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Grace Anne "Goldie" (Rottacker) Krawec

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THIS PAGE UPDATED December 9th, 2001

I am also researching the following names BAILEY, BAUMBACH, DOW, LUKAS, McMAHON, REISWIG, ROTTACKER, and SPRAGUE.

DESCENDANTS OF HENRY THOMPSON & IDA STARK

I am very thankful to my Thompson relatives for the following information. If anyone has any comments on the following people, please e-mail me at the above address, quoting the RIN number. I have included text about Henry Thompson that I hope will help place this family. I would appreciate any other info that visitors to this site might have.

_____ Thompson * #3394 born Germany, married _____ Waldermar #3395.

I. Henry Thompson #63 born 7 Oct 1850, Manne, Germany, married 24 Nov 1881, in Cheyenne, Laramie Co, Wyoming, Ida (Starck) Stark #64, born 7 Mar 1866, near Kiel, Germany, (daughter of _____ Stark #3404) died 6 May 1958, Greeley, Colorado, buried 9 May 1958, Eaton Cemetery, Grover. Henry died 12 Apr 1925, Grover, Colorado, buried Eaton Cemetery, Grover. Henry Thompson came to the USA in 1868.

Exerts of article published in Greeley Colorado Journal-December 27, 1968.

A PIONEER OF GROVER - Henry Thompson

In the year 1875, when the discovery of gold in the Black Hills became definitely known, Henry Thompson and a partner named Street, established a general store at Custer, Dakota Territory. Street stayed at the store and Thompson freighted. In those days everything was freighted from Cheyenne and other centers to the Black Hills by mule or ox team.

During the height of the Black Hills gold excitement, it naturally attracted the prospectors and adventurers, and they would accept any kind of transportation. Thompson accommodated some of them on his heavily laden freight wagons bound for Custer.

All of Thompsons freighting trips except one were made over the Red Canyon trail and the other was made over the Cheyenne-Deadwood trail via Robbers Roost. This wagon was the first to discover the Metz massacre, the discovery being made by their advance scout Marty.

Thompson was full German, having come from Kiel, Germany at the age of 18, and made a success of many things that he tried his hand at. Thompson married a girl who had also come over from Germany. She had come to Cheyenne to be with her aunt who was running a rooming house at the time. He met Miss Ida Stark at this rooming house where he stayed when in Cheyenne. They were married on November 25, 1881 at the home of Ida's aunt and uncle, Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Hanson in Cheyenne.

Thompson freighted 3 more years after his marriage, then he took up a homestead in 1885 on Crow Creek, 10 miles south of Grover. He took his wife and two little children, horses and wagons and all their belongings and went on the homestead, setting up housekeeping in a homestead shack hurriedly built for their few belongings.

Henry left this homestead in 1904, leaving son John to run the place. Henry then bought 160 acres near Ault, as well as a butcher shop in Ault. Peter and Walter finished their schooling in Ault.

Henry left Ault in 1914 and bought the Oasis Ranch 10 miles west of Grover. He built a two-story house that was still standing in 1968.

Henry then moved to Grover in 1916 and bought the former Odd Fellows building. He rented out the upper floor and ran a hay and feed store in the lower part.

Henry bought a share in the Grover Elevator and a grocery department store. He also was one of the founders of the Farmers Bank of Ault and one of its Directors until his death. He was Mayor of Grover from 1920 to 1924. He then became ill and passed away on April 12, 1925 at the age of 74.

A.Paulena Dorothea Thompson #316 born 27 Aug 1882, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, married 29 Jun 1904, in Greeley, Colorado, Anthony Wilkinson (Andy) Sedgwick #328, born 7 May 1882, Kettlewell, Yorkshire, England, died 21 Nov 1964, Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, buried 23 Nov 1964, Edgemont, Cemetery, Edgemont, S. Dakota. Paulena died 28 May 1920, Edgemont, Fall River, S. Dakota, buried Edgemont Cemetery

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2.Ida Alice Sedgwick #330 born 17 Mar 1908, Grover, Weld Co., Colorado, married (1) 8 Jul 1925, in Edgemont, S. Dakota, USA, Everett M. G. Smith #346, born 13 Jul 1903, Magnolia, Iowa, died Apr 1969, Lusk, Wyoming, buried Lusk, Cemetery. Ida died 7 May 1994, Douglas, Converse, Wyoming, buried 10 May 1994, Lusk, Niobrara, Wyoming

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4.Francis Sedgwick #332 born 21 Jan 1917, Sedgwick Ranch, Niobrara, Wyoming, died 17 Dec 1993, Newcastle, Weston Co, Wyoming, buried 20 Dec 1993, Greenwood Cemetery, Newcastle, Wyoming.

B.John Henry Thompson #317 born 5 Sep 1884, Cheyenne, Wyoming, married (1) Mar 1909, in Weld County, Colorado, Bessie Irene Crouch #333, born 17 Sep 1888, Conway, Iowa, died 10 Apr 1974, Cheyenne, Wyoming, buried Cheyenne, Wyoming, married (2) 1912, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Blanch _____ #335, married (3) Living. John died 13 Aug 1968, Greeley, Colorado, buried 16 Aug 1968, Sunset Memorial Gardens.

1.Lawrence Elbert Thompson #334 (son of John Henry Thompson #317 and Bessie Irene Crouch #333) born 6 Nov 1909, Grover, Colorado, died 9 Jul 1978, Cheyenne, Wyoming, buried 12 Jul 1978, Lakeview Cemetery.

2.Johnnie Bruce Thompson #337 (son of John Henry Thompson #317 and Bonnie Belle Allen #336) born 27 Mar 1928, Grover, Colorado, died 17 Dec 1977, Greeley, Weld Co, Colorado, buried 20 Dec 1977, Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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C.Ida Sophia Thompson #318 born 31 Mar 1886, Grover, Colorado, died 31 Oct 1903, Grover, Colorado.

D.Catherine Thompson #319 born 19 Nov 1887, Grover, Colorado, married 1905, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Jack Anderson #340. Catherine died 21 Aug 1907, Cheyenne, Wyoming, buried Grover, Colorado. When Catherine died of diphtheria, the son, Ivan, was taken in by grandparents, Henry & Ida Thompson. His surname was legally changed from Anderson to Thompson

1.Ivan Henry (Anderson) Thompson #341 born 10 Feb 1907, Cheyenne, Wyoming, married 20 Jan 1929, Verna _____ #367, born 1 May 1900, died 16 Jul 1962, buried 22 Jul 1962, Greenhill, Cemetery, Laramie, Wyoming. Ivan died 11 Jan 1966, Stockton, California, buried 17 Jan 1966, Greenhill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyoming. When Ivan Anderson's mother died, he was less than 1 year of age. He was raised by his grandparents Henry & Ida Thompson and they had his surname legally changed to Thompson.

E.Peter Jacob Thompson * #31 born 13 May 1890, Grover, Colorado, married 30 Jun 1910, in Greeley, Weld Co, Colorado, Mable Eleanor Dow * #32, born 15 Jun 1890, Mill Gulch, Colorado, (daughter of Gardner Warren Dow * #65 and Florence Lucinda Bailey * #66) died 3 Dec 1970, Chico, California, buried 5 Dec 1970, Chico Memorial Mausoleum. Peter died 2 Dec 1918, near Grover, Colorado, buried Grover, Colorado.

1.Ethel (Rocky) Florence Thompson * #14 born 9 Oct 1915, near Grover, Colorado, married 28 Jul 1934, in Knob Hill, B C, Harold Rottacker * #11, born 9 Oct 1905, Pitt Meadows, B C, (son of Jacob Rottacker * #1 and Mary Reiswig * #2) died 5 Dec 1988, Kamloops, B C, buried 8 Dec 1988, Clearwater, B C. Ethel died 18 Jun 1995, Kamloops, B C, buried 22 Jun 1995, Riverview Cemetery, Clearwater.

F.Walter Harry Thompson #320 born 29 Dec 1892, Grover, Colorado, married 9 Sep 1920, in Castle Rock, Colorado, Ruth Opal Allen #321, born 29 Oct 1901, Cheyenne, Wyoming, (daughter of Louis de St. Croix Allen #1095 and Mary Etta Vasser #1096) died 4 Oct 1983, Grover, Colorado, buried 7 Oct 1983, Grover Cemetery. Walter died 3 May 1979, Fort Collins, Colorado, buried 7 May 1979, Grover Cemetery. .

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II. Magdalena "Lena" Thompson #3396 born 17 Feb 1854, Itzehoe, Schleswig- Holstein, Germany, married (1) ABT 1892, Thomas Jepson #3397, married (2) 25 May 1881, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Gustov Wilmunder #3400, born 18 Mar 1854, died 4 May 1921. Magdalena died 30 May 1921, Sacramento, California

A.Ann Jepson #3398 (daughter of Thomas Jepson #3397 and Magdalena "Lena" Thompson #3396) born 1873, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died 1938.

B.Amanda Jepson #3399 (daughter of Thomas Jepson #3397 and Magdalena "Lena" Thompson #3396) born ABT 1876, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died 21 Sep 1968.

C.Emil A. Wilmunder #3401 (son of Gustov Wilmunder #3400 and Magdalena "Lena" Thompson #3396) born Sacramento, California.

D.Edwin Holland Wilmunder #3402 (son of Gustov Wilmunder #3400 and Magdalena "Lena" Thompson #3396) born Sacramento, California, married Irma Frances Brenn #3412, died 25 Nov 1982, Sacramento, California. Edwin died 16 Sep 1975, Sacramento, California.

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E. Emma Wilmunder #3403 (daughter of Gustov Wilmunder #3400 and Magdalena "Lena" Thompson #3396) born Sacramento, California.

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