William Burton Tompkins
Spouse
Lucretia Snell
Lucretia Snell
1798 - 1856
Children

1819


Feb 17
Age: 22y
1819 Battle of Boyacá: Simón Bolívar is victorious over the Royalist Army in Colombia. Colombia acquires its definitive independence from Spanish monarchy.
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1822


Age: 25y
1822 Battle of Pichincha: Simón Bolívar secures the independence of Quito.

1825


Oct 1
Age: 28y

property


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
Purchases land in Missouri, possibly the first he owns there - he would later purchase more in April of 1829.
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1825 History of Brisbane: The Australian city of Brisbane is founded.
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1826


Age: 29y
1826 • The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.
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1829


Age: 32y
1829 King's College London is founded under the patronage of King George IV and the Prime Minister The Duke of Wellington. It will become the third official university in England.

1830


Age: 33y
William Burton Tompkins - 1830 United States Federal Census

residence


Randolph County, Missouri, USA ⇓
Right next door to Joseph Higby, and a house or two away is a May Burton and Elijah Burton.
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1830 • 10,000 chests of opium are sold in China.
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1842


Age: 45y

1850


Age: 53y

1856


Dec 21
Age: 60y

marriage


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
He married secondly a Phillitia Robertson.
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1856 • 500 Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

1857


Nov 14
Age: 60y
William B Tompkins - Laws of the State of Missouri Passed by the Adjourned Section

event


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
Went to the Randolph county court to sell and convey real estate - His stepchildren, heirs of Joseph Robertson, are mentioned.
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1857 • The biggest Estonian newspaper Postimees is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.

1858


Sep 27
Age: 61y

will


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
His heirs are his widow Philitia; James B. & John C., Grundy Co; Mary B. Tompkins & Ambrose, Boone Co; Priscilla T. & Joseph W. Robertson, heirs of Sarah Francis Robertson, Rand. Co; Paulina J. wife William Bowen (presumed Bourn), Scotland Co; Lucy M. & May N. Tompkins, Rand. Co; signed: G. W. Dameron
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1858 Abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican Party (United States) nomination for a seat in the US Senate, delivering his "House Divided" speech in Springfield, Illinois.

1858


Age: 61y
1858 • A football match played under unknown set of rules is held between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College.

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