Following was developed using info from various family sources:
Thomas Ebbe THOMPSON; Birth:
KY?, death:
Rocklin, Placer, CA
Spouse: Ida Alice CANNON; Birth: abt 1857,
La Salle county, IL, death: abt 1897,
Rocklin,
Placer county, CA
Consistent with above is following from
Overland Monthly, 1872, Vol 9, Issue 4, pgs 390-392; URL:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/browse.journals/over.htm...3 Aug 1872 :
Groom - THOMPSON, Thomas;
Bride - CANNON, Ida A: PoM - Clear
Creek, NV
Clear
Creek, NV is in
Carson City area.
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Children for above marriage from various family sources:
--Edwin (Edward) (~1880-1897)
Two news articles describes Edwin's death in mine explosion (Pioneer Mine,
Placer county, CA). First article indicates his aunt, Mrs W
Brougher was living in
Belmont,
Nye County, NV, and he had a grandmother, two sisters, and a brother living in Auburn, CA. The second article indicates accident was on a Wednesday, 3 Feb (no year cited) and he was buried next to his mother. Based on this, accident was post-1896 because description of his gmother's (Julia
Cannon) funeral in 1897 states that Edwin’s mother (Ida) died in the preceding winter. The years after 1896 where 3 Feb falls on a Wednesday are 1897, 1904 & 1909. Most likely date is 1897. Edwin’s buried in IOOF & Masonic Cemetery in
Rocklin CA
.
--Laura (1885-1969)
Substantial info on her, including:
1900 Federal Census,
Belmont Twp,
Nye County NV, USA,
BROUGHER, Wilson/Head/W/M/Jul/1854/45/-/-/M/15/-/-/PA/PA/PA/County official/
BROUGHER, Julia/Wife/W/F/Apr/1862/38/M/15/4/4/IA/IA/NY/
THOMPSON, Laura/Niece/W/F/Sep/1885/14/S/-/-/-/NV/IA/IA/
SSDI: Laura SHAW/3 Sep 1885/Jun 1969/94707 (
Berkeley,
Alameda, CA/None Spec/551-34-1084/CA/
CADI: SHAW /Laura/T/09-03-1885/CANNON/-/F/-/ALAMEDA(60)/-/06-17-1969/551-34-1084/83 yr
Laura’s mother (Ida) died when she was a teenager. She went to live with her Aunt & Uncle, Julia & Wilson
Brougher. Wilson, one of the original’s in the Tonopah strike, got elected to the State Legislature and moved to
Virginia City, built a hotel and mansion, and subsequently moved to Oakland, CA. Laura apparently lived in Auburn for a time based on newspaper report about brother Edwin's death which indicates Edwin had grandmother, two sisters and a brother living in Auburn, CA at the time of his death. She is known to have married a SHAW.
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The following was found in the 1880 Federal Census, NV,
Eureka county, Eureka on p.173A:
> Mrs Ida THOMPSON/Wife/Married/Female/W/24/IA/NY/NY
>
Eleby THOMPSON/son/Single/Male/W/7/NV/FL/IA
> Roy THOMPSON/son/Single/Male/W/5/NV/FL/IA
> Stella
THOMPSON dau/Single/Female/W/3/NV/FL/IA
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The following was found in the 1883 Funeral Notice from unknown source:
"Funeral Notice, Died, At Eureka,
Nevada, March 21, 1883
WALTER LEE, Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
THOMPSON, aged two years and seven months. The funeral will take place to-morrow (Friday, March 23) at 3 o'clock........
Newspaper date presumed to be March 22, 1883, day after death. Remainder of notice is missing so location and other particulars of the burial are unknown.
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Assuming the Thomas and Ida in above are the same individuals, correlating the info seems to result in following family in Eureka in 1883, just prior to the death of Walter Lee:
Thomas Ebbe
THOMPSON, Birth in
KY or FL, death ?
Spouse: Ida Alice
Cannon, Birth: abt 1857 in IL or IA, ,death ?
Married 1872
Children
Eleby
THOMPSON, Birth abt 1873 in NV, death before or after 1897*
Roy
THOMPSON, Birth abt 1875 in NV, death before or after 1897*
Stella
THOMPSON, Birth abt 1877 in NV, death after 1897*
Walter Lee
THOMPSON, Birth abt 1880 in NV, death 1884 in Eureka NV
Edwin (Edward), Birth abt 1882 in ??, death 1897 in CA
Laura, Birth 3 Sep 1885, death 17 Jun 1969,
Berkeley,
Alameda, CA
*Based on brother Edwin’s death article.
Birth years pattern indicates first child born about a year after marriage and subsequent births every 2-3 years.
Would be interested in any insights such as to family's arrival in and departure from Eureka, whether death of
Eleby or Roy occured during period family was there, and similar. Also interested in any burial info for Walter Lee or brother(s) if death occured while in Eureka.
Thanks
Vern D