John Allan Thomson

1907 - 1983  (75 years)

• Name	John Allan Thomson
  Birth	22 Nov 1907	Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Christening	23 Feb 1908	St. Jame's Anglican, Orillia
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jan 1983	Orillia, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Burial	St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I11388	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	John Allan Thomson,   b. 8 Dec 1876, North Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Jan 1942, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Minna Marella Annis,   b. 2 Jul 1880, South Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Oct 1950, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F2425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Greta Mae Harrington,   b. 27 Oct 1907, Orillia, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Jan 1991, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	4 Dec 1929	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William John Thomson,   b. 27 Oct 1932, Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  aka Johnnie. Birth registration 045865 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS929 reel 196. John Allan Thomson born 15 April 1908 to John Allan Thomson and Mina Annis. Dr Gilchrist attended. (Incorrect information in the Anglican Church Archives, microfilm Reel 249, St James Anglican Church, Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Baptisms 1872-1948 recorded: John Allan Thomson, born 22 November 1907, baptized 23 February 1908 in St James Church. Parents were John Allan Thomson, farmer and Nina Murrilla Annis of Ardtrea. Baptism by Rev. Clark D. Ovens). Married under license F44182; groom John Allan Thompson, age 21, bachelor, resident of Orillia, born Orillia, labourer, Presbyterian; bride Greta Mae (May) Harrington, age 22, resident of Orillia, born Orillia, Gospel Hall; witnesses Edith Willman, Medoia Lake and Mabel Hutson, 14 Dunlop Street, Orillia; married in the Presbyterian Church Manse, 28 Neywash Street, Orillia on 4 December 1929 by Rev. James Stanis (?). (Orillia Library microfilm 539). Buried with his parents. According to the birth registration, John Allan and Greta Mae were married in Lindsay Ontario. Frank Lynn Harrington remembers John Allan Thomson as being a truck driver. The Packet, Monday, 10 January 1983, page 11 THOMSON, John Allan - At the Soldiers'' Memorial Hospital, Orillia after4 a lengthy illness, on Saturday, January 8, 1983. John Allan Thomson beloved husband of Greta May Harrington; in his 75th year. Dear father of William of Orillia, father-in-law of Betty. Loving grandfather of Nancy and Michael. The late John Allan Thomson rested at the Crawford Chapel of the Doolittle Funeral Home, 54 Coldwater Street East, Orillia. Funeral service was held in the Chapel on Monday, January 10th at 3:00 p.m. Temporary entombment St. Andrew's Cemetery Vault, Orillia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of birth 15 April 1908 for John Allan Thomson (place from William John Thomson) (birth registration 045865 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS929 reel 196) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of death for John Allan Thomson (place from obituary) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. in St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery