Gertrude E. Campbell Thompson

ID Number: T06150

Biographical Data

Basic Identification

Gender: female Ethnicity: Immigration: Attributed Race: black Free or Enslaved:

Birth & Family

Birth Date: c.1893/12/09 Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia Mother: Martha Scott Campbell Father: Edward Davis Campbell 1st Spouse: Jackson Thompson 2nd Spouse:

Age Details

Age: about 73 Age Group: elder adult (60+)

Life Details

Occupation(s): public school teacher; maid Last Church: Military Service: Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia Last Address: 1222 Wise Street

Death

Death Date: 1966/07/00 Death Note: Place of Death: friend's house (1107 Tyree Street) Cause of Death: acute myocardial infarction

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1966/07/20 Funeral Home: Community Funeral Home Indigent?: private interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: none Section: unknown Confirmation Source for Location: Grave Marker Erector(s): Confirmation Source for Interment: city card file

Others In Same Plot (T0392)

Full Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Martha Scott Campbell

1876/unknown/unknown

1922/09/28 (26?)

Edward Davis Campbell

1872/06/09

1946/10/16

Daisy Bell (Miss) Campbell

c.1894/02/15

1965/06/06

Obituary and Biographical Detials

Her husband Jackson Thompson was murdered in 1929 and was buried in White Rock Cemetery by Strange & Higginbotham. His occupation on his death certificate was “maker of herbs.”

1910 census: occupation “department store milliner,” residence 523 Taylor Street

1921 LCD: occupation “teacher,” residence 523 Taylor Street

1940 census: no occupation, residence 523 Taylor Street

1950 LCD: occupation “maid,” residence 523 Taylor Street