes

Children(s):

Born in 1918 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA, Walter Vernon Thompson was the child of Robert Frank Thompson and Mary Susan Williams. In time, Walter Vernon Thompson married Alice Virginia Hughes. Walter Vernon Thompson died in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA in 1971.

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Parents

Robert Thompson
1892 –
Birth Location: Virginia
RT
Mary Williams
1894 –
Birth Location: West Virginia
MW

Spouses(s)

Alice Hughes
1923 – 1994
Birth Location: Abingdon Was, Virginia
AH

Children(s)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 Feb 1918
    Event Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 734, Year: 1940; Census Place: Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04328; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 119-30, Year: 1930; Census Place: Roanoke, Roanoke (Independent City), Virginia; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 2342216, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101169248

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Roanoke, Roanoke (Independent City), Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Roanoke, Roanoke (Independent City), Virginia; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 2342216

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04328; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 119-30

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 734, Year: 1940; Census Place: Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04328; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 119-30

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Jul 1971
    Event Place: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014
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