Riches to Rags Family Tree » John Wesley Thompson (1883-1937)
Personal data John Wesley Thompson
Sources 1, 2, 3- Alternative names: Wesley Thompson, J W Tompson, John W Thompson
- He was born on August 2, 1883 in Georgia, Verenigde Staten.
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1889 in Georgia, Verenigde Staten.
- Alternative: He was born August 1883 in Georgia, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on March 22, 1937 in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill, Georgia, USA, he was 53 years old.
- A child of John Lee Thompson and Mary Catherine Beasley
- A child of JOHN LEE Thompson and Mary Catherine Beasley
Household of John Wesley Thompson
He is married to Hattie Thigpen.
They got married on March 16, 1913 at Johnson, Georgia, USA, he was 29 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- George Clark Thompson 1918-2002
- Martha Louise Thompson 1922-2011
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Historical events
Birthday August 2, 1883
- The temperature on August 2, 1883 was about 18.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
- August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
- October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
- November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
- December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Day of marriage March 16, 1913
- The temperature on March 16, 1913 was between 2.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
- January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
- February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
- March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
- May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
- June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
- July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
Day of death March 22, 1937
- The temperature on March 22, 1937 was between 0.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 9.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
- April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
- August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
- August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
- September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
- December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
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- 1886 » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1961)
- 1887 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician († 1960)
- 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
- 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
- 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
- 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
- 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
- 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P15163.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "John Wesley Thompson (1883-1937)".