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Note: N3940 1935: Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas
1935-1936: Attica, Kansas
1940 census: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 130 Gage Avenue. The census record does not specify whether East or West Gage Avenue, but it was West Gage. Residence in 1935 was listed as Conway Springs, Kansas.
From 1930 to 1936, Helen spent some summers with her aunt and uncle, Emma and Olaf Bengtson, who lived near Hillsdale, Oklahoma. Usually the Bengtsons went for vacation to Manitou, Colorado during the summer, and took Helen with them.
She was President of the La Providencia Guild of Burbank, California, in 1966 and 1967. This is a charity that supports the Childrens' Hospital of Los Angeles.
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In 1950, she prepared a short genealogical chart that showed her ancestors as follows:
Father: Charles Francis Thompson, born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Mother: Bessie Paulina Freeman, born in Niantic, Illinois
Charles Francis Thompson, son of Hiram Thompson and Augusta Parker; Hiram Thompson, son of John Thompson; Augusta Parker, daughter of Isaac Parker and Olivia Jane Kelley. (She omitted one generation in the Thompson line; Hiram Thompson was the son of Francis Thompson, who, in turn, was the son of John Thompson.)
Bessie Paulina Freeman, daughter of Thomas J Freeman and Martha Ann Lockhart; Thomas J Freeman, son of Jerry Freeman and Hannah Rea; Martha Ann Lockhart, daughter of Paulina Hughes.
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Helen Frances Thompson was named for her cousin, Helen Bengtson.
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