Jim Thomson Johnston death
personal letter
Luton Cottage, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire 26th Jun 1957
Dear uncle Bob, Today I got the Linlithgowshire Journal sent from Maggie, and I am very sorry to see Uncle Jim’s death in it. I hope he wasn’t ill for long, though he was a good age, and you will miss him terribly. I recall the last time I saw him, which was a good many years ago, in fact my school days. I didn’t know him as well as you, but often think of my Winchburgh and …
The cited information was sourced from Electronic Document (email, file) <F:\documents\genealogy\tsd-esd\dtd\hft\hht\jcj\Siblings\jtj\comment.txt> This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.Dear uncle Bob, Today I got the Linlithgowshire Journal sent from Maggie, and I am very sorry to see Uncle Jim’s death in it. I hope he wasn’t ill for long, though he was a good age, and you will miss him terribly. I recall the last time I saw him, which was a good many years ago, in fact my school days. I didn’t know him as well as you, but often think of my Winchburgh and …
- Source Notes
- letter sent to Robert Dewar Thomson offering condolences on the death of his brother Jim (reported in the Linlithgowshire Journal)
scanned from original held by Janet Towers (only first page found).
Not sure who wrote the letter.
see comment by Helen Douglas, 2019
- letter sent to Robert Dewar Thomson offering condolences on the death of his brother Jim (reported in the Linlithgowshire Journal)
- Source/Citation References (3)
- Individual: James (Jim) Thomson Johnston
- Individual: Robert Dewar Johnston
- Occupation: railway foreman, shunter James (Jim) Thomson Johnston