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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
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William Thomasson
William Poindexter Thomasson (October 8, 1797 – December 29, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in New Castle, Kentucky, Thomasson completed preparatory studies.He served in Captain Duncan's company in the War of 1812.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Corydon, Indiana, before he was twenty-one years of age.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1818–1820.He served as prosecuting attorney of Corydon in 1818.He moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1841.
Thomasson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847).He declined to be a candidate for renomination.He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and resumed the practice of law.During the Civil War served in the Union Army in the Seventy-first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry.He died near La Grange, Kentucky, December 29, 1882.He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Source: William Thomasson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Thomasson (trade unionist)
William Thomasson (20 February 1867 – 19 March 1940) was a British trade unionist.
Thomasson was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, to John and Jane Thomasson. He joined the Bolton and District Card, Blowing and Ring Room Operatives' Provincial Association and soon began working for the union, firstly collecting dues, then as an organiser. He was subsequently chosen as secretary of the Atherton Cardroom Union, then in 1920 was elected as General Secretary of the Amalgamated Association of Card and Blowing Room Operatives. From 1924, he also served as president of the United Textile Factory Workers' Association. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1935 Birthday Honours.
By 1935, Thomasson was in poor health, and resigned from all his trade union positions. He died in March 1940.
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