Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson (1907 - 1955)

Dorthea's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Thompson family tree.

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Dorthea's Parents

Myrtle F (Gould) Lozar

Charles H Lozar

Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson

Parents:

Myrtle F (Gould) Lozar

Unknown - Unknown

Charles H Lozar

Unknown - Unknown

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Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson & Ferris Earl Thompson

Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson

Ferris Earl Thompson

Pamela Claire Thompson

Spouse:

Ferris Earl Thompson

around Oct 31, 1908 - 1979

Children:

Pamela Claire Thompson

Apr 9, 1946 - 2016

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Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson

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Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson Obituary

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Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson Gravesite

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Dorthea Thompson and Pamela Johnson

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Ferris Earl Thompson

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Lori Russell

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Married ferris in 1933

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In 1907, in the year that Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson was born, in October, over a 3 week period, the New York stock exchange fell almost 50% from the previous year's high mark. Public panic ensued and there were runs on banks since the U.S. was in the middle of a recession. J.P. Morgan offered his own fortune to back the banks and he was followed by other financiers. This temporarily shored up the banking system, stopping the immediate panic. All of this led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.

In 1914, at the age of only 7 years old, Dorthea was alive when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.

In 1926, when she was 19 years old, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).

In 1948, at the age of 41 years old, Dorthea was alive when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.

In 1955, in the year of Dorthea C (Lozar) Thompson's passing, in January, President Eisenhower sent direct aid to South Vietnam. In February, U.S. advisors were sent to train troops.