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Bertha May Thompson 1876 – 1959 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 MAY 1876

Birth Location: Hallowell, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 16 NOV 1959

Death Location: Prince Edward County, Ontario (Parent's Home)

Father: Walter Thompson

Mother: Laura Smith

Spouse(s): Seburn McDonald

Children(s): Edna Platt, Helen McCoy, Myrtle McDonald, Dorothy McKay

According to available records, Bertha May Thompson was born in 1876 in Hallowell, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, the child of Walter John Thompson and Laura Smith. Following those early years, Bertha May Thompson married Seburn McDonald, and their family grew to include Edna Laura Platt, Helen Maud McCoy, Myrtle Ilene or Irene McDonald and Dorothy MacArthur McKay. In the later years of life, Bertha May Thompson died in 1959 in Prince Edward County, Ontario (Parent's Home).

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Parents

Walter Thompson
1847 – 1922
Birth Location: Pettistree, Suffolk, England
WT
Laura Smith
1845 – 1933
Birth Location: Wickham Market, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Seburn McDonald
1866 – 1941
Birth Location: Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
SM

Children(s)

Edna Platt
1894 – 1957
Birth Location: Wellington, Ontario, Canada
EP
Helen McCoy
1908 – 2003
Birth Location: Ontario
HM
Myrtle McDonald
1908 – 1995
Birth Location: Hallowell, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
MM
Dorothy McKay
1913 – 2002
Birth Location: Ontario
DM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 MAY 1876
    Event Place: Hallowell, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, 1901 Census of Canada, 1921 Census of Canada, 1931 Census of Canada, Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1939, Year: 1891; Census Place: Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6365; Family No: 25, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 84; Census Place: 84, Prince Edward, Ontario; Page Number: 18, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series Number: Ms 932; Reel: 76, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27291; Census Place: Prince Edward-Lennox, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 13, Year: 1901; Census Place: Hallowell, Prince Edward, Ontario; Page: 2; Family No: 22

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 16 Nov 1892
    Event Place: Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6365; Family No: 25

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada, Year: 1901; Census Place: Hallowell, Prince Edward, Ontario; Page: 2; Family No: 22

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Wellington, Wellington, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 84; Census Place: 84, Prince Edward, Ontario; Page Number: 18

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1931
    Event Place: Wellington, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1931 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27291; Census Place: Prince Edward-Lennox, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 13

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 NOV 1959
    Event Place: Prince Edward County, Ontario (Parent's Home)
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Age:

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wellington, Prince Edward County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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