Researching Josh 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 Josh means "Form of JOSHUA. lord is salvation" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Josh Thompson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Josh Thompson and the Thompson Genealogy
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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![]() | 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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Some Famous People called Josh Thompson
Josh Robert Thompson
Josh Robert Thompson (born March 11, 1975) is an American voice actor, actor, comedian, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, providing the voice of robot skeleton Geoff Peterson along with numerous characters and impersonations, as well as his celebrity impersonations on Family Guy and The Howard Stern Show. He appeared in a lead role in the 2014 romantic comedy Nowhere Girl.
Thompson performs voice impressions of Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Matthew McConaughey, George Lucas and Donald Trump.
Source: Josh Robert Thompson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJosh Thompson (footballer)
Joshua William "Josh" Thompson (born 25 February 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Atherton Collieries.
He began his career at Atherton Collieries before joining Stockport County and later moved to Celtic. He had loan spells at Rochdale, Peterborough United and Chesterfield, and then joined Portsmouth. He had a loan spell with Colchester United before signing permanently for Southport. He left Southport at the end of the 2016/17 season following their relegation from the National League. He signed for National League side Macclesfield Town in July 2017 and left in January 2018 without making an appearance. He has represented England at under-19 level.
Source: Josh Thompson (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJosh Thompson (biathlete)
Joshua Casey Thompson (born in Lawrence, Kansas on February 28, 1962) is a retired American biathlete and pilot. He was educated at Colorado Rocky Mountain School and Western State Colorado University, attending the latter on an athletic scholarship and leading them to a national collegiate cross-country title. He initially enjoyed success at junior level as a cross-country skier before switching to biathlon after first coming across the sport while competing at the junior national cross-country championships in 1980. His silver at the 20 km race of the Biathlon World Championships 1987 was the best place a US biathlete had achieved at that point. He never won an Olympic medal but finished sixteenth at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, which was a good showing for Americans at that time. As the sport was not popular in the US at that time he was said to be better known in Europe than in his homeland. He has since become a pilot in Gunnison, Colorado.
Source: Josh Thompson (biathlete), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Thompson
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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