The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Henry William Thompson (1903-1978)

Personal data Henry William Thompson 

  • He was born on March 3, 1903 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. England.
    Name: Henry William Thomson Registration Year: 1903 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Kingston
    Inferred County: Surrey Volume: 2a Page: 413
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1911: 44 Crown Street, Egham, Surrey.
      Name: Henry Thomson Age in 1911: 8 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Kingston, Surrey, England Civil Parish: Egham Country: England Street Address: 44 Crown Street, Egham, Surrey Registration District Number: 125 Sub-registration District: Egham ED, institution, or vessel: 05
      Piece: 6689 Household Members: Name Age Henry Thomson 39 Elizabeth Thomson 27 Henry Thomson 8
      William Thomson 6 George Thomson 9/12
    • in the year 1924: 34 St. Aubyns Avenue, Hounslow, Middlesex.
    • in the year 1939: 54 Warren Road, Twickenham, Middlesex.
      Name: Elizabeth D Thomson Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 30 Mar 1903 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 54 Residence Place: Twickenham, Middlesex, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Line Number: 18 Schedule Number: 170 Sub Schedule Number: 2 Enumeration District: BUEM Borough: Twickenham
      Registration district: 128/2 Inferred Spouse: Henry Wm Thomson Household Members Age Henry Wm Thomson
      36 Elizabeth D Thomson 36
    • in the year 1978: 49 Ferndale Road, Ashford, Middlesex.
  • He died on May 31, 1978 in Norwich, Norfolk. England, he was 75 years old.
    Name: Henry William Thomson
    Death Age: 75
    Birth Date: 3 Mar 1903
    Registration Date: Apr 1978
    Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
    Registration District: Norwich
    Inferred County: Norfolk
    Volume: 10
    Page: 1744
  • Probate on September 11, 1978 naar Oxford, Oxfordshire. England.
    Effects. ¹11,799.00

    Name: Henry William Thomson
    Death Date: 31 May 1978
    Death Place: Ashford Middx
    Probate Date: 11 Sep 1978
    Probate Registry: Oxford
  • This information was last updated on May 29, 2021.

Household of Henry William Thompson

He is married to Elizabeth Doris Drewitt.

They got married on October 12, 1924 at St. Stephen, Hounslow, Middlesex, he was 21 years old.

See photo of Cert Name: Doris Elizabeth Drewitt Marriage Age: 21 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1903
Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1924 Marriage Place: St Stephen, Hounslow, Hounslow, England Father: Edward Drewitt
Spouse: Henry William Thomson

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Historical events

Birthday March 3, 1903

  • The temperature on March 3, 1903 was between 4.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
    • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
    • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Day of death May 31, 1978

  • The temperature on May 31, 1978 was between 13.0 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
    • May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
    • July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
    • July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
    • October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
    • December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.


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  • 1901 » Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier († 2011)
  • 1902 » Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress († 1987)
  • 1903 » Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician († 1967)
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Source: Wikipedia


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