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Catherine Nicolson Thomson 1871 – 1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jun 1871

Birth Location: Unst, Shetland, Scotland

Death Date: 1938

Death Location: Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: David Thomson

Mother: Catherine Bruce

Spouse(s): James Sanderson

Children(s): Catherine Sanderson, George Sanderson, Davina Sanderson, James Sanderson

Catherine Nicolson Thomson was born in 1871 in Unst, Shetland, Scotland, the child of David MacBeth Thomson and Catherine Arthur Bruce. Catherine Nicolson Thomson married James Sanderson, and had children including Catherine Bruce Sanderson, George Robert Sanderson, Davina Thomasina Margaret Bruce Sanderson, James Clark Sanderson. Catherine Nicolson Thomson passed away in 1938 in Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Catherine Nicolson Thomson was born in 1871 in Unst, Shetland, Scotland, the child of David MacBeth Thomson and Catherine Arthur Bruce.
  • Catherine Nicolson Thomson married James Sanderson, and had children including Catherine Bruce Sanderson, George Robert Sanderson, Davina Thomasina Margaret Bruce Sanderson, James Clark Sanderson.
  • Catherine Nicolson Thomson passed away in 1938 in Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Thomson
1835 – 1922
Birth Location: Unst, Shetland, Scotland
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Catherine Bruce
1839 – 1904
Birth Location: Unst, Shetland, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

James Sanderson
1872 – 1908
Birth Location: Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Catherine Sanderson
1898 – 1899
Birth Location: Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
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George Sanderson
1900 – 1967
Birth Location: Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
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Davina Sanderson
1904 – 1950
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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James Sanderson
1906 – 1940
Birth Location: Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
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Catherine Thomson's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Thomson
1871 – 1938
Birth Place: Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Parents
David MacBeth Thomson
1835 – 1922
Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Catherine (Arthur) Bruce
1839 – 1904
Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Bruce Thomson
1803 – 1866
Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Charlotte Gray
1805 –
Unst, Shetland
Magnus Bruce
1816 – 1891
Quoyhouse, Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Williamina Nicolson
1815 – 1888
Gardie, Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Archibald Thomson
1765 –
Janet Henderson
1765 – 1850
Charles Gray
1785 – 1841
Ann Tail
1780 – 1851
Erasmus Bruce
1778 – 1855
Catherine Arthur
1784 – 1836
Robert Nicolson
1791 – 1862
Bruce Gray
1789 – 1862
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine Thomson's Descendants

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Catherine (Nicolson) Thomson (21 Jun 1871 – 1938) m. James Sanderson (28 Sep 1872 – 26 Jul 1908)
  1. 1. Catherine (Bruce) Sanderson (06 Dec 1898 – 05 Nov 1899)
  2. 2. George (Robert) Sanderson (24 Jun 1900 – 13 Jan 1967)
  3. 3. Davina (Thomasina Margaret Bruce) Sanderson (15 Mar 1904 – 02 Dec 1950) m. John (Anderson) Sutherland (5 DEC 1893 – 6 DEC 1976)
    1. 1. Catherine (Annie) Sutherland (19 JAN 1934 – 18 SEP 1975)
      1. 1. Colin (Harold) Jarvis (19 Dec 1967 – 08 Sep 1997)
  4. 4. James (Clark) Sanderson (23 Jul 1906 – 17 Nov 1940)

Catherine Thomson's Timeline

2 Records

1871
21 Jun 1871
Birth of Catherine Nicolson Thomson in Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Unst, Shetland, Scotland
1938
1938
Age 67
Death of Catherine Nicolson Thomson in Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Jun 1871
    Event Place: Unst, Shetland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1938
    Event Place: Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
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