There is nothing more popular in my family research than the name
Thomas Thomson.
As a Canadian searching online for family members it was difficult to find accurate Thomson information. The first 100 hits in every search were either the Canadian Artist or the Scottish Chemist. It was many years before I found my great grandfather's Canadian Virtual War Memorial page because it was just too far down the list of hits on any search.
For reasons unknown his birth date and age is incorrect.
Thomas was 60 when he died.
Thomas Thomson
BIRTH 10 MAY 1880 • North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH 19 NOV 1940 • Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
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| CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2849835 |
Growing up in Canada we learned about the Canadian painter Tom Thomson in school. I always wondered whether he was related to me. Every so often I go back to research the artist, but haven't yet been able to connect our family lines.
My grandmother's Thomson line intersects with another Thomson line at my X3 great grandparents listed below.
Henry Thomson
BIRTH 1825 • Buckhaven, East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 3 OCT 1901 • Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland
and
Agnes Thomson (maiden & married THOMSON)
BIRTH 1826 • Inverkeithing, East Wymess, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 7 FEB 1898 • Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
A family member I collaborated with in my early days of researching was my dad's second cousin who lived in New Zealand, Murray. Early on I asked Murray why it was that his grandfather had a cool name that was easy to search. He told me that I should be pleased that my dad's grandfather carried the family tradition with the name Thomas Thomson, but honestly that didn't make me feel any better since his grandfather was James Devlin Glass Thomson. Now that was a super cool name - Thomas Thomson, not so much.
We were both happy to see Glass as a middle name for his grandfather because it confirmed the maiden name of their mom.
Parents of Thomas Thomson (my dad's grandfather) and James Devlin Glass Thomson (Murray's grandfather) were:
Thomas & Isabella (nee Glass) Thomson
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| Photo credit: Murray Thomson |
Thomas Thomson
BIRTH ABT 1849 • Buckhaven, East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 22 FEB 1919 • Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
and
Isabella Glass
BIRTH ABT 1848 • North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH 29 JUL 1943 • Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotlan
* James Devlin was the husband of Isabella's sister Mary
Researching the Thomson family line has been challenging because of the popularity of the given name Thomas where often there was no middle name added.
Both of my Thomson family lines come from the Eastern coast of Scotland. There is little publicly available about the artist Tom Thomson's family regarding their origins in Scotland. Whether we are related remains unknown. I have always been a fan of his art, and believe that someday I will find the connection in our family lines.
Not so grateful for ancestors with popular names!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
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