Thompson Family History – Telling the story straight, no matter how painful or unsavory.

Telling the story straight, no matter how painful or unsavory.

Real Estate Mogul Fred Pickering Died Alone

Rhoda Anne Williams and Walter Hinds Doty hadn’t been married too long when a mysterious visitor showed up in their driveway.

Gumshoe Turns Up Site of Original Pennsylvania Farmstead

We asked private investigator Booth Neyscop to chase down a genealogical lead. Here’s his unedited report.

Great Aunt Gertrude Wanted to Buy Up All the Copies of Her Husband’s Biography

Gertrude Hickman, the wife of William Boyce Thompson, was so upset with the way her husband was portrayed in his official biography that she told relatives she wanted to buy up all the remaining copies.

J.E. Thompson Doled Out Frontier Justice at Rancho Joaquina

One Saturday in 1938, J.E. Thompson was playing cards with his staff at Rancho Joaquina, when a stranger came calling.