Charles Walton THOMPSON ¹

  General Notes:

Charles' father, James Thompson, had earlier married Jennie Louise Wickham, the aunt of Charles' wife, Louise Wickham.

1910 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Marion Twp:
Charles Thompson, 19, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, farm laborer, working out. He was living with William & Mary Molen.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Charles Watson Thompson; 20; 112 A. Ave., Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA; b. Bertram, IA; laborer for A. Ave. Feed Barn, Cedar Rapids, IA; single; medium height and build, blue eyes, light hair, bald.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Cedar Rapids:
Chas. W. Thompson, 34, 4th grade education, b. IA, father: James Thompson who was b. IA, mother: Susan Knoll who was b. IA and married IA, unclassified laborer; wife Elizabeth, 25, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: James Miller whose birthplace was unknown, mother: ___ Ritchie whose birthplace was unknown and married Cedar Rapids, engaged in personal service; dau. "Beddy" M., 5; son Chas. J., 3; son James M., 1. All children were b. IA, father: Chas. W. Thompson, mother: Elizabeth Miller who was married in Cedar Rapids. All family members were Protestant.

Charles married Louise Katherine "Ella" WICKHAM, daughter of Orison/Orrison Jesse WICKHAM and Hetty Theresa Florence BROWN, on 22 Jul 1919 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA.¹ (Louise Katherine "Ella" WICKHAM was born on 19 Feb 1905 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA,⁴ died on 1 Nov 1961 in Santa Barbara, CA ⁵ and was buried on 7 Nov 1961 in Linnwood Cem, Linn Co, IA ⁶.)

Charles next married Elizabeth MILLER about 1920 in IA.² (Elizabeth MILLER was born about 1900 in IA.)