Happy Birthday X4 Great Grandfather Thomas Thomson ~ Born 232 Years Ago

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2023: Week 29 (BIRTHDAYS)

As I sat down to write this week's blog about BIRTHDAYS I decided to find someone in our Bramble Bush who was born on July 18th. 

I found:
Thomas Thomson
BIRTH 18 JUL 1791 • Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 26 MAY 1833 • Dalkeith, Scotland

Exactly 232 years ago my paternal 4th great grandfather was born to 

John Thomson
BIRTH 12 JUL 1763 • Seggie, Orwell, Kinross, Scotland
DEATH BEF. 1829 • Scotland, United Kingdom
and
Jean Beveridge
BIRTH BEF. 20 OCT 1765 • Portmoak, Kinross-shire, Scotland
DEATH Unknown

My 3rd great grandmother is their daughter
Agnes Thomson
BIRTH ABT. 1826 • Inverkeithing, East Wymess, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 7 FEB 1898 • Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland

Agnes retained her maiden name as her married name when she married:
Henry Thomson
BIRTH ABT. 1825 • Buckhaven, East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 3 OCT 1901 • Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland

who was the son of
Alexander Thomson
BIRTH 4 MAR 1796 • Buckhaven, Fifeshire, Scotland
DEATH 5 FEB 1875 • Buckhaven, Fifeshire, Scotland
and
Williamina (Minnie) Cargill
BIRTH ABT. 1795 • Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DEATH ABT. 1855 • North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

I have not yet wrapped these 2 Thomson family lines back together again, but I have no doubt that Agnes and Henry were somehow related.

My X2 great grandfather, son of Agnes & Henry Thomson was
Thomas Thomson
BIRTH ABT. 1849 • Buckhaven, East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 22 FEB 1919 • Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
married to
Isabella Glass
BIRTH ABT. 1849 • North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH 29 JUL 1943 • Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

My great grandfather, son of Thomas & Isabella was
Thomas Thomson
BIRTH 10 MAY 1880 • North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH 19 NOV 1940 • Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
married to
Elizabeth Young Slicer
BIRTH 4 AUG 1882 • North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
DEATH 24 JUN 1958 • Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

When I first started searching the Thomson line I was very confused by the number of Thomas Thomsons to be found.

This is the area the family is predominantly from. 

Today I found X4 great grandfather Thomas Thomson who was born 232 years ago exactly, and realized I know nothing about him because each time I try I get mixed up in the Thomson lines.

Up next I will try to find more information about this X4 great grandfather and his ancestors. 

When you realize you don't know enough about a particular line!!! 

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Map:

Google Maps. Retrieved July 18th 2023 from
https://www.google.com/maps/place/North+Berwick,+UK/@56.0784257,-3.2576583,10.66z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x48870656577f27a3:0x70433f000895b52e!8m2!3d56.058363!4d-2.719646!16zL20vMDIyeWtf?hl=en&entry=ttu

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Family Search's Timeline ~ Thomas Thomson

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2022: Week 34 (TIMELINE)

In considering the prompt TIMELINE I remembered seeing a timeline clickable tab on Family Search. 

Family Search is a fantastic FREE source of documents and records. 

This is my X2 great grandfather's timeline from Family Search. 

THOMAS THOMSON

The details become pretty obvious when you follow the timeline. 

Thomas & Isabella's first child (Mary who lived to 103 years old) was born 4 months after their marriage.

I have observed these 'premature' babies many times while looking at historical records.

Realizing that what happened in the past is no different than today!!!

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Sources:

Thomson, Thomas. Map & Timeline photos. Clipped from Family Search. Retrieved August 22nd 2022 from 
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G7LR-JYZ

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Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
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Popular Name ~ Thomas Thomson

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 12 (POPULAR)


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

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

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!
















***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***






Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/

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include a link to the specific blog and

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Please & Thank you!

___________________________________________________________