William Thompson
Deceased Person
1839 –
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Who is William Thompson?
William Thompson was a viticulturist. He emigrated to California in 1863 and developed the Thompson Seedless table grape, which is also used for grape juice and wine, as well as 95% of the raisins produced in California.
William Thompson was born in Wistow, Yorkshire, England in 1816. On the 1841 UK Census, he is described as 'Agricultural Labourer'. By the 1851 Census, he was 'Gardener of 9 acres, employing 1 man'.
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