Thompsons in Kane County, Illinois
I'm looking for the family of Lydia [--?--] Thompson who married Stephen Lapham in 1856. In the blended 1860 census, the three Thompson children are John (abt 1850 Illinois), Lydia/Elizabeth (abt 1852 Illinois), and Ella (abt 1854 Illinois). Lydia was born abt 1815 in New York. I suspect there were older children but I don't know who Lydia's Thompson husband is. In 1850 there are three women who fit the criteria, all in Kane County. The children don't help as they were all born after 1850. Lydia could have had older children who were farmed out, married, working, whatever by 1860. Lydia moved to Iowa with at least John and Lydia/Elizabeth. She married Sanford Ackerman 31 Mar 1872 in Boone County and died sometime between 1885 and 1892, probably in Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa. The Thompsons appear to be a large family and I can't believe that Lydia only had three children. I need some help!