A 1921 family gathering in Modesto, California to celebrate the 90th birthday of the family patriarch, Rufus Sheldon Thompson
Our maternal grandmother
Our Thompson ancestors, with a chart and research findings
An 8-generation ancestry chart starting with our grandmother Bertha Thompson.
An important sister of Bertha
Photograph albums galore!
Bertha’s father, our great grandfather
The Thompson Family
Laurel and Lowell’s maternal grandmother was Bertha Elizabeth Thompson. See the chart below for the relationship, and click on any of the blue links below that to learn more.
Our Thompson cousin connections with photographs and stories
For Further Research on the Thompson Line
Collaborate with Thompson cousins
Mike Devine, great-grandson of Charles Henry Thompson, brother of grandmother Bertha Thompson. Laurel has met him in person. He has a tree on Ancestry and has provided material for the website on the Thompson Genealogy page.
Extend the Thompson line further back from Rufus Thompson (1765-1841) of Monson, Massachusetts. See the Thompson Genealogy page - the Elva Coulthard research has clues.