Thursday, May 2, 2024
Thompson Branch

Alvin Benz

Male 1947 - 1948  (1 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alvin Benz was born 1947, Canada (son of William Benz and Rose Esther Thompson); died 1948, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 147927041
    • Reference Number: 56623

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Pine Grove Cemetery


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Benz

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1651

    William married Rose Esther Thompson 1947. Rose (daughter of George Edwin Thompson and Jessie Isabel McMillian) was born 11 Oct 1925, Alberta, Canada; died 1 Feb 1948, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rose Esther Thompson was born 11 Oct 1925, Alberta, Canada (daughter of George Edwin Thompson and Jessie Isabel McMillian); died 1 Feb 1948, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 147927036
    • Reference Number: 14070

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Pine Grove Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 1. Alvin Benz was born 1947, Canada; died 1948, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater, Alberta, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  George Edwin ThompsonGeorge Edwin Thompson was born 4 May 1886, Chariton, Missouri, USA (son of William David Thompson and Lydia Esther Runyen); died 13 Nov 1983, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Okotoks, Foothills, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 13845890
    • Reference Number: 13984
    • Residence: Linn, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Clark City, Chariton, Missouri, USA
    • Emigration: 22 Jun 1920, Alberta, Canada

    Notes:

    George Edwin Thompson was born 4 May 1886 in Chariton County, Missouri. He left home in 1906 when he was about 20 and went to Burlington, Colorado and raised mules and built sod houses and took up homesteading. George married while in Colorado, but that marriage didn’t last. After seven years, about 1914, he went to Canada. He stayed with William Huxley McMillan and later married his daughter, Jessie Isabel McMillan on 26 December 1916.

    George lived in Alberta, Canada. He was naturalized on 22 June 1920 and became a Canadian citizen.

    Jessie had a son before her and George were married, Norman Stanley McMillan, who was born 25 May 1916 and died 4 October 1971 in a car accident. Norman had one child, Terry Jane.

    George and Jessie had eight children together, all born in Big Prairie District, Alberta, Canada.

    George returned to visit his brothers in the mid 1940’s and then made several trips back after that.

    In March 1944, George and Jessie divorced. He died at Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 13 November 1983 and is buried in Okotoks Cemetery in High River, Alberta, Canada. He was 97 years old. Jessie died April 1955.


    Buried:
    Okotoks Cemetery

    George married Jessie Isabel McMillian 26 Dec 1916, Alberta, Canada; divorced Mar 1944. Jessie (daughter of William Huxley McMillan and Ida Laura Ashlock) was born 24 May 1899, Big Horn, Wyoming, USA; died 14 Apr 1955, Alberta, Canada; was buried , High Level, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Jessie Isabel McMillian was born 24 May 1899, Big Horn, Wyoming, USA (daughter of William Huxley McMillan and Ida Laura Ashlock); died 14 Apr 1955, Alberta, Canada; was buried , High Level, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 9592
    • Residence: 1900, Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon, USA

    Children:
    1. Alice Thompson was born 24 Aug 1918, Alberta, Canada; died 22 Jun 1973, Highway, Clinton, Kentucky, USA.
    2. Charles Thompson was born 24 Jun 1920, Alberta, Canada; died 3 Jan 1997.
    3. Elsie Marguerite Thompson was born 10 Jan 1932, Alberta, Canada.
    4. Floyd Alvin Thompson was born 2 Feb 1927, Alberta, Canada; died 26 Apr 2014, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada.
    5. Ida Flora Thompson was born 9 Jan 1922, Alberta, Canada; died 20 Dec 1998, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    6. Isabell Thompson was born 25 Mar 1924, Alberta, Canada; died Oct 2005, Elora, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA.
    7. Julia Eva Thompson was born 6 Jul 1930, Alberta, Canada; died 5 Dec 2006, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada.
    8. 3. Rose Esther Thompson was born 11 Oct 1925, Alberta, Canada; died 1 Feb 1948, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater, Alberta, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William David ThompsonWilliam David Thompson was born 28 Feb 1852, Randolph, Missouri, USA (son of William Lafayette Thompson and Nancy Elizabeth Johnston); died 6 May 1927, Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA; was buried 8 May 1927, Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 93727035
    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Reference Number: 14124
    • Residence: Cairo, Randolph, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Silver Creek, Randolph, Missouri, USA; Age in 1860: 8
    • Residence: 1870, Silver Creek, Randolph, Missouri, USA; Age in 1870: 18
    • Residence: 1880, Central City, Barton, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Clark City, Chariton, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Clark City, Chariton, Missouri, USA

    Notes:

    William David Thompson was born 28 February 1852 in Randolph County, Missouri. He married Lydia Esther Runyen on 18 October 1875. Lydia was born 31 March 1853 in Lawrence, Dearborn, Indiana. She was the daughter of Robert Runyen and Elizabeth Ann Gibson.

    They lived their early married life in Randolph County from approximately 1875 to 1879. They then moved to Lamar in Barton County, Missouri. Lydia's parents also lived in Lamar. In 1886 they moved to Chariton County, Missouri. They owned land in Westville community southeast of Marceline, Missouri. They raised cattle and other crops. William was also a carpenter and worked on the World's Fair building in St. Louis.

    William was in one of the Oklahoma Land Rushes, not sure which one for sure, but I did find a William Thompson listed in the 22 April 1889 rush, which gave birth to Stillwater, OK. I found William living in Stillwater City, Oklahoma in 1900 with two of his children, John and Wayne.

    William bought some property in Payne County, OK on 12/15/1898 from Frederick Scott for $1000.00 and sold the same property for $2400.00 to William Hodges on 4/15/1904. I was told that when William sold the property, it caused some sort or rift in the family. No one alive knows the details.

    Lydia Esther died of cancer at the Christian Church Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri on 23 April 1924. She was buried at Locke Cemetery, southeast of Marceline, near Mike, Missouri on 26 April 1924.

    William David died of pneumonia on 6 May 1927 and was buried 8 May 1927 in Locke Cemetery also.


    Buried:
    Locke Cemetery

    Died:
    Pneumonia

    William married Lydia Esther Runyen 18 Oct 1875, Missouri, USA. Lydia (daughter of Robert Runyen and Elizabeth Ann Gibson) was born 31 Mar 1853, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, USA; died 23 Apr 1924, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Lydia Esther RunyenLydia Esther Runyen was born 31 Mar 1853, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, USA (daughter of Robert Runyen and Elizabeth Ann Gibson); died 23 Apr 1924, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 93727134
    • Reference Number: 12288
    • Residence: 1870, Luce, Spencer, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Central City, Barton, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Clark City, Chariton, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Clark City, Chariton, Missouri, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Locke Cemetery

    Died:
    Cancer

    Children:
    1. 6. George Edwin Thompson was born 4 May 1886, Chariton, Missouri, USA; died 13 Nov 1983, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Okotoks, Foothills, Alberta, Canada.
    2. John David Clayton Thompson was born 5 Nov 1876, Randolph, Missouri, USA; died 28 Feb 1946, Diamond, Newton, Missouri, USA; was buried , Diamond, Newton, Missouri, USA.
    3. Robert Clinton Thompson was born 4 Dec 1877, Roanoke, Randolph, Missouri, USA; died 24 Jul 1970, Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA.
    4. Walter Wayne Thompson, Sr was born 20 Apr 1879, Randolph, Missouri, USA; died 3 Jul 1966, Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA; was buried , Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA.
    5. William Ernest Floyd Thompson was born 23 Sep 1881, Lamar, Barton, Missouri, USA; died 6 Jan 1967, Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri, USA; was buried 8 Jan 1967, Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri, USA.

  3. 14.  William Huxley McMillan was born May 1874, Iowa, USA; died 1934.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 9591
    • Residence: 1900, Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon, USA

    William married Ida Laura Ashlock 16 Jul 1898. Ida was born 27 Nov 1872, Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois, USA; died 21 Oct 1922, Kettle Falls, Stevens, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Ida Laura Ashlock was born 27 Nov 1872, Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois, USA; died 21 Oct 1922, Kettle Falls, Stevens, Washington, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 692
    • Residence: 1900, Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon, USA

    Children:
    1. 7. Jessie Isabel McMillian was born 24 May 1899, Big Horn, Wyoming, USA; died 14 Apr 1955, Alberta, Canada; was buried , High Level, Alberta, Canada.