Researching Bill Thompson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 89714 people with the Thompson surname? In that year Thompson was ranked number 18 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Thompson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Thompson and the Thompson Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Thompson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Thompson family tree.
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Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Bill Thompson using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 125559 people with the Thompson surname in the UK? Thompson is now ranked number 14 for popularity in the UK. |
Thompson Genealogy Databases
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Thompson Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 817288 people with the Thompson surname in the USA? Thompson is ranked number 14 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Thompson Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Bill Thompson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson III
Bill Thompson III (March 3, 1962 – March 25, 2019) was the publisher and editor of Bird Watcher's Digest and the author of numerous books on birds and nature. He is also the author of Bird Watching For Dummies (1997, John Wiley & Sons), and author of 18 different state bird watching books in the Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide series from Cool Springs Press (2005). He is the lead author for Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges published by Houghton Mifflin (2005). He was the editor of All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures by Roger Tory Peterson (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). His most recent book is "The New Birder's Guide to Birds of North America" (2014, Houghton Mifflin Company).
He wrote the Bill of the Birds blog and created a regular podcast for bird watchers called This Birding Life. He was an avid birder and musician and traveled widely performing, speaking, leading field trips, and consulting on ecotourism for birding festivals and nature events around the world.
In 2008 Thompson was awarded a Service Citizen Award from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for his contributions in making the National Wildlife Refuge system more bird and birder-friendly. He was also awarded the Robert Ridgway Award for Excellence in Ornithological Publications from the American Birding Association.
In 2009 he was nominated for a "Heart of Green" award by thedailygreen.com for his work in fighting Nature Deficit Disorder by helping introduce kids to bird watching.
Thompson was married to artist, author and blogger Julie Zickefoose from 1993 until his death. They have two children and lived on an 80-acre property near Whipple, Ohio on the foothills of the southern Appalachians. In 2018, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, from which he died in March 2019.
Source: Bill Thompson III, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBill Thompson (New York politician)
William Colridge Thompson Jr. (born July 10, 1953). is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City; sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009. Instead he ran for mayor, and he was succeeded as comptroller by John Liu. On June 15, 2016, Thompson was appointed by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo as chairman of the board of trustees of The City University of New York; his term ends in June 2022.
Thompson ran unsuccessfully in the 2009 election for Mayor of New York as the nominee of the Democratic and Working Families parties, and he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in the 2013 election for mayor.
Source: Bill Thompson (New York politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBill Thompson (racing driver)
William Bethel Thompson (28 December 1906 – 12 February 1945) was an Australian racing driver. From Summer Hill, Sydney, he was active in motor sport from 1928 to 1936. His competition cars included various Bugattis, a Riley Brooklands and an MG K3. Although his career was not taken to the international level, he met with considerable successful in Australia, winning the Australian Grand Prix three times.
Thompson died as a result of an aircraft accident on 12 February 1945 in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean. At the time of the accident Thompson was serving in the Royal Australian Air Force and was travelling as an unauthorised passenger in a Consolidated PB2Y Coronado of the United States Navy.
Source: Bill Thompson (racing driver), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBill Thompson (English footballer)
William Thompson (5 January 1940 – 30 September 2011) was an English footballer who made 118 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Newcastle United, Rotherham United and Darlington in the 1960s.
Thompson was born in Bedlington, Northumberland, in 1940. He began his football career as a junior with Newcastle United, and made his first-team debut on 5 November 1960 in a 4–2 defeat away to Chelsea in the First Division. Over a ten-year career with Newcastle disrupted by injury, he made 90 appearances in all competitions and scored once, in a 3–2 First Division defeat at Sheffield United in November 1965. He was selected for the England under-23 team, but injury prevented his appearing. He moved on to Rotherham United for a £15,000 fee in June 1967, but played only eight times in the Second Division and three times in the League Cup before dropping out of the starting eleven. In January 1968, Thompson signed for Fourth Division club Darlington, for whom he scored five goals from 30 league appearances over two-and-a-half seasons, after which he retired from football.
Thompson died in Bedlington in 2011 at the age of 71.
Source: Bill Thompson (English footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Thompson
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