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- Died at age 83 years 5 months. In Canada over 60 years. Informant: Thomas Thompson, son.
1841/1851 census: Westerkirk, Dumfries.
1901 Census:
Orillia, Simcoe County, H-2, page 1
Thompson, Janet, f, head, w, December 9, 1838, age 63, b: Scotland
Thompson, David, m, son,s, June 4, 1864, age 36, b: Ontario
Thompson, William, m, son, s, November 7,1869, age 33, b: Ontario
Thompson, Jeannie J., f, daughter, s, March 13, 1870, age 30, b: Ontario
Thompson, Thomas T., m, son, s, December 12, 1872, age 28, b: Ontario
Thompson, Robena, f, daughter, s, July 10, 1879, age 21, b: Ontario
Thomas cannot be b: 1872, he was on the 1871 census. I have kept any datesI had that conflicted with the 1901 dates.
Was christened 14 January 1838 in Westerkirk Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. In the 1841 Scottish Census was listed as 5 years old living at Nether Knock, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfreisshire. In the 1851 Scottish Census, was listed as an 13 year old scholar, born in Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, living at Nether Knock, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfriesshire. Janet married her cousin. Archives of Ontario, Simcoe County Marriage Register 1858-1869, microfilm MS248 reel 15. Janet Thomson, 24, resident of Orillia, born Scotland, parents David Thomson and Jane Edgar; Simon Thomson, 27, resident of Orillia, born Scotland, parents William Thomson and Mary Murray. Witness was Archibald Thomson of Ardtrea. Service performed by Rev. John Gray, Presbyterian Church of Canada on 7 February 1862. Lived at Netherby Place, Lot 18 Concession 2, South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada for 54 years prior to her death there. Death Registration 030014 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS935 Reel 282 registered under Thompson. Died of old age under the care of J.N. Harvie. Undertaker was D. Clarke. Her son Thomas Thomson of R.R. 1, Orillia was the death informant.
The Orillia Times dated August 1, 1918 reported "Forest Home - Mr. and Mrs. D. Thomson of Scarboro have been visiting at Netherby."
The Orillia Times dated May 19, 1921 (Archives of Ontario microfilm N39 Reel 61) reported:
THOMSON - At Netherby Farm, Forest Home, on May 16, Janet Thomson, beloved wife of the late Simon Thomson in her 84th year.
"Death of Mrs. Simon Thomson
Another of the old settlers passed away on Monday last in the person of Mrs. Janet Thomson, wife of the late Simon Thomson, of Netherby Farm, Forest Home. Mrs. Thomson had been ill for a number of weeks following an attack of pneumonia, which at her advanced age of eighty-four years, took a severe hold on her frail constitution. The late Mrs. Thomson was born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and was married in 1857, coming to Canada five years later, when they settled on the Asylum farm. In 1867 they moved to Netherby Farm, where Mr. Thomson's death occurred thirty-six years ago. Three sons and four daughters remain; Mr. David S. Thomson, Orillia; Mrs. A. Edwards, Burk's Falls, and William, Thomas and Misses. Jean, Margaret and Robina at home. Of a family of eight only one sister remains, Mrs. Dan Walker, of Medonte. The funeral was held from the family residence on Wednesday afternoon, services being conducted by the Rev. N.H. McGillivray. The pallbearers were Mrs. Thomson's three sons and her nephew, Mr. Wm. J. Thomson, of Orillia. Interment was made in St. Andrew's cemetery." (Wayne Thomson note: above should read "came to Canada in 1857 and married five years later").
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1837 - 1921 (83 years)
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