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James Thomson

James was born on April 21st, 1833 in Edinburgh.¹²

Birth Notes
- Name: James Thomson
  Event Type: Birth
  Event Date: 21 Apr 1833
  Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Event Place (Original): Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender: Male
  Father's Name: Archibald Thomson
  Mother's Name: Margaret Girdwood
  
  GS Film Number: 1066692
  Digital Folder Number: 008076040
  Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11983-9
  System Origin: ODM
  
  Citing this Record
  "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQC7-DYR : 12 February 2020), Archibald Thomson in entry for James Thomson, 1833.

James' father was Archibald Thomson and his mother was Margaret Girdwood. His paternal grandparents were Archibald Thomson and Alison Smeal. He had seven brothers and a sister, named Archibald, Claud, Edward, John, Andrew, Andrew, Hugh and Jessie. He was the fourth oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 73 on November 27th, 1906 in New South Wales.³

Death Notes
- Nymagee, New South Wales

Occupation Details
- From 1851 James' occupation was Salesman To Woolen Draper in sales.¹
  
  From 1861 his occupation was cloth merchant in sales.⁴

Whereabouts
- James lived in Edinburgh.⁴

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- James Thomson
  - d. in Uphall
  
  James Thomson
  
  Margaret Aitken
  - b.1685 d.03 Feb 1730 in Uphall
  
  Archibald Thomson
  - b.01 Feb 1746 in Uphall d.11 Aug 1825 in Clapperton Hall
  
  Isabell Robertson
  
  Archibald Thomson
  - b.16 Apr 1786 in Uphall d.06 May 1868 in Edinburgh
  
  Patrick Smeal
  
  Andrew Smeal
  - b.25 Feb 1709 in Kirkliston
  
  Alison Samuell
  
  Alison Smeal
  - b.22 Oct 1747 in South Queensferry d.11 Jul 1824 in Clapperton Hall
  
  Janet Broun
  
  James Thomson
  - b.21 Apr 1833 in Edinburgh d.27 Nov 1906 in New South Wales
  
  Margaret Girdwood
  - b.01 Apr 1803 in Glasgow d.06 Oct 1883 in Edinburgh

Personal Timeline

¹ Archibald Thomson, Newington 1851
² Archibald Thomson, Newington 1841
³ Thomson Girdwood grave
⁴ Archibald Thomson, St. Giles 1861
Further sources/citations:
Archibald Thomson inventory, Archibald Thomson will, 1868-1892

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