Sixteenth Generation

8630. Cpl. William Lawrence "Billie" Thompson was born on 16 August 1914 in Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri, USA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri, USA. He died on 8 April 1945 at the age of 30 in Holland. Billie was buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Holland. He appeared in the census 1930/1940 in Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri, USA. BILL THOMPSON DIES IN ACTION
Cpl. Bill Thompson, 30, a son of Ernest Thompson of Kansas City, Kan., was killed in action in the European theater April 8, his father has been notified.

Thompson, who enlisted in the army before Pearl Harbor, was born and raised in Trenton. He attended the local schools.

He went overseas in January after receiving infantry training in various camps in this county. Three brothers are also in the armed forces.

Surviving besides his father and stepmother are his widow, Mrs. Naomi Thompson of Manhattan Beach, Cal.; four brothers, Pfc. Jack P. Thompson, who is serving in the South Pacific, Pvt. G. E. Thompson, also in the European theater, Lt. Charles[Carl] A. Thompson, stationed at Warrensburg and Lloyd E. Thompson of Oklahoma; four sisters, Mrs. Wanda L. Kennedy and Mrs. Chester Lover[Lovell] of Route 5, Mrs. Margaret Grimes of Chillicothe and Romayne Thompson of Trenton.

Lt. Charles[Carl] Thompson was recently returned to the USA after he was released from an internment camp in a neutral country. He was navigator of a B17 which was shot down after a raid.

Cpl. William Lawrence "Billie" Thompson and Naomi Ethel Tate were married on 9 February 1944 in Los Angeles Co., California, USA. Name: William Lawerence Thompson
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 09 Feb 1944
Event Place: Los Angeles, California
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1915
Father's Name: Ernest E Thompson
Mother's Name: Augusta L Wise
Spouse's Name: Naomi E Penton
Spouse's Age: 34
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1910
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert T Tate
Spouse's Mother's Name: Erma B Bush
Page: 4
GS Film number: 2135534 , Digital Folder Number: 005698970 , Image Number: 00015
Naomi Ethel Tate was born on 6 August 1909 in Wyoming, USA. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Hulett, Crook Co., Wyoming, USA. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Crook Co., Wyoming, USA. Naomi appeared in the census in 1940 in Sheridan Co., Wyoming, USA. She died on 9 January 1994 at the age of 84 in Riverside Co., California, USA. She was buried in Los Angeles National Cmtry., Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA. Father's Name: Robert Thomas Tate, born Missouri (1883 - 1959)
Mother's Name: Erma Belle Bush, Born Wyoming (1887 - 1976)
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California Death Index
Name: Naomi Ethel Thompson
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 09 Jan 1994
Event Place: Riverside, California
Birth Date: 06 Aug 1909
Birthplace: Wyoming
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Tate
Mother's Name: Bush
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Burial Plot: 63, H-6.
Find A Grave Memorial# 65382443
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USA Census, 1910
Name: Naomi E Tate
Event Place: Hulett, Crook, Wyoming
Gender: Female
Age:
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1910
Birthplace: Wyoming
Father's Birthplace: Nebraska
Mother's Birthplace: Wyoming
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Robert T Tate Head M 27 Nebraska
Enna Tate Wife F 23 Wyoming
Naomi E Tate Dau F 0 Wyoming
District: 52 , Sheet Number and Letter: 15B , Household ID: 238 , GS Film number: 1375759 , Digital Folder Number: 004454981 , Image Number: 00312
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USA Census, 1920
Name: Naomi Ethel Tate
Event Place: Election District 13, Crook, Wyoming
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1910
Birthplace: Wyoming
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Wyoming
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Robert F Tate Head M 36 Kansas
Irene Belle Tate Wife F 33 Wyoming
Naomi Ethel Tate Dau F 10 Wyoming
Jerrybelle Tate Dau F 9 Wyoming
Robt T Tate Jr. Son M 3 Wyoming
Helen Alter Boarder F 22 Wisconsin
Catherine Fater At school F 20 Pennsylvania
S E Steele At school F 32 Wyoming
District: 31 , Sheet Number and Letter: 8A , Household ID: 165 , Line Number: 6 , GS Film number: 1822025 , Digital Folder Number: 004391508 , Image Number: 01048
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USA Census, 1940
Name: Naomi E Penton
Event Place: Election District 29, Sheridan, Wyoming
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birthplace: Wyoming
Birth Year (Estimated): 1910
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Robert T Tate Head M 57 Kansas
Emma B Tate Wife F 53 Wyoming
Naomi E Penton Dau F 30 Wyoming
John R Penton Grandson M 10 Wyoming
William L Penton Grandson M 8 Wyoming
Robert T Tate Son M 24 Wyoming
District: 17-33 , Family Number: 34 , Sheet Number and Letter: 3A , Line Number: 22 , Digital Folder Number: 005461796 , Image Number: 00587