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Janet (Jessie) Thomson

Janet, known as Jessie, was born on November 15th, 1828 in Edinburgh.¹²

Birth Notes
- Name: Janet Thomson
  Event Type: Birth
  Event Date: 15 Nov 1828
  Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Event Place (Original): Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender: Female
  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-Q6D : 12 February 2020), Archibald Thomson in entry for Janet Thomson, 1828.

Jessie's father was Archibald Thomson and her mother was Margaret Girdwood. Her paternal grandparents were Archibald Thomson and Alison Smeal. She had eight brothers named Archibald, Claud, James, Edward, John, Andrew, Andrew and Hugh. She was the second oldest of the nine children. She died at the age of 43 on August 27th, 1872 in Edinburgh.³

Death Notes
- TAYLOR other surname THOMSON
  JESSIE
  43
  1872
  685/5 668
  Newington

Whereabouts
- Jessie lived in Edinburgh.⁴
  
  She lived in Aberdour from 1911.⁵

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
  
  Janet (Jessie) Thomson
  - b.15 Nov 1828 in Edinburgh d.27 Aug 1872 in Edinburgh
  
  Margaret Girdwood
  - b.01 Apr 1803 in Glasgow d.06 Oct 1883 in Edinburgh

Personal Timeline

Individual Additional Information

Details of Jessie's family with Robert Taylor

¹ Archibald Thomson, Newington 1851
² Archibald Thomson, Newington 1841
³ Thomson Girdwood grave
⁴ Margaret Thomson 1871
⁵ MacGregor 1911
Further sources/citations:
Robert Taylor 1861, Archibald Thomson will, 1868-1892, Archibald Thomson inventory

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