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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: jeanlit on Monday 27 June 16 21:17 BST (UK)
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I have found the following in the New York Death Newspaper extracts 1801-1890 (Barber collection):
This was typed and is complete.
Friday 17 Feb 1843:
Thursday. Staten Island. Capt Alex'r Thompson in 75y son in law William Irving Alsop 30 Beach St
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I have also found that Alexander Thompson was buried in the Trinity cemetery, Manhattan.
To confirm that this is the Alexander Thompson I am after, I have to find out more on William Irving Alsop.
Can anyone help please?
Jean
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Because I haven't had any replies and from various things I have found, I'm wondering if Alexander Thompson's son-in-law was actually William Irving HYSLOP, not ALSOP. (Newspaper error ?)
There was a William Hyslop Thompson, who I believe could have been Alexander Thompson's grandson.
Can anyone help with this man please?
Jean
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Here is a William Irving Hyslop born 1821 - 1851 with a New York connection
FIND A GRAVE
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78205545
followed by a son of the same name 1847 - 1911
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83181223
Sandra
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Articles here on a Wiliam Irving Hyslop - might be worth a read...............
http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Sandra
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There is a William Hyslop Thompson born 1840 Liverpool Lancashire listed UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates.
Looks as if this William died at sea 10 September 1880 (Merchant Marine, At Sea, Great Britain)
The death listed for William Hyslop Thompson - New York Evening Post - 10th Captain William Hyslop Thompson - 40 years s Capt W C of this city.
(Presumably that was S = son of Capt W C Thompson who was living in New York in 1880)
Sandra
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Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms- William Hyslop Thompson - baptism 29 June 1840 - Liverpool, St Catherine - father William Thompson and mother Mary. William was the Commander of the New York Packet.
1851 census Liverpool
William C Thompson (master mariner) 48 Mary Thompson 40
Ann Thompson 13
Mary E R Thompson 12
William H Thompson 10
Kate M Thompson 8
Sarah Sands Thompson 8
Elizabeth Davies 29
Margaret Armom 23
Sandra
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Probate for William Hyslop Thomspon
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Captain William C Thompson born 1801 - passed away 8 May 1886 - aged 85 years.
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for William C Thompson - New York Evening Post. Monday May 10th 1886.
City - Sat 8th Capt William C Thompson - 85 years.
Sandra
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FIND A GRAVE
William C Thompson - May 1886.
Burial Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn Kings County (Brooklyn) New York.
Plot: Lot 11895, Section 179
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57434764&ref=acom
William C Thompson - aged 84 years - 6 May 1886 - Manhattan - Cert 562834
http://italiangen.org/records-search/deaths.php
Sandra
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New York Passenger List shows William C Thompson aged 37 years arriving New York on the ship United States 16 September 1839 - occupation mariner.
Sandra
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This could be the same chap - small piece from google books
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Wiki tree seems to confirm the connection - William Corscaden Thompson - Mary E K (McCammon) Thompson — married February 28, 1832
Friday 2 March 1832, Belfast Newsletter (http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/):
married On Tuesday, by the Rev. John Porter, William C Thompson , Esq. of the city of New York, to MARY, daughter of the late John M'Cammon [McCammon?], of King street, Esq.
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thompson-23549
Sandra
Added Just noticed the wiki tree is your entry
Few message board posts
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MARINERS/2007-02/1171576604
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MARINERS/2006-10/1161303622
http://www.immigrantships.net/v8/1800v8/england18760119.html
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Could be a possible daughter buried in the same cemetery - middle name slightly different ???
FIND A GRAVE
Kate Mc Cannavan Thompson - passed away January 1928
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=thompson&GSfn=kate&GSiman=1&GScid=64718&GRid=57434087&
Sandra
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Early Passport Application - Kate McC Thompson born 8 December 1842 - aged 54 years - 23 January 1897 - temporarily sojourning Naples - intend to return to the USA within one year.
There was a passport application for Kate McCammon Thompson - applied American Embassy Berlin.
States she was born Liverpool 8 December 1842 of American parents. Native of the US, father died 1886. Her permanent residence 70 W 49th Str New York. Last left the USA 15 July 1914 and now temporarily sojourning Bremen Germany. Identification given by C Bachman who has know Kate McCammon Thompson for 45 years - photo attached.
Sandra
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New York Herald - Thursday 16th September 1880
THOMPSON.—Lost at sea, on Friday, the 10th inst, .
Captain Wiliam Hyslop P Thompson son of Captain W. C Thompson , of this city, aged 40 years.
Lots of articles on http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
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Have found the reference you were after
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
Name: Margaretta Hyslop
Birth Year: abt 1814
Father: Alexander Thompson
Event: Death
Spouse: William Irving Hyslop
Death Date: 25 Apr 1843
Age at Death: 29
Newspaper: New York Evening Post
Publication Date: 26 Apr 1843
Publication Place: New York, USA
Address is 30 Beach Street
Burial
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD12-M6G
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Bit more for William Hyslop Thompson
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBWJ-B2K
Name William Hyslop Thompson
Event Type Intended marriage
Event Date 24 Dec 1874
Event Place St. Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England
Gender Male
Age 21
Spouse's Name Charlotte Ellen Kemp
Spouse's Age 21
Marriage details
Name: William Hyslop Thompson
Birth Year: abt 1841
Age: 33
Marriage Date: 31 Dec 1874
Parish: Bootle, St Mary
Spouse's Name: Charlotte Ellen Kemp
Father's name: William Correaden Thompson
Spouse Father's Name: Thomas Kemp
Both Wiliams and Thomas Kemp are master mariners
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Marble Cemetery burials
http://www.nycmc.org/intermentvaults.html
early records were destroyed in a fire but there some Hyslop's
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Don't know if you already have this
28 March 1843 - Belfast News-Letter - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
On the 18th ult., at New York, Captain Alex Thompson, formerly of Derry
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related thread - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=751112.0
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Sandra and willsy: Many thanks for all your information which has tied in the family.
Unfortunately I can’t seem to get into http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html without a password.
The 1851 Census – Liverpool:
The ages of the parents and children all add up to what I know. (The only exception is their eldest child, Alexander Thompson, who should have been 15 or 16 in 1851 and was probably away from home.) Their last child was born in 1852 and the mother died soon after.
- Mary E K Thompson later married J C H Bachmann in New York (which ties in with Sandra’s post about Mary McCammon Thompson’s passport application) JCHB was born in Germany but became a naturalised US citizenship in 1871 (William C Thompson was a witness)
-William Hyslop Thompson drowned at sea in 1880; he had married Charlotte Ellen Kemp in 1874 in Liverpool. To make things confusing, they had a son born about 1877 who they named William Corscaden Thompson (presumably after his grandfather ?)
-Kate McCammon Thompson (Sandra found her buried in the same plot as her father – Lot 11895, Section 179)
-Sarah Sands Thompson (named after one of the vessels her father was captain)
Willsy has found the death of Margaretta Hyslop which links in with Alexander Thompson. Now I have her name, I can try to find where she was born.
Willsy also found the notice in the Belfast newsletter of the death of Alex Thompson, which also ties in.
As some of the family were ship's captains, they were quite mobile, which makes things a little complicated, but with all these leads, they are coming together. Again, many thanks.
Jean
P.S. While I have been writing this, Sandra has posted the link to the family's connection to ships. Thanks - I'm a bit confused about posting links.
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I couldn't get into Fulton as usual either!
Good luck with the rest of your search
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You're very welcome.
http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html does not need a password - type the name in the left hand search box and click search. Works for me. ;)
Sandra
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I couldn't get into Fulton as usual either!
Good luck with the reat of your search
The page from that link is a bit confusing- the log-in is for the chat section- but just use the search box on the left side ;)
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I have in the past researched a Thompson family of mariners/shippers out of Liverpool. Cornelius Thompson was the big cheese and might be the brother of Alexander or William. After great riches, he/they fell into financial distress. Quite a number of newspaper articles available on him that I can forward.