THOMPSON
When you research a locality, do you ever record everything you find for a family surname? If so, do you have old handwritten (or typewritten) notes? Have you ever gone back and tried to figure out who these people are?
As I’m going thru my THOMPSON notes to make sure they are digitized and then discard that paper, I found some typewritten notes from the Le Roy Cemetery in Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas. Some of the information in those notes is for my great aunts and uncles. However, there are two THOMPSON families that are buried in Le Roy Cemetery that I had not entered in my RootsMagic File.
The first family was fairly easy to find on the FamilySearch tree and on Find a Grave.
I also found David Thompson on the FamilySearch Tree.
The cemetery information for the second family implies that W. Elmer Thompson was married to Emma. However, the FS tree does not show a wife for William E Thompson [L8WZ-3FM]. Since the father, David Thompson, lived in Coffey County, KS, I knew that Kansas newspapers were likely available. Thus, I started searching the papers for a marriage record for Elmer Thompson and a wife named Emma. I found such a record in the 3 Jan 1913 issue of The LeRoy Reporter.
Thompson-Daub.
Elmer Thompson and Emma Daub quietly married December 25, 1912 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ben Ward. They will make their home on his farm one-half mile north of Crandall.They are both well-known and highly respected young people of this and the Vernon neighborhoods. May success and happiness always be their future is the wish of their many frientas,
Thus, I learned Emma’s maiden name. With the DAUB surname, I then searched the FS tree and found Emma Daub married to William Elmer Thompson. When I switched to William Elmer Thompson, I found that this William Thompson was not connected to parents.
Based on my cemetery notes, I think that William Elmer Thompson [G37T-HKY] married to Emma Daub is the same person as William E. Thompson [L8WZ-3FM], son of David Thompson.
Since I don’t believe I am closely related to these Thompson families, I’m hesitant to merge the two William Thompson. However, I have uploaded the pdf or my cemetery notes to the memories and tagged both of these William Thompson’s in the document. I’ve also added a note to both men to make others aware of the notes.
Hopefully, these old notes will help other researchers.