Thompson R. Diehl ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Thompson was Thomson Diehl.⁴

   FamilySearch ID: K8T1-T5M.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Upper Macungie Twp., Lehigh, PA. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded Solomon Diehl, stone mason, 33, living with wife Sarah, 33; Milton, 9; William, 8; Isabella, 5; Thomson, 4; Isadore, 2; and Emma, 2 months. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Fogelsville. His real estate was valued at $700 and personal possessions $400.

2. Census in 1880 in Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA. ⁵ The 1880 census recorded Thompsen Deihl, 24, painter, single, living in the household of Levi Werley, 45, and his wilfe Malissa, 40, with their children. Thompsen and his parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded at 644 North 8th Street: Thompson R. Diehl, cylinder maker, 44, born Jan 1856, living with wife Mary L., 47, born Nov 1852, and their daughter Flossie Jr., saleswoman dry goods, 15, born Nov. 1884. Mary was married for 15 years and had birthed 2 children, both alive in 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1910 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded at 644 Eighth Street: Thompson Diehl, tool checker steel worker, 54, living with wife Mary L, 56; and father-in-law Benjamin Shoemaker, widowed, 84. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Thompson and Mary were marriied for 20 years and she had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1910.

5. Cause of Death: chirrhosis of liver and heart disease, 24 May 1923, Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ³

6. Occupation: painter on 24 May 1923 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ³

7. Residence: 644 N. 8th St., Allentown, Pa on 24 May 1923 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ³

Thompson married Mary Ann Louisa Schumacher, daughter of Benjamin Schumacher and Elizabeth Sell, about 1885 in , , PA. (Mary Ann Louisa Schumacher was born on 6 Nov 1851 in Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA ^{6 8 9 10}, christened on 5 Jan 1852 in Weisenberg Twp.: Ziegel's Church, Lehigh, PA,⁹ died on 20 Jul 1923 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA ^{8 10} and was buried on 23 Jul 1923 in Allentown: Greenwood Cemetery, Lehigh, PA ^{8 10}.)